7 of the Best Farm Camps for Kids - Modern Farmer

7 of the Best Farm Camps for Kids

Kids should leave summer camp with new skills...like milking cows and picking cucumbers.

Illustration by Rocco Baviera

[mf_h2 align=”left” transform=”uppercase”]Riverton, Utah[/mf_h2]

Day campers care for rabbits and goats, grow vegetables from seed, even take tractor tours of the 10-acre fifth-generation Petersen Family Farm. Bonus: Attendees can return in fall to harvest pumpkins they planted in summer. (Ages 5”“12; from $200 a week. petersenfarm.com)

[mf_h2 align=”left” transform=”uppercase”]Webberville, Michigan[/mf_h2]

Northfork Farm & Outback’s sleepaway sessions school the junior horsey set in riding, grooming, stall-mucking, and calf-roping. Off-saddle camp fun: a re-created Old West town and Native American village, plus two swimming holes. (Ages 8”“15; from $700 a week. northforkoutback.com)

[mf_h2 align=”left” transform=”uppercase”]Ghent, New York[/mf_h2]

The 500-acre, biodynamic Hawthorne Valley Farm engages overnighters and daytime visitors in activities animal (milking cows), vegetable (picking beans), and culinary (assisting with the camp’s organic, vegetarian meals). (Ages 8”“16; from $275 a week. hawthornevalleyfarm.org)

[mf_h2 align=”left” transform=”uppercase”]Muir Beach, California[/mf_h2]

At Slide Ranch, a 134-acre coastal farm and nature preserve in Marin County, children learn about land stewardship while exploring wildflower fields and tidal pools. This day camp encompasses down-and-dirty farmwork, too, such as feeding chickens and pulling weeds. (Ages 5”“13; from $375 a week. slideranch.org)

[mf_h2 align=”left” transform=”uppercase”]Dacula, Georgia[/mf_h2]

The Quintero family of Rancho Alegre Farm crams a lot into each half day. Nursery- and elementary-schoolers can ride tractors and horses, care for goats, and nosh on snacks, like cheese-stuffed zucchini blossoms, made from ingredients farmed on-site. (Ages 4”“12; from $145 per week. ranchoalegrefarm.com)

[mf_h2 align=”left” transform=”uppercase”]Alexandria, Virginia[/mf_h2]

Fifteen miles from downtown Washington, D.C., Arcadia Farm shows urban kids where food comes from. Day campers tend tomatoes and basil in the Pizza Garden, learn about composting, and collect eggs from the 4-acre farm’s popular Rhode Island Reds. (Ages 6”“11; $335 a week. arcadiafood.org)

[mf_h2 align=”left” transform=”uppercase”]Pocantico Hills, New York[/mf_h2]

Famed as an educational resource for ag-minded adults, the Stone Barns Center for Food & Agriculture also connects the farm-to-table dots for budding activists, via days devoted to livestock tending, crop management, and – of course – cooking with the harvest. (Grades 1”“10; from $380 a week. stonebarnscenter.org)

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Marisol
4 years ago

Looking for a farming summer sleep away camp for my 10 years old son

Doreen Simmons
4 years ago

Thank you.

marisol
2 years ago

looking for a farming summer sleep away camp for my 13 years old son

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