Farm-Based Ed

Our education initiatives are broad welcoming a diverse array of groups to the farm. Many local elementary schools have come to the farm for our classic full circle carrots-compost-pigs field trip, Holyoke Community College food and sustainability courses have made several trips a year and we have a long-standing partnership with the Hartsbrook School. You might find a UMASS sustainable agriculture class or a small group from Mt Holyoke doing a project on land tenure. From girl scouts to gardening clubs to apprenticeships, teaching and learning is a constant here at the farm!

Leila Tunnel (brookfield farm educator)

Leila Tunnell, our former apprentice, is now the Amherst Public School Garden Educator. In 2020 she worked with teachers to develop & implement curriculum for 41 Amherst Public School classrooms (every K-4 class in the district - over 750 elementary students) providing virtual garden lessons and farm field trips. We are hoping for a return to in-person, on-farm learning in 2021!

·        HERE is a link to the virtual Kindergarten Brookfield Farm field trip (all grades will eventually be getting one)

·       HERE is a link for our school garden fall harvest video 

·       Here is the link to the School Garden Program website and Farmer Leila's youtube channel.

contact Leila if you’d like to get your school group connected to the farm