Our Junior Youth Group will be going to Heifer International’s Outdoor Learning Center, Heifer Farm, on October 29th to participate in Heifer’s Seeds program.

We will leave the church parking lot at 8:30 am and return around 3:30 pm.  All permission forms, payment ($17.50/person), medical forms, and waivers must be submitted before we leave.

From Heifer Farm Day Program Handbook:

The Seeds program offers participants a chance to learn about our mission of working with communities to end hunger and poverty and care for the Earth while exploring a working New England farm. After participating in this program, participants will gain a better understanding of meanings and concepts of “development” and “sustainability”, and how these practices are incorporated in all that Heifer does here at Heifer Farm and in our International Programs. Your group will explore Heifer Farm’s different education stations with the help of our staff. Education stations will be located in the following areas:

 Global Village – The Global Village is a collection of sites representing areas of the world where Heifer International works. Sites you may visit include Ghana, Peru, Guatemala, Poland, Kenya, Colonias, the US, and the Tibetan Region of China. At each site, you will learn about the culture of the people that live in that area as well as how their environment affects that culture. You’ll also learn about Heifer’s work in that area.

 Lunch in the Global Village– Each small group will prepare and eat a cultural vegetarian meal at one of our global village sites. The meal represents a typical meal that people living in that area would eat on a regular basis.

 Livestock Facilities – Heifer Farm has examples of many of the different types of livestock that Heifer works with all around the world. We are also a functioning farm ourselves; and we raise cattle, poultry, and other livestock for use here on Heifer Farm. Your group will get to visit our barns and pastures to meet some of our animals and learn how they are valuable resources in the fight against global hunger and poverty.

 Garden Facilities – Heifer Farm strives to be an example of Heifer’s mission in action. That includes trying to be as sustainable as we can be in our methods of food production. Heifer Farm has organic gardens that supplement the food served at Heifer Farm. Your students will experience how organic gardening and sustainable agriculture support our mission to end hunger and poverty by seeing it with their own eyes.

If you have any questions, contact the church office, 860-345-2742.