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Support Dilmun Hill Student Farm

Dilmun Hill offers exceptional opportunities to students with lasting impact beyond their degree.

30 Years & Counting

Founded in 1996 by a dedicated group of Cornell students, Dilmun Hill began as a simple idea: a place where students could get out of the classroom and get hands-on farm experience.

Dilmun has grown into a vibrant, student-run educational farm hub for undergraduates from any major, where students learn to manage a working farm, grow collaborative leadership skills, and build community through farming and food systems. 

“Growing and giving people food is the best feeling. Knowing how much work you put into growing it, people are grateful to have it and you can feel that gratitude.” - Izzie Beck ’27

"I wouldn’t change my time at Dilmun Hill for anything else. The things I’ve learned and the relationships I’ve established through Dilmun have definitely changed my Cornell experience.” - Raymond Pan ’25"

“The farm connects people. Regardless of your discipline, it’s a great learning space for self-exploration.” - Blythe Van Ness ’26

Help Us Thrive for The Next 30 Years

By supporting Dilmun Hill, you create life-changing opportunities and help nurture the next generation of leaders rooted in sustainable and regenerative agriculture.

Your donations help empower our current cohort of student managers, support their projects and events, and educate and inspire the thousands of students that flock to the farm every year.  

Your generous donations help us to fulfill our mission and advance our goals: 

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Improved Infrastructure

  • Outdoor classroom facility and community space
  • Kitchen and office space
  • Year-round bathroom facilities
  • Upgraded water infrastructure
  • Produce washing and packing station 
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Reliable Funding for Paid Roles

  • Paid leadership opportunities for our annual student manager cohort

  • Expanded staff support to strengthen coordination between Dilmun Hill and academic programs

     

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Community Education & Outreach

  • Multidisciplinary hands-on courses
  • Integration of experiential learning with academic programming
  • Farm workshops, demonstration projects and speakers
  • Supplemental opportunities for student managers, e.g. conferences and tours of other farms

Contact information: If you would like to contribute in any other way or if you have any questions, please contact Cornell AES organic farm coordinator and Dilmun Hill staff supervisor Ryan Maher. 

Sincere Thanks to Our Generous Supporters!

Lund Fellows Program for Regenerative Agriculture
Funding to support a student manager position focused on regenerative agriculture. 

Harris Seeds Organic
A generous gift and annual seed donations that have grown hundreds of pounds of produce, along with flowers and herbs.

Cornell's Student Activities Funding Commission
Annual support to the Dilmun Hill Student Farm Club during the academic year. 

The Richard C Call Endowment in Agricultural Sciences
Support for the Dilmun Hill Agricultural Science Fellow to gain production farming experience at Dilmun Hill in spring and fall.   
 

Special thanks to Ellen and Michael Wolfson for their generous donation for a much-needed barn, built in 2019.

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The new barn with storage and work space at Dilmun Hill Student Farm in 2022. Photo: Anja Timm
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Dilmun Hill students in front of the barn.
People in a working barn
Ellen and Michael Wolfson tour the new barn they generously helped to fund, and meet with Dilmun Hill students, who rely on this much-needed workspace daily throughout the season.