FARMING WITH KIDS IN UPSTATE NEW YORK This is a hands on program for children - children who like animals and want to DO something: milk a goat, feed hay to sheep, goats and horses, gather eggs, sweep the barn, groom a horse. Every Friday and Saturday morning in summer from 10 a.m. for about an hour and a half. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Children $4.00. Adults $5.00. Call to confirm or see our farming with kids section for dates for New York.
EDUCATIONAL FARM TOURS FOR SCHOOLS AND GROUPS School groups, home schoolers, seniors and more are invied to book a farm tour. Our purpose is to provide an experience that
connects visitors to the
natural world. It is a chance to see our animals and garden, to see how we make electricity and hot water from the sun and the wind. Tours change with the season, very in length. The tour
is a chance to learn about several aspects farm life: goat milking, wool spinning,
organic gardening, horse training, how to raise goats, sheep and horses. Reservations required.
INTERNSHIPS Three months or longer.
Farm interns learn by doing: making hay, gardening, sheep/goat/horse
care, milking goats, fencing, cutting firewood. Renewable energy interns will learn about our renewable energy systems and straw bale
construction; participation in community work to promote renewable energy is also an important part of this internship. Housing and meals are provided as well as a stipend.
A typical morning as a intern at Apple Pond Farm and Renewable Energy Center (New York).
LESSONS
Driving
to carriage, organic gardening and farming, how to raise sheep and goats,
spinning wool, making goat cheese.
WORKSHOPS
On driving to carriage, farming with horses
(3 day program in May and October), making goat cheese, spinning, renewable
energy.
See Schedule section for dates. PARTIES
Celebrate
a birthday or other special event at the farm. Design your visit to meet the
interests of your guests, children and adults. See the animals, take a horse
drawn wagon ride, learn to make felt or spin wool.
CONTACT Apple Pond Farm and
Renewable Energy Education Center
Box 371, 80 Hahn Road
Callicoon Center, New York 12724
phone:
1-845-482-4764
e-mail:
Apple Pond
Farm and Renewable Energy Education Center Box 371, 80 Hahn Road Callicoon Center, New York 12724
