School Trips, Class Visits, and Educational Events

Learn with Us!

We customize your group’s experience to fit their learning and activity needs. Whether that means visiting our farms, or us coming to your classroom.

Our Services

To get the ball rolling on any of our services, please email violet@mevo.org. We would appreciate the following information:

  • Name of your school

  • Grade and number of students

  • Preferred dates and times

  • Duration of time you want to bring your class to MEVO or have MEVO come to your school (typically 1-3 hours)

We ask for a donation for most of our services. Donation requests vary based on requested services and the number of students participating. However, we do our best to never turn away a group if funding is an issue!

  • Bring your class to us! We have over a decade of experience welcoming students to our farms. We accept individual classes, school clubs, and entire grades.

    The experiences we offer vary based on the needs of the group and we will work with you to determine the experience that will work best for your group. A club or individual class may take a farm tour and then volunteer, while an entire grade may participate in a rotational learning station around the farm.

  • In the Spring and Fall, MEVO staff are available to visit your school and hold assemblies on the work we do, regenerative farming, and more. We also participate in Earth and Science Days, or can create a school-wide event through rotational learning stations that each grade cycles through.

  • In the Spring and Fall, MEVO staff can come to the classroom to speak to your class or club about the work we do and/or focus on a specific topic that may align with your curriculum. Please see below of a list of topics we can teach on.

  • We frequently visit the classrooms of environmental studies/sciences, sociology, anthropology, soil science, world sustainability, ecology, ethnobotany classes, and more. Typically we present for 45 minutes-1 hour about our work while trying to center the presentation around the course syllabus. Classes are also welcomed to visit our farms for an interactive farm tour and/or volunteer work.

  • Let us know! There are services we can provide beyond what’s listed and we’re always open to creating program that fit your group’s need.

    Ex: A middle school class invited MEVO to make herbal lip balms with the hydroponic herbs they grew. An ethnobotany class had MEVO staff teach about the basics of herbalism.

Topics we can teach on:

  • Organic and regenerative farming

  • Parts of a plant and what they need to grow

  • Seeds and how they travel in nature

  • Leave No Trace principles

  • Seed starting and plant care

  • Supporting our pollinators

  • Gardening 101

  • Composting 101

  • Permaculture 101

  • Herbalism 101

  • Foraging 101

  • Beekeeping 101

    …and more!

Activities we can offer:

  • Harvesting and preparing a farm salad (June-November)

  • Planting and taking home a seed (veggie, herb, or flower)

  • Creating and taking home herbal tea bags

  • Guided hike in the Campgaw Mountain Reservation (with a focus on how to read trail signs, use a map, and some basic Leave No Trace principles)

  • Creating a healing salve and/ or natural lip balm with medicinal herbs from the farm

    …and more!

FAQs

  • Yes, at Fresh Roots Farm this is potable water for washing hands and refilling water bottles, in addition to well-serviced porta johns. Lottie’s Farm does not have running water or bathroom access.

  • Yes, there is parking on-site or nearby for buses.

  • Yes, Fresh Roots Farm has plenty of picnic tables to accommodate a large group.

  • Clothes and shoes you can get dirty in and closed-toed shoes (sneakers or boots). We recommend long pants and find a hat is always nice if it’s sunny out. We provide work gloves for all who want them.

Close-up of bright orange marigold flowers surrounded by green leaves, with a wire fence and rocks in the background.
Orange marigold flowers blooming among green leaves near a fence and rocks.
A small, cylindrical cardboard container with a label that says 'Calendula Lip Balm' and features an illustration of yellow calendula flowers, placed on a wooden surface against a white background.
A small cylindrical cardboard tube with a label displaying yellow flowers and text reading 'Calendula Lip Balm' and 'Beeswax, Lanolin.' The tube is placed on a wooden surface against a white background.
People working in a lush green farm, harvesting kale with a forest in the background, some sunlight streaming through the trees.
People harvesting kale in a lush green farm surrounded by trees, under partly cloudy sky with sunlight filtering through.
A small cylindrical tube with a plain cardboard top and bottom, labeled "Calendula Lip Balm" with an image of yellow calendula flowers.
Close-up of orange marigold flowers with green leaves, fence, rocks, and road in the background.
People harvesting kale in a green field surrounded by trees on a sunny day.
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Different varieties of fresh leafy greens and lettuce leaves, including green and purple varieties, grouped together.
Four young girls harvesting kale in a garden surrounded by greenery and trees.