Young Farmer Starts
Born from years of hands-on learning at Meadows Bee Farm in Windham, Vermont, Young Farmer Starts brings the spirit of the homestead to children everywhere. We believe children learn by doing: preparing food, visiting farms, caring for the land, and discovering what they’re capable of.
Our 18-month Homestead Badge program offers hands-on homestead adventures that build capable, confident kids. Along the way, children create a personal Homestead Badge Binder to celebrate what they’ve tried, made, and learned.
Collect Skills, Earn Badges, Build Confidence—and Grow for Life.
I love children because they are eager, willing, curious and competent...If I show them something and open the path, they are willing to step right in and do the work.
I'm a problem solver and I feel that farming helps fuel that skill. Lets teach kids to put the pieces together.
~ Leigh Merinoff, Creator of Meadow Bee Farm & The Young Farmers Program
revisioning
food, farming and forestry
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Food
It all starts with our Young Farmers learning to grow, harvest and prepare the food that nourishes them.
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Farm
Regenerative Agriculture respects and works within earth’s natural systems, making it so farmers can heal the land that feeds us.
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Forest
Stewarding the land and supporting ecology while making a better future for all.
