1. BlueWillow Farm
Sustainable Homestead & Learning Farm
Blue Ridge Mountains,Virginia

2. Environmental Education & EmergingTechnology
▪ Online resources and ecological learning activities for elementary aged students.
▪ Understanding different biomes, biodiversity and principles of permaculture.
▪ Basic plant and animal knowledge, seasonal migrations and animal behaviors.
▪ Videos and step by step plans of greenhouses, irrigation systems, soil sampling and
organic crop production and harvesting.
▪ Organic/natural pest control.
▪ How to incorporate principles of sustainability into life “off the farm” - recycling,
carbon footprints, natural resource conservation.

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BlueWillow Farm projects documented online.
Follow life cycle of plants and livestock from seed and eggs to harvest.

4. Organic culinary & medicinal herbs – online guides to medicinal use and
preparation of herbs. Kid-safe “recipes” for herbal medicines, teas and
salves.

5. Organic culinary & medicinal herbs – online guides to medicinal use and preparation of
herbs. Kid-safe “recipes” for herbal medicines, teas and salves.
Echinacea purpurea Blackberries & Ladybug

6. Dairy Goat Herd

7. Hoop houses for winter crops.

8. Marketing
Networking within “slow foods”
community infrastructure, local
retailers and restaurants.

9. Reinventing
traditional
farming.
Permaculture and sustainable
agriculture practices.
Humane animal husbandry, care
and harvesting.
Community outreach and
education.