From Jennifer Rothman

1. Stone Barns Center for Food and
Agriculture
Jennifer Rothman
Programs Director
jenniferr@stonebarnscenter.org

2. Farm Camp 101
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Stone Barns Center overview
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Farm Camp overview
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Preparing for camp
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Staffing
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Safety
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Camp activities
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Parent involvement
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Post-camp

5. Farm Camp Overview
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8 weeks
– Two 1 week sessions
– Three 2 week sessions
96 campers per session
– Total 480 campers
– 8 groups of 12 per session
– 6 – 13 year olds
6:1 ratio
– 1 instructor, 1 counselor, 1 CIT
– 1 director, 1 assistant director, 1
cooking specialist, 1 craft
specialist, 1 livestock specialist, 1
FSF specialist
$164,000 gross revenue
– 50 scholarship campers

6. Farm Camp Overview
Experience
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Authentic farm experiences/chores
– Livestock
– Field
– Compost
Cooking
Science exploration (STEM)
Craft
Foraging
Reading/downtime
Recess
Parent program

7. Preparing for Camp
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September – send out evaluation
October – set dates and post on
website
November – draft position
announcement/scholarship
funding/prepare brochure
December – hire camp
director/online registration setup/post jobs
January – post brochure
February –open
registration/busing/scholarship
materials
March – begin hiring process and
ordering supplies and t-shirts
April/May – hiring and
registration/CPR and First Aid
training/DOH permit/carpool lists
June – staff training/open
house/camp begins

8. Staffing
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Instructors
CIT program
Counselors
Specialists
Training
Background checks

9. Safety
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First aid and CPR
Fire drills
DOH
Food prep
Food allergies
Communication protocol
Hand washing
Staff background checks
Ratio of staff
Bathroom
Infirmary
Weather

10. Camp Activities
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Authentic
Vegetable
Livestock
Cooking
Crafting

11. Camp Activities

12. Parent Involvement
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Parent program
Focus group
Evaluation
Ideas – parent program
Newsletter
Take home sheet

13. Post Camp
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Evaluation
Clean up
Thank you to camp staff
Thank you to farm staff
Post camp report
Alumni/Camp reunion
Rest for a few days
before thinking about
next year

14. List of Activities
• Plein air painting
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• Dance/yoga/movement •
Egg washing
• Collaborative art
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Harvesting
(murals)
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Transplanting
• Weaving with natural
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Weeding
materials
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Cooking
• Storytelling
Dissection
• Beak dipping
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• Flower
• Building wallows for pigs •
• Gizzard
• Feeding pigs
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• Egg
• Turkey herding
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• Seeds
• Scientific observation
• Garbage and
• Agroforestry - design
compost
your own tree
Foraging
Natural material building • Scavenger Hunts
• Compost screening and
• Fairy houses
turning
• Musical
• Taking temperature of
instruments
compost
• Egg drop
• Natural dyes
Tree and plant id
• Felting
Field journals
• Egg collecting
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Flower mandalas
Seed bombs
Pest ID
Preserving
Seed saving
Ice cream and butter
making
Pickling
Hiking
Water testing
Pollinator observation
and tracking