TIME: Mon.–Fri., 9:00 AM–3:00 PM
DATES: August 1-5 and 8-12 (2 week session)
AGES: 11–14 • LIMIT: 12 campers
FEE: $625 per camper

Be part of the action at the Hampshire College Farm Center!  Spend mornings getting your hands dirty in the crop fields and pastures helping college farm staff with daily jobs and special farm projects.  Morning chores may include harvesting vegetables, moving animals to new pasture, or cooking a feast for the farm staff. We will work hard in the mornings with afternoons spent selling garden produce at our own campus farm stand or at a local farmer's market, playing group games, learning about insect friends and foes, and having some time for journaling, reflection, or enjoying the slip and slide.  We will learn about the importance of local foods, how to grow vegetable crops from seed to harvest, and how to care for and handle the farm animals that call Hampshire College home.