Pull some weeds, collect the chicken eggs, feed the pigs... These are just a few of the ways you can experience our interactive farm tour. We won't just tell you about it-- we'll let you do it! Then after the tour enjoy a snack and cool drink under the pavilion and soak up the tranquility of country life...
Tours of the farm will include every aspect of the farm: gardens, greenhouse, orchard, animal operations, compost piles, irrigation systems, (the list can go on and on). Or it can be tailored specifically to your interests. We'll also be sure to give a definition of "sustainability" and explain the steps we take to make our farm as sustainable as possible.
- We offer a tractor-pulled hay ride or walking tour
- May through September is the best time to see the farm in full production, but we do offer the tour year-round
- We suggest groups of 20 or smaller
- Snacks or meals with local food can be provided
- We have hosted homeschool groups, high school students, students in college ag courses, garden club members, and grassroots activist groups...
- Please contact us at least two weeks in advance to make arrangements.
- A small fee (usually $2/per person) will be charged for our time
Our goal is to show visitors a small family-owned farm operation and its daily practices as it changes from season to season, including the organic garden and orchard, livestock and crop rotation systems, and land and water conservation methods. We hope that by observing small-scale, sustainable food production and tasting fresh food people can reconnect with the earth, appreciate where their food comes from and learn why we must support our local farmers.
By educating the public about the economic and environmental impact of their food choices we hope to demonstrate to them that a local, community-based food system is beneficial to the consumer because it provides healthier food at lower costs and it is economically beneficial to small family-owned farms and their communities. A local food system also helps protect the environment by lowering transportation fuel use and supporting smaller farms which tend to be more environmentally-friendly than large-scale industrial farms.