Spence Farm Foundation and Prairie Central Junior High are partnering to raise potatoes on the school’s campus to benefit local food pantries and also to be a teaching tool for the school. The plants are looking great and there… Continue Reading
Tri-Point fourth graders visited the farm on May 13th with 29 participants attending. The children walked through the prairie, learned practical ways to reduce, reuse, and recycle, and visited the syrup shacks and little house. We all had a great… Continue Reading
Spence Farm Foundation has recently applied for a $75,000 grant from the North-Central Region Sustainable Agriculture and Research Education professional development grant to write a high school curriculum in sustainable agriculture. See below for a description of the project. Please… Continue Reading
“The Life and Times of a School Child in the 1860’s”, “Reduce, Reuse and Recycle a Banana?” and “Prairie Walk and Talk” will be highlights when a local home school group and Tri-Point Schools visit the farm this spring. These programs are… Continue Reading
A local home school group visited the farm this week. They were able to experience both syrup and pigs, among other aspects of the farm. Now, don’t confuse this with breakfast - no maple trees or piglets were harmed in… Continue Reading