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Recent News
  • New Homeschool Programs Added!
  • That was fun!
  • Fire it Up!
  • Mainstream Buddies Visit the Farm
  • Summer is Upon Us!

    Recent Journal Entries
    Learning From the Ground Up
        By: Cyrus Bahrassa
    Of Tools and Signage
        By: FarmLeaders Program
    Gliding in the Barn
        By: FarmLeaders Program
    One Last Bang!
        By: SCA Americorps
    A Litter Safer Now
        By: FarmLeaders Program
    Corpses: Old & New
        By: SCA Americorps
    How Sweet it is!
        By: FarmLeaders Program
    The Diary of Dairy Adventures
        By: SCA Americorps
    Cummington Fair 2009
        By: SCA Americorps
    In The Dark of Night
        By: SCA Americorps
    Wish List

    In-kind and directed donations are an important way of supporting the Farm. Over the years generous contributors have helped the Farm by providing much needed new and used equipment and materials to the Farm. For more information on how you can help please contact the Farm Office

    See previous donations already made.

    Current Wish-list

    • kid sized watering cans
    • kid sized metal shovels and rakes
    • Rural Heritage magazine subscription
    • garden hoes
    • paper and art supplies
    • safety equipment (goggles, ear protection)
    • "Bird Sleuth" Curriculum from Cornell Lab of Ornithology
    • Books for classroom:
    • The Goat in the Rug" by Charles L. Blood
    • "The Old Ladies Who Liked Cats" by Carol Greene
    • "Jack's Garden" by Henry Cole
    • "Herman and Marguerite: an earth story" by Jay O'Callahan
    • "A Garden Alphabet" by Isabel Wilner
    • "How Groundhog's Garden Grew" by Lynne Cherry
    • "The Bumblebee Queen" by April Pulley Sayre
    • "The Scarecrow's Hat" by Ken Brown
    • "Small Wonders: Nature Education for Young Children" by Linda Garrett and Hannah Thomas
    • "The Outside Inn" by George Ella Lyon
    • "Ten Red Apples" by Pat Hutchins
    • "Brilliant Bees" by Linda Glaser
    • "The Honey Makers" by Gail Gibbons
    • "The Dandelion Seed" By Joseph Anthony
    • "The Apple Pie Tree" by Zoe Hall
    • "Minerva Louise" by Janet Morgen Stoeke

    Past Donations

    Many thanks to those of you who have helped build the Farm and its programs through your donations. Without you it would not be possible!

    2006 Gifts-in-kind received by the Farm

    Snowshoes •

    2005 Gifts-in-kind received by the Farm

    Digital Camera • Fencing materials • Garden Cart • Printer • Refrigerator • Satellite Internet Equipment • Sawdust for animal bedding • Scanner • Shovel • Various Farm Tools • Welder •

    2004 Gifts-in-kind received by the Farm

    Bee equipment • Computer • Dishware • Furniture • Garden Tools • Greenhouse • Jeep • Nature Books • Paint • Printer • Safety Equipment • Sharpening Stone • Vegetable and Flower Seeds • Work Gloves • Workshop Equipment •





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