Welcome to the Pitt County Arboretum: FREIGHT FARM at ECU

Thursday, October 11, 2018

FREIGHT FARM at ECU

A group of Master Gardener Volunteers and our Extension Agent, Eric Derstine, visited the ECU Campus to learn about the Freight Farm which grows lettuce in a shipping container. The lettuce is used in the campus dining hall. Skip Allen, Nutrition Manager at ECU (including managing the Freight Farm), led the tour. It is an amazing operation. You can read about the process here: Sustainable Campus Dining

Photos by M. Shugart

ARBORETUM MISSION

FRIENDS OF THE PITT COUNTY ARBORETUM

To help support and expand our beautiful Arboretum and to strengthen our teaching, demonstration, and outreach programs, become a Friend of the Arboretum. Started in 2002, the nonprofit Friends organization plays a critical role in preserving and perpetuating an important local cultural resource. The Arboretum depends on memberships and gifts for our operating expenses. Friends enjoy many benefits including early admittance to our annual plant sale, discount ticket price for our January Speaker Event, access to our horticultural library, and discounts at local gardening shops. Call 252-902-1709 for an application.