Category Archives: Education on the Farm
WALKS IN TUSCANY AND WORKSHOPS ON THE FARM
AS A MEMBER OF THE TUSCAN ASSOCIATION OF BIODIVERSITY & AGRICULTURE, WE ARE DOING OUR PART TO PROMOTE NATURE IN THE NAME OF RELAXATION AND FUN!! All of our nature walks begin at our local train station called ‘Sieci’. You can take a regional train from the Central Train Station in Florence (called ‘Santa Maria Novella’) to Sieci. Long walk: The longest walk we offer is 4 hours by foot, where we walk the ring Monteloro in the woods. Medium walk: We offer a medium length walk in the woods which is a total of 3 hours. Short walk: Our shortest
A WINDOW INTO FARM EDUCATION
There are some people who have the innate passion for Nature, others who discover this passion during the course of their life. There are some who discover that they have a need to return to rural roots, and there are those who desire to live close to the rhythms of nature all the time – awakened by the rooster’s call and not the cellphone alarm clock. The pursuit of a more natural rhythm can be not only pleasant, but also rejuvenating. Better yet if this pursuit puts you into direct and real contact with the beauty of nature. Our farm
LEARN THROUGH PLAYING GAMES: GREEN WORKSHOPS FOR CHILDREN ON THE FARM
Our farm education programs are open to children ages. Educational activities range from hands-on workshops with our farm animals, to harvesting fruits and vegetables, to cooking Tuscan grandmother’s recipes, to discovering forest wildlife, and recycling workshops. All these activities are designed to give kids the possibility to be spontaneous in nature and express themselves while learning new things. We form our educational programs with the students, teachers and parents who want to participate in our educational activities. Some examples: Little chicks: ages 3-6 Fun games and activities to raise awareness on the complex issue of sustainability. Young hens: ages 6-10
CREATIVE WORKSHOP FOR CHRISTMAS ON THE FARM
On Sunday, December 7, 2014, on the Fattoria dell’Orto degli Ulivi in Molino del Piano there will be a creative workshop for children called: “Recycled Christmas“. The objective of the workshop is to utilize materials that can be recycled instead of thrown away and apply our imagination and creativity to make Christmas decorations. Materials include: twigs, dried flowers, old candles, boxes, plastic caps and other household reusable waste. This workshop is offered in collaboration with The Tuscan Association of Biodiversity and Agriculture and Elena Torrini, Professional Educator. All children will be offered a snack of fresh bread and olive oil
LEARN TO MAKE FRESH NATURAL SWEETS & BAKED GOODS
Learn a few tricks in the kitchen from Lara (… and the stories of her grandmother, Bruna), surrounded by nature in the tranquility of the Tuscan countryside near Florence. A PRICELESS OPPORTUNITY! At the Olive Garden Farm you will find a welcoming environment where you will not only learn how to make a cake with organic and biodynamic ingredients from the farm (milk, eggs, stone ground flour, fruit jams, etc …) but you will also have a lot of fun because Lara’s joy is contagious! Try our cooking classes on the farm !!! You will experience not only cooking classes
THE CHILDREN’S HARVEST
September is harvest time and the farms are all planning for the grape harvest. But what do our children know about the harvest? Some of them may have seen how grapes are harvested in the fields, if they have a relative or friend who is a farmer, but few are likely to have had the opportunity to take part of the harvest themselves. And if there was a “Children’s Harvest”, wouldn’t it be fun to participate? This opportunity has been proposed by the Fattoria dell’Orto degli Ulivi with the Association “I Menestrelli del gusto e della poesia” (Association of Minstrels