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Pomona College Organic Farm
The Pomona College Organic Farm is an experimental
Permaculture project located in the southeast corner of
the Pomona College campus in Claremont, California.
History
The Pomona College Organic Farm was created by a
group of three friends in 1998 in order to create an at-
mosphere suitable for relaxing amongst the complexity
and stress of Pomona College campus life[citation needed].
Masanobu Fukuoka’s book The One Straw Revolution pro-
vided the initial inspiration. The first crop planted at the
farm was tomatoes, and since its creation the number
and diversity of plant species at the farm has increased
quickly[citation needed]. The Earth Dome II during construction in summer 2005 before
plaster was applied to the exterior. The Dome is built using a
technique of packing and stacking concentric rings of earth-
Ongoing Projects filled bags known as Super Adobe.
Earth Dome II had begun in early 2002 but was put on hold, resumed.
The Earth Dome II Project has redefined the scope and The foundation was poured in 2004, and the main struc-
community base of the farm. The project began in 2001 tural elements of the dome were completed by students
following a visit by an EA50 class (Introduction to Envi- and community members during the 2004-2005 school
ronmental Analysis) to CalEarth in Hesperia, where stu- year.
dents learned about earth architecture from renowned
architect Nader Khalili.
Following this visit, a group of students and commu-
References
nity members built an earth dome at the farm during • Description of The Farm at pomona.edu
spring and summer of 2002. At the end of August 2002,
the Pomona College administration gave the order to de-
molish the dome on the grounds that it was not permit-
ted and as a result the city of Claremont was threaten-
ing to levy large fines for an unpermitted structure. This
prompted a two-year process of getting permit approval
from the city and county for a new design.
The permitting process was completed by the start
of 2004, and construction of the dome foundation, which
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