From Seed to Table: The Future of Food, Academic Credit

About this Program:

Overnight Camp
Age 13 - 17 (Coed)
Specialized in Education (multi), offers 40 activities
1 session date to choose from
Cost starting from $6,000
Busing not available
Special needs support not available

Contact:

4391 Country Road 29, Lakefield, Ontario, K0L 2H0

This blended program provides the opportunity to learn about food production and eco-farming through hands-on adventures on our school farm. Students plant, nurture, and harvest greens, root vegetables, and more, learning first-hand about the business of running a farm and the value of regenerative agriculture. While on campus, mornings and evenings are devoted to the work around the Seed to Table course; afternoons are spent in recreational camp activities at our waterfront campus. Weekend excursions are included in the overnight program cost; Day Program students can add on weekend excursions. Students earn an Ontario Secondary School course credit.

Online: August 7 - 9 | On Campus: August 11 - August 30

Prerequisite: G

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Character Development: This program helps build the following traits

Responsibility: Focused on regenerative practices, this course encourages stewardship of the land and practical responsibility. Students will see immediate consequences if they do not complete the daily duties of their farming project, and will learn social responsibility in terms of environmental issues.
Interpersonal skills: Students will learn to work together, whether on the farm, through planning, building projects, collaborative planting and harvesting, or in their afternoon activity sessions such as team sailing and paddling.

Session Dates and Rates:


Aug 07 - 30, 2024 Lakefield, ON 4391 Country Road 29 16 campers $6,000	2024-08-07	6000

Activities:

Recreational Instructional Intense or Competitive

Animals

Arts & Crafts

Badminton

Baking/Decorating

Baseball/Softball

Basketball

Board Sailing

Canoeing

Cooking

Credit Courses

Disc Golf

Dodgeball

Gaga

Health Science

Hiking

Marine Biology

Medical Science

Nature/Environment

Nutrition

Painting

Ping Pong

Pottery

Reading

Rock Climbing

Ropes Course

Sailing/Marine Skills

Soccer

Space

Sports-Instructional and Training

STEM

Strength and Conditioning

Survival skills

Swimming

Technology

Tennis

Track and Field

Ultimate Frisbee

Volleyball

Wilderness Skills

Yoga

Recreational Instructional Intense or Competitive

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Grow, harvest, and eat food on our farm.
Learn regenerative farming and great life skills in this hands-on course. Plant, build, harvest, and learn in the outdoors.

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