Open Workday Guidelines
Everyone, including non-Yale affiliates, is welcome to participate in open workdays on the Yale Farm. No gardening experience is necessary. Just bring a water bottle and wear weather- and work-appropriate clothing. Participants are welcome to drop-in on a come-and-go basis, but we ask that you stay at least 30 minutes for planned tasks.
If you are a group of more than five people, please reach out first to see if and when we can best accommodate your visit. Workdays get very full, and we like to make sure there are enough tools and tasks for everyone. You can call us at (203) 432-2084 or email sustainablefood@yale.edu. If you are coming with fewer than five people, no advance notice is necessary.
Once you’ve arrived, find a student intern wearing a YSFP t-shirt. These interns are in charge of the workday, and they will sign you in and explain the day’s work before assigning you a task. What you’ll do depends on the day and the season. On a fall Friday you might be helping to harvest tomatoes, eggplant, broccoli and kale; an early winter Sunday might find you planting garlic and tulips for spring. Feel free to ask questions of the interns in charge – we want you to learn as well as work!