A Walk With Farmer Curtis: 1.5 Hour walking tour
This option is a high energy, 1.5 hour walking tour of the farm with Curtis Millsap, the head farmer at Millsap Farm. He will highlight the conversion of solar energy into sugars and starches in plants (with the opportunity to sample several types of plants as we go), and show students examples of the water cycle and soil cycle (decomposers, mineralization, and plant growth). This intensive tour is a great way for your students to get their feet a little dirty on the farm in a short time period.
Life on the Farm: 2 hour field trip with four staTions
Composting:
Farm Tour With Farmer Curtis:
Composting:
An introduction to the amazing process of turning raw materials into a growing medium. This part of the tour includes a chance to get your hands dirty spreading compost.
Animals
Farm Tour With Farmer Curtis:
Composting:
A hands-on experience with farm animals (subject to change but possibly including sheep, chickens, etc), including learning how they fit into a diverse small farm environment.
Farm Tour With Farmer Curtis:
Farm Tour With Farmer Curtis:
Farm Tour With Farmer Curtis:
A tour around Millsap Farm, a diverse organic vegetable farm, including greenhouses, fields, and compost piles. Tour focuses on how the plants and soil interact in a cycle and a farmer’s role in the system. Farmer Curtis loves to share what they are doing on the farm, and his excitement is evident to anyone who talks with him.
Field Games:
Farm Tour With Farmer Curtis:
Farm Tour With Farmer Curtis:
Students participate in a fun, age appropriate farm-themed game!
Note: stations are subject to change due to teacher availability.
Lunch options!
We have three options for your lunch:
Option 1: Students bring sack lunches and use our picnic area for no extra cost
Option 2: One piece of wood-fired pizza, made by our farm crew from farm-fresh ingredients, to supplement your sack lunches and highlight the connection between the farm and table. Price listed below.
Option 3: Make your own pizza! This option adds an hour, and allows every student (and others in the group) to make and eat their very own pizza, rolling the dough, topping, and watching it cook in the woodfired oven. Prie