We believe that farm-based education is among the most effective and promising forms of environmental, experiential, and place-based education because of the innate ability in all people to connect to farms.

We believe that farm-based experiences promote life values by relating to the social, moral, cognitive, and emotional aspects of the human experience.

We believe that hands-on learning on farms builds confidence, self-awareness, and individual and collective responsibility which leads to the sustainable stewardship of our world.

We believe that there is real pedagogical value to learning while working on a product or process that will have lasting value beyond the task at hand.
We believe that practical lessons on farms enhance and reinforce theoretical learning in schools.
​We believe that farm-based education promotes respect for nature, manual work, individuals, and community.
​We believe in the practice and promotion of sustainability in all aspects of society.
​We believe that the raising of food is fundamental to our society and that all people should know about agriculture and where their food comes from.
​We believe that experiences on farms affect participants far greater than the specific programming such that the peripheral experiential learning is deep, significant and truly transformative.
​​We believe that the natural rhythms and cycles seen and experienced on farms leads to a deeper and accessible understanding of the world.