The Brandeis Rooftop Community Farm will sell produce from its first harvest on campus at a farm stand in the Shapiro Campus Center on Friday. The club will also host two farmers’ markets on campus on Oct. 2 and 23.

The markets will also feature vendors selling locally produced goods, including tea, honey and jam, according to Gerrianna Cohen ’18, the farm’s market manager. Marc Rudnick, who is one of the organizers of the Waltham farmers’ market, has met with representatives from the farm to provide guidance and support as they launch their farmer’s market, according to Cohen.

The farm does not currently sell at the local Waltham farmers’ market, according to an email to the Justice from Jay Feinstein ’17, the president and co-founder of the Rooftop Farm.

Cohen later elaborated saying, “For now, it makes the most sense for us to sell on campus and establish ourselves here, but we may expand our selling operations in the future.”

Some of the sellers at the October markets on campus will be from the Waltham market while others were found through recommendations, according to Cohen.

“The vendors that we have worked with for the past market love Brandeis students and enjoy working with our team. ... When looking for vendors for our markets, we try to have variety and products that appeal to the student market,” he said.

Most of the produce so far has been sold through a Community Supported Agriculture program, in which staff, faculty and community members purchase $200 or $400 shares of the farm and receive weekly produce in return.

“Because it is a pilot, we wanted to limit the amount of shares we sell for the first year,” Feinstein wrote in a separate email to the Justice.

“So, we are to capacity and have a wait list. The rest of the produce goes to donations and volunteers. Donations go to Jewish Family and Children’s Services, Grandma’s Pantry, and various Waltham Group programs.”

Sodexo General Manager Steven Canario expressed interest in purchasing from the farm in an interview with the Justice and said he would follow up with Feinstein.

Currently, the University purchases much of its produce from Russo’s, a wholesale distributor located in Watertown, according to Canario.

“I’d be happy to talk to the students or the student group who coordinates the farmers’ market just to learn a little bit about it,” Canario added.

Feinstein wrote that “there are a few hurdles we would need to cross” before the farm could sell to Sodexo.

This would include gaining assurance that the farm produce would be covered under the University’s liability insurance.

However, Feinstein added, “It’s actually better financially to sell the produce through the CSA because Sodexo would only buy it using wholesale prices.”

The Rooftop Farm, which is located on the red square roof of the Gerstenzang Science Library, started last year as part of “AMST 191b: Greening the Ivory Tower: Improving Sustainability of Brandeis and Community,” taught by Prof. Laura Goldin (ENVS).

Students maintained the farm over the summer with help from Green City Growers, a Boston-based group that helps urban farming efforts, according to a July 2 BrandeisNOW article.

The rooftop garden also traps heat by insulating the roof of Gerstenzang, leading to less energy consumption and air conditioning use, according to a March 17 Justice article.

The first farmers’ market took place on April 18 in the Gosman Athletic Center parking lot.