Growing the Next Generation of Farmers

Lots of teaching and learning going on here at Moose Hill Farm!

I hope you enjoyed learning about Moose Hill Farm's three apprentices over the last couple of weeks.  They are out there with me working really hard every day to help grow the best vegetables and eggs that this farm can produce for you!!  Feel free to come talk to us in the fields and ask us about what the project of the day is.  Want even more interaction with us and the chance to experience your farm first hand?  You should come to the volunteer drop-in hours this Saturday!  Moose Hill Farm has drop in hours every first Saturday of the month.  If you love to weed, you will want to stop by anytime from 2-4 pm this Saturday...hope to see you out there!!

The apprentice program here at Moose Hill Farm is just one of many ways we are educating the youth in our community about farming.  We also had a stellar high school student volunteer with us for five weeks in the spring from Newton Country Day School.  And we are so lucky to have one of The Trustees of Reservations' Youth Crews, City Harvest,  work with us 2 days a week for the months of July and August...they have done a lot of weeding and potato harvesting and egg washing and they are such a pleasure to have!!  (You can learn more about this great program here: http://www.thetrustees.org/places-to-visit/csa/city-harvest-csa/city-harvest-ycc.html) Just last week we had over 90 kids aged 6-14 come out from the Attleboro YMCA camp to learn about what a CSA is and to learn all about raising chickens.  It was a whirlwind of a day but felt great to have given those kids such a great experience.  I believe the best way to form a new and better food system is to show people (youth and adults) first hand how wonderful and empowering it is to see their food growing with their own eyes. 

On another note, until further notice we will be holding the pick up in the Studio instead of under the tents.  That building provides much better shelter for the vegetables from the heat and thunderstorms that we have been having this summer!  This week in the Studio you will find lettuce mix, choice of herbs, choice of cabbage or kale, cinnamon basil, squash, cucumbers, onions, beets, potatoes, and a mixture of eggplant, specialty peppers and tomatoes.  There are some beans left in the field if you care to take a nice walk out to the fields.  Don't worry...more beans are growing out there and there may be cherry tomatoes for you to pick by next week!

Farmer Molly and the crew