Always Finding Something New at Penn State

September 24, 2009

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Always Finding Something New at PSU

I can't seem to go on campus without finding something new. It's so vast, and even in these economic times, always growing and changing. It's like Xmas, a new present around every corner.

Yesterday I stumbled upon the Cellar Market, a literal cellar, unassumingly tucked in an alley, that sells the good goods from the Penn State Horticulture Research Farm out at Rock Springs.

It’s open from May to December and sells whatever is harvested at any given time.

The Cellar Market is located on Eisenhower Road, on the Penn State University Park campus. The market is behind (east of) the Tyson Building and beneath (south of) the Horticulture greenhouses. The structure itself is still a functioning root cellar for some horticultural crops like potatoes. The market is fully enclosed, so we are open rain or shine!

It was striking how beautiful and perfect every vegetable was.

Also of note, located on the roof of the Cellar Market is a green roof. A wide variety of plants are growing on the roof and there is very easy access to this roof.