Visit and Volunteer
Volunteer at the Yale Farm
During the academic year we hold open volunteer work hours from 1:00-5:00 pm every Tuesday, Friday and Sunday between September and late November; from December until late March, we hold workdays only on Fridays and Sundays, with Tuesday workdays resuming after spring break. On Fridays between September and November, and again starting after spring break, we close the workday with pizzas made in our wood fired oven and topped with Farm-fresh ingredients, as a thank you to our volunteers. You can always get the most up-to-date information on the workday schedule via our newsletter or by following our Twitter.
The current workday schedule is as follows:
Fridays, 1:00-5:00 pm
Sundays, 1:00-5:00 pm
Everyone is welcome; no gardening experience is necessary. Just bring a water bottle and wear weather- and work-appropriate clothing. If you are a group of more than five people, please give us a week's notice of your planned visit: call us at 203.432.2084 or email sustainablefoodproject@yale.edu. If you are coming with fewer than five people, no advance notice is necessary.
Please note: We regret that we cannot rent the Farm's facilities for parties or other events.
Group/School Tours of the Yale Farm
For more information, please contact Jacqueline Lewin at jacqueline.lewin@yale.edu.
Getting to the Farm
The Yale Farm is about a fifteen-minute walk from central campus: walk up College Street, and continue north as it crosses Grove to become Prospect Street. From Prospect Street, turn right on Edwards just past Science Hill. The Farm will be on your left at 345 Edwards Street; look for the sign at the gate. Yale’s Blue Line Shuttle (northbound) and Red Line Shuttle (southbound) both serve the Yale Farm at the stop at Chemistry/225 Whitney. Click here to see the Shuttle locations in real-time and get the most up-to-date shuttle route and stop information. If you are driving, parking is available at the Leitner Observatory, at 355 Prospect Street.
