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Activities!
Hands
Harvesting!
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Because our high harvest days are also our time sensitive, fast pace days, they aren’t the best time to teach new harvesters; so because of that, we have designed a workshop that will take your young growers through the ways in which we harvest a variety of different vegetables!
During the workshop your youth will first sit through a brief demonstration where we will show them multidimensional diagrams of each plant demonstrating: what we are going to harvest that day; which leaves and/or parts we are going to cut, which parts we keep, and which leaves or fruit we might want to remove and why. It is here that they will first have a chance to mimic, and get comfortable with, the harvesting process for each item before they head out into the field to harvest.
Option 1!
In order to reduce the potential waste of harvesting for the sake of teaching only, your group will have 2 options!...
Reduce Waste!
The First! Each child/student gets to take home the items they have harvested, the cost of which is covered within your workshop fee. Each student will take home roughly $500 pesos worth of produce split into $100 peso packs or a larger number of $50 peso packs each of a different vegetable depending on what items are available for harvest.
Option 2!
The second! Your organization can decide that you want to Harvest for Hunger, and each child/student will be lovingly harvesting and preparing a veggie pack worth $500 pesos that they can then donate to a person in need.
Best of Both Worlds?
Want to do both?! or want to do more?!
You can always up the veggie pack value, or ask us how we can help prepare additional staple items (plantain, banana, batata, gourds etc) that can be added to each pack when your group’s harvesting workshop is done so that their gift goes even further.
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Sand!
Substrate!
Soil!
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Soil
Building
Types
Compost
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Learn about soil types and the composition of soil through a series of fun hands-on activities. Then we take that knowledge and explore its relationship to compost, by making a pile together and exploring the layers and inputs it takes to arrive at our ideal soil quality.
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Farm
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Foes
Bugs!
Bugs!
Bugs!
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Heros!
Next, we break off into small teams and set off on a farm-wide treasure hunt, magnifying glass in hand, to see if the students can locate these bugs or gather proof that they have been hanging around.
Finally, teams return to present their findings and we talk about some ways that we can organically try to prevent the bad, and attract the good to help keep our farm in balance & bellies fed.
Learn about the different bugs that frequent our farm and farms around the world: see them; learn the way they either help or harm our farm; how to identify them; clues that they might be around; and the plants they prefer to hang around.
“Passing Tradition down hand to hand”
Want More?
Please let us know if there is an activity that you don’t see on our list but would like for your class to experience.
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Farm tour
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Educational games
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Seed starting
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Transplanting baby plants
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Composting
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Butter making
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Hands on Harvesting
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Hands on farm to table snack prep
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Riverside Farm Fresh picnic
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River swim (life jackets)
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River float (life jackets & tubes)
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Farm life overnight adventure
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And more…
Have Ideas?!
"Come Spend a Day With us!"
Info
Booking
Workshop
Message us Via What's app with questions or to book your next tour!
(829) 844-3155
Allergies
In cases where Lunch or Snack is provided please let us know of your groups food allergies and/or dietary needs, if any
Protection
Sun Screen & hats are encouraged. if your child is especially sensitive to sun, bringing a loose fitting button-up shirt to wear over their t-shirt during moments we are in the sun may be helpful.
Footwear
We are a farm, so there is always a possibility of mud. We recommend, rain boots, or old gym-shoes that are safe to get wet, dirty or dusty.
To Go
We can send an order form ahead of time so that if parents or the institution would like to experience our farm goods first hand, we can send those orders back with your students at the end of their visit..
Pricing
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Students $20 USD or $1,000 RDP (per person)
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50% Deposit is required at the time of booking, balance due the day of tour
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Deposits are non-refundable, however reservations can be moved to another date in case of an emergency.
Days
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We are available Mon-Sat
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Sundays are also available at $1,500 pesos per person
Group Size
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Max Group size is suggested at 20-30 students
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If a larger number of participants is desired we can design a, multi day, split-day, or rotating-station schedule to accommodate your group's needs
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We recommend breaking your visit up into smaller groups so that each student has more access to engage & immerse. We are happy to accommodate the same workshop over a number of days to reach multiple grade levels or large numbers of students..
Timeframe
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Arrival time is generally between 9AM-11AM
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Later or earlier arrival times are available upon request
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Workshops are generally a half-day
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For large groups please confirm your booking at least 2 weeks in advance to secure your spot
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Last minute bookings are, at times, available
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Any changes in the appointment need to be communicated 5 days in advance.
