Farm-based Field Trips

Field trips to SCLT’s City Farm and Urban Edge Farm expose students to the wonders of our urban and rural agricultural environments. Through hands-on activities, experiments, and exploration young people experience the roots of their nutrition. Field trip topics include compost and the living soil, plant life and parts, insects’ role in the garden environment, urban agriculture, and local food systems.

Program Goals

• Expose young people to working models of local agriculture
• Provide hands-on learning activities
• Nurture and empower young people to explore topics such as:

§         nutrition

§         urban environment

§         growing vegetables and flowers

§         anti-hunger & food accessibility