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Episode 20: Fiddlehead Care Farm: Where Animals and Gardens Nurture Mental Health
Fiddlehead Care Farm is a therapeutic farm in Ontario where counseling meets animals, gardens, and woodland trails. Founder and director Stephanie Deaken shares how growing up with a sister with Down syndrome, a...
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Episode 19: Play. Learn. Grow.: Sunflower Farm's Licensed Preschool, Farm Fests, & Community Roots
Sunflower Farm in Longmont, Colorado blends licensed early childhood education with real farm life—over 100 animals, gardens, and wide-open play—plus beloved community events like Farm Fests and music...
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Episode 18: Living History, Real Farm Learning: How Gibbs Farm Teaches Land, Story, and Stewardship
Gibbs Farm is an eight-acre oasis just outside St. Paul where farm education meets living history. Director Sammy Nelson and Youth Programs Manager Janie Bender share how they turn heirloom gardens, farm animals, and...
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Episode 17: A Tiny Farm, Big Impact: Food Access, Chickens, and Community with Montclair Community Farms
Montclair Community Farms’ Executive Director Lana Mustafa shares how a backyard beekeeper and homesteader became the leader of a thriving urban farm in Montclair, NJ. From a 10,000-square-foot site with raised beds,...
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Episode 16: When a Dairy Becomes a Classroom: How Hart to Hart Built a Beloved Farm Camp
Hart to Hart Farm is a family-owned organic dairy in Albion, Maine where the barns double as classrooms and kids become caretakers. Director Linda Hartkopf didn’t grow up on a farm—she chose this life—and built a...
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Episode 15: The Farm a Town Saved: Former Teachers, Outdoor Preschool, and All-Ages Learning at Wright-Locke
Wright-Locke Farm is a historic, certified-organic community farm just outside Boston. Education Director Sarah Doyle shares how her team of former classroom teachers aren't just producing food, they're taking care of...
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Episode 14: A Public School's Working Farm: How Bowers Turns Curriculum into a Living Classroom
Bowers School Farm has been connecting students to land, animals, and food systems since 1967—right inside the Bloomfield Hills Schools. In this episode, Learning Expedition Leader Megan Isabelle walks us through how...
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Episode 13: Resilience in Bloom: Farm Education at Treworgy Orchards
Treworgy Family Orchards in Maine could have ended before it began. When the family planted their very first 15 acres of apple trees, every single one was destroyed by pests. Instead of giving up, they started over —...
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Episode 12: From Farm to Yarn at Two Dachshund Farm
🎙️ Episode 12 — Two Dachshund Farm (Franklinton, NC)
Anne Akers has woven together a life of fiber, education, and agritourism at Two Dachshund Farm, the 17-acre haven she and her husband Rodney have been building as...
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Episode 11: Sacred Connections: Blending Healing, Art, and Organic Farming
What happens when you start farming at 65 for the first time? For Sandy Pond, it became a journey of healing, creativity, and connection. At Sacred Connections at Back Roads Farm in Vermont, Sandy blends organic...
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Episode 10: From Farm Stand to Field Trips: How Agritourism Sparked Education at Forsythe Family Farms
This week I’m joined by Leslie Forsythe of Forsythe Family Farms in Ontario, Canada. For more than 30 years, Leslie has been blending agritourism, direct marketing, and hands-on programs that help thousands of kids...
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Episode 9: Wellness Farming: How Ananda Gardens Connects CSA Members to Health & Land
Not every farmer runs a formal education program—but every farmer has the power to educate. In this episode, I talk with Melisa Oliva, co-founder of Ananda Gardens in Montpelier, Vermont. Alongside her husband, she...
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