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draft animals and high school students
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Anyone out there using workhorses or oxen with students 18 years old or younger? I know there are some good colleges teaching older students to work with draft animals, but don't know of any high…Continue

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Started this discussion. Last reply by Sidney Morris Jan 20, 2011.

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Sidney Morris replied to Dana Foster's discussion 'draft animals and high school students'

Hi Dana, We acquired two week old Jersey bull calves last September from Butterworks Farm in Westfield, Vermont and have been having a blast raising them, training them and sharing our delight with the community at festivals and in programs on the…

Jan 20, 2011

Dana Foster replied to Dana Foster's discussion 'draft animals and high school students'

Thanks for the reply! We have no specific, short-term plans for using oxen on the farm. We do have a 5-acre market garden, and oxen could work there, as well as in the usual hauling-stuff-around chores (hay, logs, fencing materials, etc.) Last…

Apr 13, 2010

Sidney Morris replied to Dana Foster's discussion 'draft animals and high school students'

Hi Dana, At the FARM Institute on Martha's Vineyard we are exploring an oxen/working steer program with kids, both during our own programs and via a renewed 4-H program which we will be hosting. Last spring we spent a few days at the Farm…

Mar 29, 2010

Brooke replied to Dana Foster's discussion 'draft animals and high school students'

Stonewall Farm in Keene, NH (Contact Sarah Antel) Horse Power & Pony Farm in Temple, NH (contact Kris Young) Farm School in Athol, MA (Contact Reid Bryant) Also try Codman Farm in Lincoln, MA (contact Pete Merrill who started Big Ox Farm)

Mar 3, 2010

draft animals and high school students

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Organization Name: Scattergood Friends School Farm

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What is your favorite childhood farm or garden memory?: Grassfarming from a rowhouse: when I was five, my mom would help me set my pet guinea pig out on the lawn under an upside-down laundry basket so he could graze.