Torin Holt
Cuesta student
“I don’t think it’s a good idea. The farmland is a part of sustainability, and I understand the school is admitting more students but it doesn’t mean they should reduce that land.”
Kevin Scofield
Cuesta student
“Cal Poly has an image that especially focuses on agriculture. To take that away would start changing the way people view the university.”
Haley Hughes
receptionist
“I think they’re trying to be like other universities and expand, but that loses the unique size Cal Poly currently has.”
Laura Maxwell
project manager
“The land is a big draw for the university for students that specifically go to Cal Poly for agriculture. I buy things that are grown at Cal Poly specifically because it’s local.”
This article appears in Nov 9-19, 2017.