Starting in June 2021, two Wells College faculty members (Ernie Olson and Laura McClusky) and the Director of Sustainability (Marian Brown), began a research project on gardening and cooking in Southern Cayuga. We received a small research grant from Wells College to investigate local gardeners’ approaches to gardening, and how they might use the vegetables they grow.
This research grant allowed us to hire three students (Angiee Otterbein, James Stover and Feleesha Jones) and to buy a few cameras to collect visual data. Soon Angiee, James and Feleesha will be contacting people who recently made use of the Wells College Seed Bank to see if they might be interested in participating in the project. They will be interviewing gardeners and recording garden tours. Later, as the harvest season comes upon us, they will be collecting recipes and recording people cooking locally grown foods.
Stay tuned for updates, images, quotes, recipes, tips and tricks for gardening in the region and cooking what you grow. We hope you join us in tales about the educational experience, the research project, and the specific topics local gardeners find important.
Wells College Garden + Kitchen Project 