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Meet Our Goats!

April 9, 2020 by Taylor McCarthy

Meet our goats! With just a click of a button, you will get a chance to know our goats by name and breed, and how their breed makes them so unique!

Goats require a lot of care like any other farm animal. One of the things we do to keep our goats clean and healthy is trimming their hooves. Download the activity and you will be able to learn all about it!

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Filed Under: Agricultural Education Tagged With: activity, autism, autism awareness, farm, farm life, goat, goats, Madison Fields, madison house autism foundation, video

Chicken Care | What’s in a chicken coop?

March 31, 2020 by Taylor McCarthy

Our Job Readiness Program Manager, Nancy Frasche, has created a playlist of videos that help inform students of proper chicken care! Attached is an activity students can complete after watching the videos.

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Filed Under: Agricultural Education Tagged With: adam jones, autism awareness, chicken care, chicken coop, chickens, farm, farm life, fields, job readiness, Madison Fields, nancy frasche, videos

Agricultural Education | Activities

December 24, 2019 by Taylor McCarthy

When students come to Madison Fields, teachers and chaperones often say they see a shift in demeanor. The open space, therapeutic animals, and welcoming staff will surely have that effect; we take pride in this. Our Agricultural Education Program creates a space of healing and understanding, where everyone is valued and invited to participate and contribute.

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Filed Under: Agricultural Education Tagged With: agriculture, education, healing, participate, students, teachers

Growing Together | Lessons from Nature

January 17, 2018 by Jonathan Adamson

Did you know that certain plants grown close together become helpmates? It’s true. In healthy plant communities, good companions with diverse needs and abilities support each other for maximum health. But it isn’t just plants that thrive best when grown together, people do too! [Read more…] about Growing Together | Lessons from Nature

Filed Under: Agricultural Education Tagged With: autism, autism awareness, Autismafter21, community, companion planting, diversity, fields, garden, gardening, growing together, Madison Fields, philosophy, plants, vegetable garden, Well-Being, wellness

College Gardens Elementary | Fall Fun

October 13, 2016 by Ron Woods

Last Friday, October 7th, 120 kindergarteners from College Gardens Elementary made a trip to Madison Fields, along with their teachers and chaperones.

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Filed Under: Agricultural Education Tagged With: agriculture, College Gardens Elementary, environment, Fall, Field trip, fishing, hay ride, learning, Madison Fields, nature walk, pumpkins, treasure hunt, Volunteers

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