There are many “right” ways to host a farm field trip, and each farm does it differently. This series of workshops with the Farm-based Education Network offers windows into field trips with different farm-based organizations including Shelburne Farms (Jan. 8), Grow Food Northampton (Feb. 4), Poughkeepsie Farm Project (Feb. 19), and Coastal Roots (March 12).

In each workshop, hosts will describe:

• Recruiting schools and marketing field trips

• Communicating with teachers

• Designing the trip with farm educator(s)

• Choosing learning outcomes

• Week-of and day-of logistics

• Schedule or flow of the trip

• Post-trip communications with teachers

• Post-trip debrief or reflection strategies with staff

• A reflection on the question, “How much can you do on a field trip?