Summer Programs
Advance Registration required for all programs
- Needs-based financial assistance available
- Customized programs– let us know how we can best serve your class, scout troop, birthday party, or community group
- Call 360-927-1590 for more information
Farm-based educational programs:
A note to parents about our programs –
We believe that learning at its best is FUN! Although our descriptions tend to focus on the fun part, we never cease to be impressed by how much learning takes place. Kids’ written and verbal reflections demonstrate an impressive depth and breadth of new knowledge related to nutrition, animal care, gardening, camping, cooking, and working productively and safely with a group in an outdoor environment.
We are committed to keeping our programs accessible to all interested youth. Please contact us to discuss financial options that fit your family’s circumstances.
For Kids
At Common Threads Farm, children and youth plant, tend,
harvest, prepare, and eat delicious, nutritious food.
Our teaching tools include wheelbarrows, shovels, plants,
soil, chickens, goats, measuring cups, and cutting boards!
One day might find us munching on salad or stir-fried
vegetables. On another, we might be building solar ovens to bake muffins or dry
apples. On yet another, we might be delving into the science of soil or figuring out
how to measure rainfall in the garden.
Common Threads Farm offers scheduled after-school, weekend,
and summer "farm camp" programs. We also work with teachers during the school
year to provide customized learning opportunities that support and complement specific
curricula and standards.
We believe in providing an environment where students are
encouraged to ask questions and work together to find the answers, creatively
and patiently solve problems, learn from mistakes, and cooperate and behave
with kindness.
Common Threads Farm
does not discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, religion, gender, age,
ability, or sexual orientation. We view diversity as an asset and actively seek
to cultivate an environment of inclusion and tolerance.
We are fully committed to accommodating people of all
abilities. We welcome your call in advance of a program to make sure that we
are prepared to meet your special needs.
Farm Day Camp (Ages 4-7)
Monday-Thursday 10:00-12:45
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$125/child ($165 with transport to and from Bellingham) includes making and eating a healthy lunch each day
Join us as we plant and tend vegetables, prepare delicious food straight out of the garden, care for animals, and learn through hands-on exploration and experimentation. Dirty hands and silly stories included!
Bellingham pick up and drop-off 9:00-2:05*
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Camp Pizza (Ages 8 - 12)
Monday-Thursday 10:00-2:00
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$155/child ($195 with transport to and from Bellingham) includes making and eating a healthy lunch each day
Why not start the conversation about healthy food by delving into the story of an old favorite? What does is really take to make a pizza? Join us as we go from soil to wheat to flour to dough; from milk to cheese; from seeds to veggies to garden fresh sauce.
Using this well loved food as our organizing theme, we invite your child to put on the hat of a “food scientist” and investigate the behind the scene stories of where our food comes from. Time is spent in the garden, in the kitchen, caring for animals, and on a learning field trip to the farmer’s market.
Bellingham pick-up and drop-off 9:00-3:30*
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Food, Fun, and
Farming (Ages 4-7)
Fridays 10:30-12:30
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$20/child includes making and eating a healthy farm-fresh snack
This introductory program offers young explorers a multi-sensory farm-experience -- from songs, books, and paints to shovels and wheelbarrows, cutting boards and measuring cups! As your child collects eggs, plants and tends vegetables, or prepares and eats a delicious salad, opportunities abound for learning about plants, animals, and healthy living.
Sorry – no Bellingham pick-up or drop off available for this program.
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*Bellingham Pick-Up and Drop-Off Options – We know you’re busy, and we love doing anything that saves on gas and helps the environment. The Bellingham pick-up and drop-off allows your child to travel with an adult chaperone on the public transit system (bus and ferry) to and from Lummi Island. A lot of kids think this is just another fun part of the experience! $10/day additional fee.
We’re also happy to assist you in coordinating carpools with other parents.
For Adults and Families
Just
because we're not kids anymore doesn't mean we've got our relationship to food,
energy, and the environment figured out! Our adult workshops range from
composting to solar enegy to raising chickens in your backyard.
Backyard Poultry (for adults and older children)
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$25/person for Coop members, $28/person for non-members
Learn the most important considerations in caring for a small flock of hens in
limited space, including chicken physiology, behavior, health, nutrition, and housing. This class also covers the wide variety of chicken breeds.
Questions are encouraged. You will leave this class with everything you need to
know to start raising chickens in your own backyard. Instructor Paul Farley has been teaching urban poultry classes at Seattle Tilth for more than fifteen years.
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Growing and Learning in the Garden (for parents and educators)
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$20/person
Want to garden with kids, but not really sure how to make this a success? This 2-hour workshop for parents and teachers will focus on how to make the best use of the rich learning opportunities for children in the garden. Hands-on techniques for gardening successfully with children, please helpful print and web resources. Teachers – resources for aligning garden-based learning with state standards will also be addressed.
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Please pass the vegetables!
Kid-friendly meals and snacks straight from the garden
(for parents and children)
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$20 for first adult, $5/each additional person (adult or child)
Kids are more likely to eat foods that they’ve helped to grow and prepare. Come experiment with some child-friendly garden creations, and leave with a resource list of nutritious child-friendly print and web resources for cooking with your children.
Yes we CAN – food preserving for the whole family
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$20 for first adult, $5/each additional person (adult or child), $5 material fee per family.
Food preserving, once commonplace, has now become one of those intimidating lost arts. Come reclaim the joy of putting food by – information on canning, drying, and freezing food in a way that’s fun, safe, and delicious.
Hands-On, Heads-off Poultry Processing Workshop
October 24th, 2009 - 8:30am - 1:30pm
Common Threads Farm, 4050 Sunny Hill Lane, Lummi Island, WA
If you're a meat eater and have been meaning to get a little more connected with where your food comes from, here's a chance to learn how to efficiently and humanely slaughter chickens and turkeys. Chef Charles Claassen will be on hand to teach some of the finer points of how to get a little clucker nicely cut up just like we’re used to in the grocery store!
We’ll be slaughtering both turkeys and chickens, so come learn on our birds, or if you've got birds of your own that need to be moved from the coop to the freezer, by all means bring them!
We will be using the poultry processing equipment that is owned and managed by the Whatcom Pastured Poultry Group. This equipment is available for daily rental to all members of the community.
This workshop is intended for the home-processor. Although we will have information about commercial processing regulations on hand, it will not be our primary focus. Registration - $15, additional processing fee for bringing your own birds. For more information, or to register, contact
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, 360-927-1590.
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