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Market Shares for 2018
Spring Fling - 10% Bonus if purchased by March 31, 2018
The Lollygagger - 5% Bonus if purchased after April 1, 2018
Please be sure to submit your completed 2018 Market Share Agreement.
Stone Coop Farm Gift Card
Online Pre-Ordering, purchasing Farm Shares, at the Stone Coop Farmers' Market or the Brighton Farmers' Market. You may learn about each of those options here:
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FARM TOURS & MORE
2018 Farm Tours
Fee: $10 per person
Time: 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM
Minimum attendees: 10, Max. 40 people
2018 Bee & Farm Tours
Fee: $15/person
Time:
JUNE 16 - 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM
JULY 14 - 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM
AUGUST 11 - 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM
SEPTEMBER 15 - 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
OCTOBER 13 - 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Min attendees: 10, Max. 40
CLASS: Backyard Chickens – Saturday, April 28th
Fee: $50
Date: Saturday, April 28th
Time: 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM
Min: 8, Max. 10
COOKING & FERMENTATION CLASSES
Vegetable Fermentation
Time: 10:00am-12:00pm
Where: The 1907 barn
Materials Fee: Additional $30 kit fee paid at class for the take home products.
Sourdough
Time: 10:00 AM-12:00 PM
Where: The 1907 barn
Materials Fee: $30 at class for the kit, total for class and kit $65
Learn to bake easy-to-digest breads, cakes, pizzas, muffins, and even crackers using sourdough.
EVERYTHING RAW: Learn how to cook from a pro!
Time: 6:30-8:30pm
Where: Pavilion
During this 2-hour class, Chef Matt will teach you how to prepare three courses. You’ll enjoy tasting the delicious courses which you helped prepare.
Space is limted to 20 people per class. (Minimum 10)
PASTA: Learn how to cook from a pro!
Time: 6:30-8:30
Where: 1907 barn
During this 2-hour class, Chef Matt will teach you how to prepare three courses. You’ll enjoy tasting the delicious courses which you helped prepare.
Space is limted to 20 people per class. (Minimum 10)
Good Food, Better Health
Thursday, September 13th (6:30pm-8:30pm)
Saturday, October 6th (11am - 1pm)
Wednesday October 17th (6:30 PM-8:30 PM)
Wednesday Nov 7th (6:30 PM-8:30 PM)
Where:Our historic 1907 barn
Cook your way to better health with this nutrition and cooking class series (samples included!).
HOMESCHOOL CLASSES
Registration for Homeschool Classes
- Your registration includes:Farm tour at noon on April 11th, June 11th, or August 27 meet your teachers and learn all about Stone Coop Farm.
- Access to co-op classes for one year.
- Access to our garden space at the farm for one year.
- Access to weekly events like field trips and park days planned just for our group.
- Participation in our homeschool farmers market booth
- Stone Coop Farm's Weekly Beet newsletter.
Please choose your preferred farm tour date below.
Photography Fundamentals
Ages: 10+
location: Barn
Time: 12:00-1:30
Teacher: local photographer Deanna Spivey
This course will cover the basic elements of manual photography, composition and lighting including:
- The Exposure Triangle: ISO/Aperture/Shutter Speed
- Composition Fundamentals: Framing, Rule of Thirds, Best Practices
- Observing Lighting: Light Sources and Directional Lighting
Requirements:
- Digital Camera with manual controls (limited loaners are available for class if needed)
- Notebook for class time
- Access to computer with internet access and basic photo software (used only to view/upload images – no editing required)
Class needs a minimum of 5 students to run, maximum of 15.
*Please note this class is available for fall only, there is no summer offering of this class.
Farming Fun & Storytime
Ages 3 to 5
Location: Barn
Time: 2:30-3:30
Teacher: Kayti Garrett
In this class we will enjoy a farm themed story time, a related craft or game and time outside on the nature trails and in the Homeschool Garden. We will touch on subjects such as gardening and raising small animals to get the little ones excited about all Stone Coop and our Co-op have to offer. We may even have some fun furry visitors!
Class needs a minimum of 5 students, maximum of 15.
Price includes materials fee.
Parents should be nearby on days when animal visitors are planned.
Intro to Small Animals 10 and up
Note: This class is now 10 and up.Due to overwhelming interest from the younger kids in this class we have created an All About Small Animals class just for them that continues what what was offered as small animals and continues in the same time slot, as in the spring session.
Ages 10+
Location: Pavilion
Time: 12:30-1:30
Teacher: Kayti Garrett
Assistant teacher: Lena Sixbery
In this class we will cover the basics of raising backyard chickens, ducks and rabbits. We will learn about why people choose to raise these animals, what types of housing they require as well as diet and other special requirements. We will have hands on experience with the resident chickens of Stone Coop as well as some other fun visitors!
Price includes materials fee.
Class needs a minimum of 5 students, maximum of 15
In the Dirt Beginner Gardening
Ages 10 and up
Location: Pavilion/field
Time 2:30-4:00 (end time will change to 4:30 when student markets start)
Teacher: Kira Sixbery
Part 1: In this class you will learn how to plan, plant, and manage a successful organic garden with hands on experience tending the class garden. Some of the topics we will cover are companion planting, soil health, and mulching.
Part 2: In this class you will learn how to plan, plant, and manage a successful organic garden with hands on experience tending the class garden. Some of the topics we will cover are tending and caring for a garden, harvesting, planting for a fall garden, and starting our market booth.
Part 3: In this class we will continue our market booth and harvesting as well as learn about cover crops and putting the garden to bed and will end with a harvest festival.
You will go home with all the knowledge needed to repeat what you've learned. I recommend that you wear clothes you don't mind getting dirty, boots, and a hat. Make sure you wear weather appropriate clothes and bring a water bottle.
Class needs a minimum of 5 students to run with a maximum of 20
Price includes $10 materials fee
*This is a three part class intended to take the students from planning and caring for a garden through harvesting and selling produce, to winter cover crops and putting the garden to bed.
**The Nature Journaling class is recommended as a supplement to this class. The nature journal and garden journals can be combined to make a more comprehensive garden journal.
Nature Journaling
Ages: 10 and up
Time: 1:30-2:30
Location: Barn/garden/fields
In this class we will be drawing, writing, and exploring about the farm and surrounding areas to create our nature journals. We will be following the book, Keeping A Nature Journal By Clare Walker Leslie and Charles E. Roth. You do not need a copy of the book but, you will need to bring your own sketch pad or clipboard and paper, colored pencils and sketching pencils. If you plan to use this journal along with the In the Dirt Gardening class I recommend getting nice pencils, you can tell the difference, and a sketch pad that you can keep as your journal.
*This class is recommended (but not required) as a supplement to the In The Dirt Beginner Gardening Class as there was not time to allow for sketching during that class as originally planned.
All About Small Animals 5 to 10
Ages: 5 to 10
Location: Barn
Time: 1:30 to 2:30
Teacher: Kayti Garrett
This class is designed to introduce our youngest members to the types of small animals raised at Stone Coop and other farms. We will learn what those silly chickens are always going on about, why you shouldn't take bread to your neighborhood pond to feed the ducks (and what they prefer!) and how a rabbit could actually benefit a garden! We will have hands on experience withthe resident chickens at Stone Coop as well as some other fun visitors!
NOTE:Due to overwhelming interest in the small animals class from the younger kids we decided to create a class just forthem that will better fit their interests and attention spans and prepare them for the Intro to Small animals class.
Garden Fun
Age: 5 to 10
Time: 12:30-1:30
Have fun learning while playing and planting in the class garden. We will be exploring Stone Coop Farm and the woods behind on fun adventurous walks to see how things change through the season. With fun crafts, drawing, and planting we will learn about how a garden grows.