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The X-ray absorption spectroscopy including Extended X ray Absorption Fine Structure (EXAFS) , X ray Absorption Near Edge Structure (XANES) and X-ray absorption near edge and pre edge feature is used to analyze the nature and concentration of iron in plants, spinach and parsley. Primary data was collected at Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source. Data analyses were done by community college students. EXAFS data analysis process include edge normalization, background subtraction, transformation to k space from energy, Fourier transformation, back transform of selected peaks, and curve fitting to identify type and number of near neighbor atoms. X-ray absorption pre=edge feature, which appears as very small absorption peak before the main peak, is used to study ironoxygen bonding and asymmetry of iron compounds. Pre edge data analysis include extraction of the pre-edge from main absorption spectrum, normalization to main edge height, and Lorentzian fit to back ground subtracted data. X-ray absorption data from spinach and parsley, as well as several iron supplements and the soil of which plants were grown was analyzed. The preliminary data analysis pre edge feature yields two forms of iron in both plants. One form has oxygen as near neighbor atoms and the other without oxygen.