Named one of “7 BEST FARM CAMPS FOR KIDS” in the nation by Modern Farmer magazine
Each year, the Place Based Learning Center works with more than 500 students, parents and individuals from local schools and the surrounding community.
Since 1972 more than 24,000 children have spent a week or more living and working on the farm through our Visiting Students Program and summer camps.
Approximately 120 apprentices have trained as farmers at Hawthorne Valley, and nearly all remain in farming and food-related work.
Since 1972, more than 200 interns and 500 summer camp counselors have worked with children on the farm.
Farmscape Ecology Program celebrates publication of Field Guide to Columbia County
Hawthorne Valley Farmscape Ecology Program is pleased to announce the publication of From the Hudson to the Taconics: An Ecological and Cultural Field Guide to the Habitats of Columbia County, NY, written in collaboration with Hudsonia Ltd, designed by Ron Toelke...