Sprouting Our Future
As our farm grows our needs grow too. In the last 35 years we have educated children and adults to appreciate their connections to animals, the environment and the earth itself. To continue to nourish our growth we need to look to the future. Our future goals include having cheese-making apprenticeships, scholarships for women in agriculture, beginning farmer programs, and culinary farm-to-table education. The first step to creating these programs is having staff housing on the farm as well as adding an additional well. This fundraising campaign is specifically for that goal. Margo has identified a cost effective Amish built barn structure that would include dorm facilities as well as accessible office space.
Who We Are:
A WORKING FARM, AN EDUCATIONAL CENTER, A RETAIL MARKET, A PEACEFUL SANCTUARY, A SUMMER CAMP, A PLACE FOR INTELLECTUAL INQUIRY... SPROUT CREEK FARM IS ALL THESE THINGS.
Encompassing 200 acres in Dutchess County, NY, Sprout Creek Farm is really three different entities, distinct yet dynamically intertwined. It is a working farm, raising free-ranging cows, sheep, goats, free-range turkeys, guinea fowl, chickens, and pigs. It is a market, selling our internationally award-winning cheeses and farm-produced meats, as well as local Hudson Valley milk, eggs, vegetables, crafts, and gifts. And it is an educational center, offering day, weekend, and summer programs that help connect young people to the land, the seasons, and the plants and animals that co-exist here in harmonious rhythm. Sprout Creek Farm, Inc. is a 501c3 incorporated not-for-profit organization and your gifts are tax-deductible.
OUR MISSION
The mission of Sprout Creek Farm is to educate people to understand and appreciate our connection to the earth and our responsibility for its care.
As well as producing and selling our meats and cheeses, the purposes of the farm are:
to provide educational experiences for children and adults that will foster appreciation for, and understanding of, our place within the natural world, and thus encourage responsibility for the future of our environment
to offer programs that will reconnect people to the rich agricultural heritage of the United States
to offer an experience of community as a model of peaceful living
to offer programs in spiritual development, using the agricultural resources of the farm as both setting and starting point of such programs
