Knapp Farm

When George Peabody College for Teachers first moved to its current location in 1914, across from Vanderbilt, no one talked about sustainability. Yet the idea became a centerpiece of the school’s mission to educate farmers, as well as to train the teachers who would educate the children of farmers. As a result, Peabody became the only teachers college in the United States to open a demonstration farm. Read More

Peabody College’s Knapp Farm featured a dairy barn housing what was likely the first herd of purebred Holstein cows in the South. (Vanderbilt Special Collections and University Archives) The Spring 2018 issue of Vanderbilt Magazine takes a look back at Peabody College’s Knapp Farm. When George Peabody… Read More