The Black Hawk College Locally Grown Foods program will be open for produce sales and U-pick at the college’s East Campus every Tuesday and Thursday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. starting Tuesday, Aug. 16 through the remainder of the growing season.
Available produce will include sweet corn, peppers, tomatoes, eggplant, cucumbers, zucchini, onions and watermelon.
The program allows East Campus horticulture students to learn about alternative crops and organic farming practices that foster sustainable agriculture, as well as methods best suited to the marketing and sales of locally grown food crops.
The project accentuates Black Hawk College’s commitment to promoting horticulture and agriculture as career choices, and its mission to engage the community through increased consciousness of the interconnections of the two industries as associated with food production.
Black Hawk College East Campus is located five miles south of Kewanee at 26230 Black Hawk Road, Galva.
For more information about the college’s organic production program and upcoming market dates, call the East Campus at 309-854-1722 or 800-233-5671.
