Learn what it’s like to live on a farm by helping with animal care and chores! This program is for 7-12 year old students who love animals and want to spend more time with them. We’ll learn about the sheep, goats, alpacas and chickens as we work together to complete chores like feeding, collecting eggs, brushing and walking the goats, free-ranging the chickens and –everyone’s favorite – mucking out the barns! Requires a willingness to stay moving, get messy and do some hard work. The animals are especially appreciative of this extra TLC in the cold winter months! Teacher/student ratio 6:1.
Thursday afternoons, 3-4:30pm: 1/23, 1/30, 2/6, 2/13, (rain dates: 2/27, 3/6)
Members: $125 , Non-Members: $130
We provide LexFarm Members a discounted rate for most LexFarm Education Programs. See below for the member vs. non-member cost.
Annual household membership costs $45 and follows the calendar year, expiring each December. If you'd like to become a member or renew your membership today, just click here to sign up now: LexFarm Membership. When you're done you can check yes and complete your education program registration below!
Please read this Liability Release and Waiver (“Waiver”) carefully before signing it. This Waiver affects your legal rights.Before participating in any program, class, or activity (“Activity”) sponsored by Lexington Community Farm Coalition, Inc., a Massachusetts corporation, together with its employees, volunteers, representatives, officers, agents, and members, and optionally in conjunction with Silk Fields Farm, LLC, together with its owners (members of the Goldinger family), volunteers and representatives (collectively, “LexFarm”), each participant must read, understand, and sign this Waiver (or, if under 18 years of age, have his/her parent or legal guardian sign it on his/her behalf).SAFETYI understand that an Activity may be offered by LexFarm or a LexFarm educational partner and may be overseen and directed by the educational partner’s personnel. I understand that I have a responsibility to follow the instructions of LexFarm and/or LexFarm educational partner’s personnel. I have read and understood all of the informational materials provided to me. I agree to pay attention to all signs located on the premises and abide by their instructions and warnings.I understand that participation in an Activity sponsored by LexFarm or a LexFarm educational partner may include contact with animals, which may pose the risk of physical injury or other harm to myself, to the animals, or to others. I further understand that farms and farm equipment are inherently dangerous. I also understand that Activities sponsored by LexFarm or a LexFarm educational partner may be located on farmland or in other outdoor spaces and that engaging in such Activities may pose the risk of physical injury or other harm. I also understand that part of the risk involved is dependent on my own state of fitness or health and the awareness, care and skill with which I conduct myself in the Activity.I have voluntarily read this warning, understood this warning, accept and assume all of the risks inherent or otherwise of participating in an Activity.By signing this Waiver, I agree to release LexFarm from any cause of action, right, or claim arising out of, connected with, or resulting from my participation in any LexFarm or LexFarm educational partner Activity. I assume the risk of any illness or injury that I may incur during my participation in that Activity. I understand and knowingly recognize that this Waiver is a contract with legal consequences, and I have been advised to read it carefully before signing it.
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