UConn's Spring Manor Farm offers seven benefits: 1) Sustainable student housing through gardening and farming. 2) Cattle farming to provide manure for crops and grazing. 3) Sustainable logging of sick trees to allow forest growth. 4) A honey bee program to support the local food system. 5) A water treatment facility to purify water from the Willimantic River. 6) Recreational trails and wildlife viewing for the community. 7) An educational site for natural resources fieldwork and classes.