- Playing with the Sheep at the Farm
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Farm Camp…
is a two-week specialty program for 8-15 year old boys and girls. It combines farm education and sustainable living with traditional camp activities, which makes for a life changing experience. The goal of this program is to instill the values of caring, honesty, respect and responsibility. As a community we achieve this through living and working in a traditional agricultural setting.
Typical Day
The day starts bright and early with morning chores and flag raising done before breakfast at 8. After breakfast campers will choose whether they learn in the garden, take classes about the animals, do arts and crafts, go hiking, or maybe learn about another culture from one of our international staff members. The busy morning builds up quite an appetite so everyone heads back to the dining hall where they will find some of the fruits, veggies, and meat that we raise here on the farm. With a full belly everyone needs a little rest back at the yurt and then it is time for a fun packed afternoon. Each yurt will have activities together, which allows for them to develop a very tight knit community with their yurt-mates. Activities rotate through swimming, bread making, nature walks, learning to build a primitive shelter, boating, archery, soap making, and maybe even a hay-rack ride. After another great meal campers have an all camp evening activity. These activities are inclusive, which helps to foster a sense of whole camp community and keeps campers coming back year after year. At this point most everyone is feeling like its time for a shower and a talk together as a yurt about the value of the day and how everything is going. After this fun and adventuresome day everyone curls up in their sleeping bag and enjoys a great night sleeping 
in the cool Catskill air.
Gardening
The 5 acre garden is a core area of our program and gives campers a chance to experience growing food for themselves. During their time here they will learn about planting, weeding, composting, natural mulching, harvesting, and food preserving.
Animals
Another focus area at the farm is the barn, pastures, and animals. Among the mix are the following animals: chickens, pigs, cows, horses, sheep, goats, rabbits, and ducks. Farm campers will interact with the animals, performing chores, learning how to care for them, and understanding their importance on sustainable farms.
Camp Dates Summer 2011
Session A: Sunday June 26-Friday July 1
Session 1: Sunday July 3-Friday July 15
Session 2: Sunday July 17-Friday July 29
Session 3: Sunday July 31-Friday August 12
Session 4: Sunday August 14-Friday August 26
For more information or questions about our Farm please call:
(845) 985 – 0510 or email farm@FrostValley.org
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