01Elementary-age kids
Day camp
Single-day or week-long programs may include animal care, planting, harvesting, or simple cooking.
Welcome to the outside classroom
Get yourhands dirty.
In the best possible way.
Farm camps turn real working farms into places to learn—through animals, soil, growing food, cooking, and the rhythm of the season.
Farm+Camp=Learn
Real farms. Real seasons. Real things to learn.
Farm + camp, plainly
The farm is the classroom. The season writes the lesson plan.
A farm camp is a camp program—often for kids, teens, or families—held on a working farm or agricultural property. Participants learn through hands-on experience with farming, animals, and food production.
- 01The place
- A real working agricultural property
- 02The people
- Kids, teens, families, school groups, adults, or educators
- 03The method
- Hands-on learning rooted in actual farm work
Choose your way in
There is more than one way to camp on a farm.
Programs vary by farm, audience, and season. These are five common shapes—not a directory of currently available sessions.
02Teen learners
Teen immersion
Multi-day programs can go deeper into livestock, equipment basics, soil, pasture, and food-system literacy.
03Grown-ups + kids
Family weekends
Families work and learn together, often through shared chores, meals, and an approachable introduction to farm life.
04Classes + teachers
School visits
A structured farm visit may pair a tour with a hands-on station and a clearer connection to where food comes from.
05Adults + educators
Skills workshops
Workshops may focus on homesteading, animal husbandry, market gardening, or helping teachers carry lessons home.
Every farm is different. That is the point.
A day in the field
Notice. Try. Care. Make. Share.
Every farm runs differently. A thoughtful program follows the farm’s real work instead of staging a theme-park version of it.
- NoticeRead the weather, meet the place, and learn the day’s boundaries.
- TryTake on an age-appropriate task with clear instruction and supervision.
- CareSee how daily work supports soil, plants, animals, and people.
- MakeTurn observation into something tangible: a harvest, a meal, or a new skill.
- ShareClose the loop by talking about what changed and what comes next.
For farm operators
Start with one good program—not five half-built ones.
The farm has to keep working while the camp is running. Begin with a format that fits your operation and treat the practical layer as part of the curriculum, not an afterthought.
Share your operator notesFirst-season field list
- 01
Choose one audience and one program shape
- 02
Map the program against the real farm calendar
- 03
Plan supervision, ratios, restrooms, transportation, and food handling
- 04
Work through insurance, waivers, and basic safety
- 05
Run a deliberately small first season, then write down what you learned
Requirements vary by place and program. Operators should verify the rules that apply to their own farm and participants.
Why FarmCamps.org exists
A field learning to find one another.
FarmCamps.org tracks the formats, questions, and shared needs around farm-camp programs. It is exploring what an operator network—and, potentially, a future trade association—could become.
Email the FarmCamps team