Martha's Vineyard Retreat
Workshop, Farm Tours, and Delicious Island-Grown Food
Martha's Vineyard, MA
November 14-16, 2008
More than thirty board members, farmers, and educators met on Martha's Vineyard in November 2008 for a workshop, farm tours, and delicious meals prepared by island chefs using local food. See below for the list of participating organizations. Event Flyer
Workshop
Serving on the Board or working as staff at an organization focused on farm-based education presents its own unique opportunities and challenges. Participants gathered to learn from each other about how other farm-based education organizations approach similar issues.
Notes from brainstorm of opportunities and challenges facing farm-based education
Notes from Breakout Session #1
Notes from Break Out Session #2
We toured three beautiful island farms:
Rising Tide Therapeutic Equestrian Center
We ate delicious island-grown cuisine:
Detante, Chef Kevin Crowell
Zephrus, Chef Robert Lionette
Thank you to our island hosts at The FARM Institute and the Island Grown Initiative and to the farmers, educators and chef's who so warmly welcomed us.
Farm-based education professionals attended from the following organizations:
Appleton Farms, a farm of the Trustees of Reservations, MA
Drumlin Farm, a Mass Audubon Wildlife Sanctuary, MA
Hawthorne Valley Farm, NY
Holly Hill Farm, MA
The FARM Institute, MA
The Farm School, MA
The Food Project, MA
Island Grown Initiative, MA
Land's Sake, MA
Natick Community Organic Farm, MA
Native Earth Teaching Farm, , MA
New Pond Farm, CT
Rising Tide Therapeutic Equestrian Center, MA
Shelburne Farms, VT
Stone Barns Center for Food & Agriculture, NY
Stonewall Farm, NH