Richard Alsina Fulton Center for Sustainable Living
The Richard Alsina Fulton Center for Sustainable Living evolved with contributions from several individuals and is made up of several different parts. It began in 1994 with seed money from the Eden Hall Foundation and the Kline Foundation, which was used to establish the Center for Sustainable Living, begin a community-supported agriculture (CSA) program and build a green house. In 1998, Lucille Cleeland Tooke '40 continued her support of the farm with a donation for the restoration of the property's 18th century farmhouse, now known as the Tooke Farmhouse. Her donation was followed in 2000 with a $1 million endowment of the entire center by Susan Breakefield Fulton '61 who chose to name the Center after her husband, Richard Alsina Fulton, a lawyer, conservationist and local farmer. She also provided support of the restoration of the Farm's historic barn which is now named the Owens Barn after her grandparents, Alexander and Katherine Owens. The final entity housed in the Fulton Center for Sustainable Living is the Robin Van En Center, a national resource center about community-supported agriculture. The Center, named after CSA pioneer Robin Van En, maintains a national database that now includes more than 1,650 CSA farms and helps connect farmers and communities.