Tours and Events

Educational Farm Tours

Our educational farm tours have become popular and no wonder! People want to know where their food comes from and they love our open-door, nothing-to-hide policy. Pick up a baby chick and feel the down becoming feathers. Wander through the fields and ask why there is no stink. Tiptoe around the chickens and discover the recipe for natural fertilizer. Find out why we call our farm NOMAD, and why everything moves around. Learn about stewardship, dominion, symbiosis, biodiversity, and sustainability. Take an opportunity to connect to the land, know your farmer, relax in the meadows with a picnic, walk among the animals and learn why we do things the way we do . . . we love to share the reasons.

We offer these tours on demand, meaning you can can select the date and time and email us to check for availability. We'll get back to you ASAP and work to find the common opening on our calendars. We are hoping to have at least 12 folks (infants free) to initiate a tour, so if you have friends, school or church folks . . . oftentimes we will add people from the community who want to jump in on one already scheduled. They usually start at 10:00 am (which gives us some time to get a few farm chores done beforehand) but can be scheduled for earlier or later depending on your preference. They last about an hour and a quarter and are customized to the interest level of your group—might go a little longer or shorter according to your group’s attention span and desires. When it’s over you are welcome to stay for your own picnic lunch. Pick your spot!

Topics vary—we go from pasture to pasture to look at and discuss the unorthodox techniques we employ in order to get the healthy and responsible results we do as new-concept farmers. Kids will enjoy seeing and holding young animals and learning about how our food is raised and where it comes from. Adults can enter discussion on the American food industry, discuss confusing labels and what they actually mean. Biology, ecology, sociology, theology, and ethics pepper the conversation. We aim to please, and it’s a blast for all ages. As one of my favorite farmers likes to say about these tours, epiphanies are commonplace.

For the time we invest in preparing for and giving a tour, we require $7 per person with a $84 minimum. We will do tours smaller than 12 people if you prefer privacy, but the minimum is $84. Infants free.

Profit margin in farming is woefully slim and we are asking you to be a part of helping us turn that around for future generations. In addition to this donation, buy a couple of chickens, bring in some compost for feeding the soil or drop-off recycled grocery store bags for us to reuse at markets and in the farm store. This is a collaborative effort. You'll feel an inward "yes" for being a part of it.

Call or email us to schedule a group or personal farm tour. Church and school groups are welcome, and the more the merrier— we can accommodate large numbers! See our Facebook page for tons of fun tour pictures.