Old MacNATE had a FARM

Farmer Nate Chittenden of Dutch Hollow Farm and his family were so helpful as I prepared for our Loren Long Day last week.  Since Day 1, Farmer Nate was always going to be involved. I had this crazy idea to bus our youngest learners to the farm and have them go on a tour and a listen to Loren read Otis from a tractor. Ran it by Loren and Farmer Nate back in the fall. Both were game.

Not was all lost. Thanks to 4th grader, Jonathan and 2nd grader, Anna for the virtual tour and a lovely read aloud by 7th grader, Zachary with Raspberry, I was happy to spread the #farmlove last week and always.




Here is Zach reading to Raspberry:

#CheeseLove
You can't make cheese without milk so let's talk some cheese. I love cheese.   Hard. Soft. Stinky. Holey. Creamy. Spreadable. Yumminess.

Lately, I can't get enough of local cheese from Four Fat Fowl. (Please tell me you get your milk from Dutch Hollow Farm so I can feel like we are all one family.).  But even if they don't, famous Beechers has a cheese named after the farm! Bonus, you can find it at our local Honest Weight Food Co-op.  My friend, Elisha, sent us to Murray's Cheese in the West Village when we were down in the city in December. Now that was a cheese lover's heaven.  It has a cameo in this RTWJAZ video. When I went vegan this winter, the thing I missed the very most was, you guessed it, cheese.

Speaking of Elisha...Here's his reading of his FARM:





So support your local farmer. Drink some milk. Eat some cheese. Dive into a pint of ice cream. And subscribe to RTWJAZ (Yeah, nothing to do with the dairy but just because it would make a couple of young teens so happy.)

A few websites for further activities:

https://www.visitmyfarm.org/teachers-resources (crafts)
http://www.myamericanfarm.org (games, crafts, lessons)
100 Days of Agriculture (many, many different activities)
https://www.harvestconnection-ny.com (recipes, local farmer's markets, ask a local farmer)

#farmlove   #CabotFarmers    #DutchHollowFarm