Farmer-In-Training

Farmer-In-Training
A Newton Community Farm summer program for Middle School Students
(Going into grades 6 through 9)

Spend a week outdoors with your peers and the staff from Newton Community Farm, learning to plant, maintain, and harvest a farm garden. Discover how food is produced, and enjoy camaraderie with your fellow gardeners, farm staff and volunteers. Work at the farm, maintain garden plots at Nahanton Park, and grow food for the Newton Food Pantry.

Students may sign up for one or more weekly sessions. Each session will include gardening (what it takes to be a farmer), community lunches (bring your own, and share a dish made from fresh farm produce), and a different discussion theme related to social justice and/or sustainable agriculture. Learn a lot, work hard and have fun!

Instructor: Kelly Lake,
Newton Community Farm Educator


Program Details
Weekly: Mon. through Fri., 8:30 AM to 1:30 PM

July 5-9
July 12-16
July 19-23
July 26-30
Aug 2-6
Aug 9-13
Aug 16-20
Aug 23-27

Weekly Fee: $135 Friends of the Farm, $150 General public
Max. # of students per week: 6

To register, fill out and sign the FiT release and medical forms and send them with your check to Education Coordinator, 303 Nahanton Street, Newton, MA 02459.

Questions, email education@newtoncommunityfarm.org or call 617.916.9655.