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.
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.