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Spring 2018 -- and now into summer -- has been with busy for Kampe Foundation collaborations. Thistle Whistle farm has been a place of discovery [...]

Families on the Farm 2017 programming started on June 26. Our first three day session was a lot of fun, in the kids' zone we [...]

The Nibble Garden's newest addition! Last week 75 beautiful strawberry starts were graciously donated to our garden. Thank you Leonard Hostetler! Other tasty garden treats [...]

The Friday before spring break I met with my friend Jim Brett from Slow Food Western Slope at our garden at the Hotchkiss K8. 28 [...]

This week our Kids On Farms program reached over 100 students in two different schools. On Wednesday we visited the first grade classes at Hotchkiss [...]

 We are thrilled to be the presenting sponsor for Pickin' in the Park - now the ninth year! Partnering with Rob Miller at Pickin' Productions [...]

This May marked the 8th generation of tomato seeds saved and planted with the Hotchkiss K8 1st graders through our program! Tomatoes harvested from these [...]

The 6th science classes had a great time mixing soil and planting corn on May 2. As a part of their study of ancient people, [...]

On May 12 we worked with HK8's two 1st grade classrooms for a hand-om measuring lesson with onions! The students learned about standard and non-standard [...]

On May 10 we partnered with Avalanche Goat Dairy to host over 40 kindergartens for a morning of goat wrangling and educational activities. Children toured [...]