Dairy Month Field Trip at East Meadow Farm

Dates available:  May 30th,June 6th, June 8th, June 13th and June 15th 

Time slots available for each day:
AM Session:  9:30am - 11:30am
PM Session: 12:30pm - 2:30pm

We can accommodate up to classrooms that are approx. 40 children + plus staff

Description:

Students can come and visit us at East Meadow Farm to learn more about the ruminate animals they learned about for 6 weeks by participating in new and fun hands-on activities, including smoothie making, a milking demonstration and a farming activity to help connect students to the value-added products we enjoy from ruminates on a daily basis and send them off into summer with some healthy choices.

Program (example is for AM session, PM session is the same activities):

9:30am - Arrive at EMF 

Brief intro to the children, break into 2 groups. Each group will rotate between 2, 30-minute stations and then join back together for the last 30-minute station for a goat milking demonstration.

9:40am-10:10am- Station 1: Smoothie bike (*30 minutes, inside East Meadow building) 

Students will make a healthy, dairy based snack: 

Plain yogurt, customized with 3 flavor options:

• Strawberry


• Banana


• Blueberry

*Once macerated, Students will choose a flavor and take it over to the toppings bar to customize their snack:

• local honey  


• Granola      


• Assorted fruits

10:15am-10:45am- Station 2: Farming in a glove (*30 minute, outside under the tent)

• Discuss diet of the ruminate animal


• Have feed samples


• Each student will receive a booklet and the materials to plant their own ‘farms’
  
  
  
  • A glove
  
  
  • 5 cotton balls, soaked in water
  
  
  • 5 different feeds for crops        
  
  
  
  

10:50am-11:20am-Station 3: Goats (*30minutes, outside under the gazebo) =everyone

• Take out one baby goat or ‘KID’


• Talk about the kid, ask questions such as " What do you see?”


• Tell the children about what the goats will eat and drink


• Talk about where they sleep, and what they sleep on in the barn


• Students will get to watch a demonstration of how goats are milked.
   

11:20- 11:30: 

• Everyone meets up outside on the patio


• End of day Q&A and reflection chat  
   

11:30 pm - Bus departure

To register for this event, please click the Register button below.  

Any questions, please contact Ricardo at 516-832-2591 ext. 106 or email nassaucounty4h@cornell.edu 

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