Classes on the Farm

Farm Animal Studies

• Fridays 12:00 pm to 12:45 pm

• Cost is per mini-session

• Rotates through animals in mini-sessions

  • Option to attend just the mini-sessions you're interested in

  • Six different mini-sessions equals a semester and earns a certificate of completion

• Please be aware this is a farm class, and sensitive topics such as butchering/eating, breeding, and death will be discussed

• Dates:

  • Goats ($30 per mini-session)

    • Aug 4, Aug 11

  • Pigs ($15)

    • Aug 18

  • Alpacas ($15)

    • Aug 25

  • Sheep ($30)

    • Sept 1, Sept 8

  • Horses ($30)

    • Sept 15, Sept 22

  • Cows ($30)

    • Oct 13, Oct 20

  • Rabbits ($30)

    • Oct 27, Nov 3

  • Poultry (geese, ducks, chicken) ($30)

    • Nov 10, Nov 17

• Don't see a farm animal listed that you'd like to learn about? Please let me know!

Farm and Stable Management

• Drop in class

• Fridays 1:00 pm to 1:30 pm

• $10 per class

• Topics change/rotate each class

Class Topics

• Aug 4 - Animal Nutrition

  • Basic feeding (choosing hay, grain)

• Aug 11 - Animal Medical

  • Basic medical needs (medicine to have on hand)

• Aug 18 - Animal Shelters

  • Basic shelter cleaning and maintenance 

• Aug 25 - Fecals and Deworming

  • We will be taking samples and looking at the samples under a microscope

Animal Care

• Drop in class

• Fridays 1:30 pm to 2:00 pm

• $10 per class

• Topics change each class

Class Topics

• Aug 4 - Horse care 

  • bathing, brushing

• Aug 11 - Horse care

  • daily living (bedding, water, feed)

• Aug 18 - Horse care

  • blankets, tack, brushing

• Aug 25 - 

Farm Finances

• Fridays 2:15 pm to 3:00 pm

• Aug 4 - Nov 17

• Cost: $225

• 14-week semester class

• Targeted to middle/high school

• Learners must bring paper, writing utensil, calculator OR electronic device to type notes and do calculations

• Learners will be assigned a Google Sheet to type information into. This can be done at home, and take notes on paper at the farm.

• In this class, we will look at finances to run and maintain a farm. We will look at all topics including mortgage, fencing, hay, vehicle costs, various income.

• There will be light homework assigned in this class. Communication will be done through Google Sheets comments. 

Farm classes

• Milking a goat

  • Aug 9th 7pm

  • Aug 22nd 7pm

• Goat hoof trimming

  • Aug 2nd 6pm

  • Aug 31st 6pm

• Alpaca hoof trimming

• Sheep hoof trimming

• Alpaca shearing

• Sheep shearing

Please contact us for class requests

Private classes or clubs such as:

• Painting

• Crochet

• Knitting

• Book clubs

• Goat Yoga (private party)