Amy's Farm

I went on a field trip to Amy's Farm with my environmental science class. It was a very great experience. We first walked through the herb garden and they told us about their Turkey share program. After that we visited the chickens and pigs. He then told us about the heirloom tomato's they recently started growing. We then visited three very large steers that are apart of their steer share program. After that we visited two cows, one was a jersey cow and one was a regular cow. He explained to us about the way cows are meant to eat wheat and grains and how this makes the milk more pure and safe to drink and makes the cow more healthy. We then took a walk through some of the produce. We tried some broccoli and it was the most delicious broccoli I have ever tasted. We then saw the composts which they consider the lifeblood of the farm. They explained that they use a type of farming that puts nutrients back into the soil to help keep the soil useable unlike the current industrial farming methods of farming only one crop on one piece of land over and over again. We then saw some animal and went to the produce store. They told us that we could go and volunteer as well which sounds really fun.