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Apple Acres Farm
At Apple Acres Farm, Field Trips are a wonderful way for school, scout and homeschool groups to learn and connect to nature! All of our field trips are designed to fit the Maine education standards and can be uniquely designed to fit all grade levels and many subjects. FALL OPTIONS: Basic Tour: (All ages) Students get to enjoy one of New England’s special treats; apples fresh from the trees. All participants will receive a ¼ peck of apples, a taste of cider, and a 10- minute farm tour. Classic Tour: (Pre- K – 5th grade, plan for 1.5 hours). Our young students will pick ¼ peck of apples, a taste of cider, and discover the farm and farming through hand-on activities and team building. Adventure Tour: (6th- 12th graders, plan for 3 hours). Students enjoy picking a 1/4 peck of apples and a taste of cider, but then we delve a bit deeper. We explore soil and fruit health, composting, sustainability and more, with some mind boggling facts about how rich Maine’s ecology is, and some discussion about food security.
Apple Acres Farm is also undergoing a transition to holistic, rather than IPM conventional management, using biodynamic spray materials, compost and green manures to improve the health of the land. We will be acquiring our official organic certification in 2019, but for now the apples are managed using only organically certified materials (it takes 3 years of a repeated process to achieve certification).
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ABOUT
Apple Acres Farm
At Apple Acres Farm, Field Trips are a wonderful way for school, scout and homeschool groups to learn and connect to nature! All of our field trips are designed to fit the Maine education standards and can be uniquely designed to fit all grade levels and many subjects. FALL OPTIONS: Basic Tour: (All ages) Students get to enjoy one of New England’s special treats; apples fresh from the trees. All participants will receive a ¼ peck of apples, a taste of cider, and a 10- minute farm tour. Classic Tour: (Pre- K – 5th grade, plan for 1.5 hours). Our young students will pick ¼ peck of apples, a taste of cider, and discover the farm and farming through hand-on activities and team building. Adventure Tour: (6th- 12th graders, plan for 3 hours). Students enjoy picking a 1/4 peck of apples and a taste of cider, but then we delve a bit deeper. We explore soil and fruit health, composting, sustainability and more, with some mind boggling facts about how rich Maine’s ecology is, and some discussion about food security.
Apple Acres Farm is also undergoing a transition to holistic, rather than IPM conventional management, using biodynamic spray materials, compost and green manures to improve the health of the land. We will be acquiring our official organic certification in 2019, but for now the apples are managed using only organically certified materials (it takes 3 years of a repeated process to achieve certification).
contact info
ABOUT
Apple Acres Farm
At Apple Acres Farm, Field Trips are a wonderful way for school, scout and homeschool groups to learn and connect to nature! All of our field trips are designed to fit the Maine education standards and can be uniquely designed to fit all grade levels and many subjects. FALL OPTIONS: Basic Tour: (All ages) Students get to enjoy one of New England’s special treats; apples fresh from the trees. All participants will receive a ¼ peck of apples, a taste of cider, and a 10- minute farm tour. Classic Tour: (Pre- K – 5th grade, plan for 1.5 hours). Our young students will pick ¼ peck of apples, a taste of cider, and discover the farm and farming through hand-on activities and team building. Adventure Tour: (6th- 12th graders, plan for 3 hours). Students enjoy picking a 1/4 peck of apples and a taste of cider, but then we delve a bit deeper. We explore soil and fruit health, composting, sustainability and more, with some mind boggling facts about how rich Maine’s ecology is, and some discussion about food security.
Apple Acres Farm is also undergoing a transition to holistic, rather than IPM conventional management, using biodynamic spray materials, compost and green manures to improve the health of the land. We will be acquiring our official organic certification in 2019, but for now the apples are managed using only organically certified materials (it takes 3 years of a repeated process to achieve certification).