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Spring Pole Safety

Posted on January 13, 2017 by Amber

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Fresh pasta making in the Maggie's farmhouse with the Chicken Coop students!! #Friday #cookingskills #chickencoopschool #thefarmschool

February 1 is the Priority and Fellowship Deadline for the 2019-2020 Learn to Farm Program at The Farm School, start date October 2019. A farmer training program for beginning farmers, educators, and food system leaders. Links in profile have program description, Fellowship opportunities and the online application.

It’s the last day for student farmers until mid January and also the solstice, here’s a small offering from us to you 🌧🌧🌧 #learntofarm #thefarmschool #studentfarmer #solstice

Sometimes when you’re getting hay from the dairy barn you have to take a moment to enjoy the view 😇 #learntofarm #studentfarmer #thefarmschool #hay #dairybarnhangtime

Breakfast time for student farmers is also ball winding time! Molly used the swift this morning to wind our very own wool yarn skeins into balls 🧶😍 #studentfarmer #learntofarm #thefarmschool #swift #woolyarn #wool

Student farmers went to @atlasfarm to pick up straw and ran into this fine feathered fella! #learntofarm #studentfarmer #atlasfarm #thefarmschool #turkey

#tbt to last weekend when student farmers fired up the cob oven and made pizzas! #learntofarm #studentfarmer #thefarmschool #pizzaoven #coboven

The ice is nice! The Chicken Coopers spent gym class on the fire pond #dreamy #thefarmschool

This last weekend student farmers, program staff, and folks across the ridgetop got together to make wreaths and share space - thanks to everyone who came and thanks Nora for organizing it! 💐🎀 #thefarmschool #learntofarm #farmschoolpvs #wreathmaking #studentfarmer

Student farmers went to the Athol wood bank to split, chop, and stack wood for community folks to use this winter #studentfarmer #learntofarm #thefarmschool #woodbank

Come check out our middle school! Saturday December 15th from 10-11:30am. Schedule of the day: 10:00 - 10:15 Arrive at The Coop, mingle, and see students' work 10:15 - 10:45 Teacher and principal presentations, and Alumni Q and A 10:45 - 11:30 Games, chores and get to know the farm Refreshments will be provided! Hope to see you there!

Scenes of student farmers in the timber frame greenhouse ⚒🧰 #learntofarm #thefarmschool #studentfarmer #timberframe #greenhouse.

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The Farm School offers a year-long, work-based, experiential immersion in the practical skills of diversified, sustainable farming. Everyday and in every way our student farmers learn to farm by farming, supported by coursework, mentoring and instruction from our staff farmers. Our program runs October to September and is open to adult students 18 and up.

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