Carol Brown, of Lebanon, buys some fresh organic vegetables from Nick Barger, a senior from Belleville studying horticulture. The vegetables come from the SIU Sustainable Farm, which sells 80 percent of its produce to the dining halls, mostly Trueblood and Lentz. Last season, they sold, among other things, 1,000 pounds of tomatoes, 2,000 pounds of potatoes and 2,000 Bell peppers to the dining halls. The other 20 percent is sold at a stand in front of the Agriculture building on Wednesdays from 12-4p.m., and the Carbondale Community Farmers Market at the Carbondale Community High School on Saturdays from 8 a.m.-12p.m. This will be the fourth year for the farms. The agriculture department works together with Logic, an RSO, to maintain the program, which is now called the Center for Sustainable Farming.

JAMIE EADER | DAILY EGYPTIAN