Community Events

Friday in the Food Forest – Sept. 15, 2023

Join us Friday, September 15th from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. for the first Friday in the Food Forest of the fall semester! Come and learn about all the amazing crops growing in the Food Forest and learn more about regenerative, sustainable agriculture! Learn about the other research projects and initiatives at the Field Station.

RVSP with Dr. Vanessa Slinger-Friedman at vslinger@kennesaw.edu.
Geography Student Club Drone Mapping Event – Sept. 22, 2023

The Geography Student Club Drone Mapping Event at the Food Forest will be held from 9:30 a.m. — 11 a.m. and is open to the public.
Friday in the Food Forest in Collaboration with RCHSS – Oct. 20, 2023

Join us Friday, October 20th from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. for Friday in the Food Forest! Come and learn about all the amazing crops growing in the Food Forest and learn more about regenerative, sustainable agriculture! Learn about the other research projects and initiatives at the Field Station.

RVSP with Dr. Vanessa Slinger-Friedman at vslinger@kennesaw.edu.
Friday in the Food Forest – Nov. 10, 2023

Join us Friday, November 10th from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. for Friday in the Food Forest! Come and learn about all the amazing crops growing in the Food Forest and learn more about regenerative, sustainable agriculture! Learn about the other research projects and initiatives at the Field Station.

RVSP with Dr. Vanessa Slinger-Friedman at vslinger@kennesaw.edu.

Beginner's Beekeeping Workshop – March 12, 2022

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Growing Culinary Mushrooms at Home Workshop – March 19, 2022

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Growing Culinary Mushroom in the Home Garden – Outdoor Workshop – Jan. 23, 2021

This workshop was a six-hour outdoor workshop on how to safely grow culinary mushrooms in your home garden presented by Michael Blackwell, operations manager for the KSU Field Station. He has wild mushroom food safety certification from the Georgia Department of Agriculture.
Fruit Tree Field Day for the At-Home Orchardist – Outdoor Demonstrations – Feb. 25, 2021

This workshop was a day of hands-on demonstrations of fruit tree management for the home orchardist presented by Michael Blackwell, operations manager for the KSU Field Station, and Josh Fuder, agriculture and natural resources agent for Cherokee County.
Beginner's Beekeeping Workshop – May 1, 2021

This workshop was a full day hands-on workshop where participants had the opportunity to work with a living honey bee colony. Michael Blackwell, operations manager for the KSU Field Station and Mike Roshaven, a local beekeeper led the workshop covering all the basics of honey bee hive management.

2020 Tree Planting Day at KSU
Want to reduce the university's carbon footprint?

KSU’s Office of Sustainability partnered with the Division of Global Affairs and the KSU Field Station to host a series of tree planting days at KSU.

The goals include:
- Plant enough trees on campus to offset the carbon footprint of KSU's study abroad programs. (Planting 250 trees will offset ~ 3,500 metric tons of CO₂ equivalent.)
- Start a tree nursery at the KSU Field Station (200 more trees).
Volunteer dates were:

Wed., Feb. 19, 2020 - Marietta
Thurs., Feb. 20, 2020 – Kennesaw
Thurs., Feb. 27, 2020 – KSU Field Station
The KSU Field Station and Sustainability

Learn more about KSU Sustainability and the steps being taken toward a more sustainability community! Kennesaw State University students Jessica Smith, Landrie Benson, Reagan Lewallen and Scott Cornwall produced this video that was filmed at the KSU Field Station in spring 2020.