The Farm School

Our goal is to create a permaculture site and learning program at the school. Permaculture is a set of techniques and principals that design for human needs while caring for the earth. The garden is the central component. We want an outdoor, living classroom that is integrated into our curriculum in a hands on way. We want a learning environment that fosters communication, cooperation, critical thinking and decision making. We want to provide students with the resources and opportunities to follow their interests. Several of our projects have been initiated by the students and we want to give them the means to see them through.

We are creating resource center, not only for our students, but for the local community. We are host to school groups, course participants, visitors, community members and others. We want to help others set up similar programs.

A grant would speed our efforts to develop our site as a learning center for our region.

This program is supported by .