Middlebury College has an organic farm that  students created and contribute to. Last year students bulit a pizza oven there that is regularly used to make homemade pizzas.

Last Friday night I went to the Organic Farm and we fired up the oven for some delicious pizza! Unfortunately, because the oven needs to be rebuilt, that was the last time we will fire up the pizza oven this summer.

On Saturday we destroyed the old oven and then started the rebuilding process. We dug clay, mixed it with straw and water, and then molded it into the shape of the oven. In about a week we will put an outer layer on the oven, and then it should be ready to use in the fall. 

I asked Caitlin (the girl who decided to build the pizza oven) what inspired her, and she said that it was her community. In her hometown there is an oven that anyone can use and it allows people to come together, eat great food, and have fun. She wanted to create a similar space on campus. If you are here feel free to come down, enjoy some pizza, meet some incredible people, and appreciate the Vermont outdoors.