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The Noble Foundation greenhouse complex that encloses approximately 1 acre under "glass."
On the Noble Foundation research campus, the Forage Improvement building has been called the "cathedral of forages."
The Noble Foundation maintains 12,000 acres across seven farms, providing a diverse range of soil types and varying rainfall zones to give Noble Foundation scientists a real-world environment for testing, evaluation and demonstration.
The Noble Foundation research campus (Plant Biology building, left, and Forage Improvement building, right).
Community
Ardmore is a community of approximately 35,000 people. The city maintains a small-town feel, but offers a growing range of services and businesses generally available only in larger communities. Located just south of the Arbuckle Mountains in southern Oklahoma, Ardmore is surrounded by lakes and other natural resources that provide a broad range of outdoor hobbies and adventure activities.
Ardmore is located on Interstate Highway 35 and is geographically centered between Oklahoma City (pop. 547,000) and the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area (pop. 6.5 million). Having access to these cities (each are approximately 90 minutes by automobile), Ardmore residents readily enjoy access to shopping; nationally and internationally recognized galleries, museums and performances; professional sporting events; and direct commercial air travel to most domestic and international destinations.
The Noble Foundation employs more than 370 individuals, including more than 80 Ph.D.-level scientists and agricultural consultants. The Noble employee population typically represents at least 25 countries.
The Noble Foundation research campus includes approximately 500,000 square feet of research, program, infrastructure and administrative space. The research campus represents a small part of the institution's 12,000 acres, which are spread across seven independent farms, all located in southern Oklahoma. This acreage provides a variety of soil types and annual rainfall averages, creating a "living laboratory" for research and demonstration purposes.
The Noble Foundation uses these resources to conduct its research and agricultural operations. The Noble Foundation executes its programs through three divisions - the Agricultural, Plant Biology and Forage Improvement divisions. The coordinated efforts of these operating divisions enable the Noble Foundation agricultural consultants and scientists to move science and innovation from the laboratory to the field, giving life to discovery and improving agriculture in Oklahoma, in the United States and around the world.