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FARMING WITH KIDS IN UPSTATE NEW YORK

Farming with Kids - Teaching to feed a horse

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. Click for farming with kids farming with kids pictures.

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.

Farming with Kids

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.

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.

LESSONS
Driving to carriage, organic gardening and farming, how to raise sheep and goats, spinning wool, making goat cheese. 

Apple Pond Farm and Renewable Energy Education Center
Box 371, 80 Hahn Road
Callicoon Center, New York 12724