Farm Visits
Farm visits are a wonderful family friendly activity - an opportunity to learn, work together and have fun.
Tasting and U-pick of different types of strawberries at Farmer Bertha’s farm in Watsonville
Farmer Maria explains how to select and pick the best strawberry
Picking out farm fresh veggies like artichokes, broccoli and more during farm visit at Farmer Maria’s farm in San Juan Bautista
Learning about local organic farming - selecting and harvesting fresh kale during farm visit
Farm Trip for Kids : Special farm visits for kids (school or clubs) give children a change to learn directly about how our food grows.
These trips are designed by teachers to be engaging and relevant to the age group (and can also be aligned to class curriculum)
School trip of 5th graders to farms in San Juan Bautista. Tour and activities connected to curriculum, picking and sampling fresh produce -apples, strawberries, cherry tomatoes etc, at a picnic lunch at the farm.
Photo above from a Farm Trip for kids at Farmer Bertha’s farm in Watsonville.
Picking colorful swiss chard
Apple harvest
Picking strawberries
Different types of greens
Selecting the best apple
Cherry tomatoes
Different color peppers
Pulling out spring onions
Filling a basket of apples
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