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Calypso
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Schoolyard
Garden Initiative
The
goal of the Schoolyard Garden Initiative is to create a network of
school gardens functioning as experiential learning environments for
teachers and students during the school year and as food production
gardens - maintained by the teenagers involved in Calypso 's Employing
Alaskan Teens in Gardening (EATinG) program - during the summer months.
Please click here for
more information about the initiative!
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Employing
Alaskan Teens in Gardening (EATinG)
Through
the EATinG program, middle and high school students are paid each
summer to grow food and operate a small Community Shared Agriculture
(CSA) at schoolyard gardens in Fairbanks. The EATinG program establishes
a mutually beneficial relationship where schools have gardens, youth
have meaningful employment and hands-on education opportunities and
the community has access to locally grown food. Please click here
for more information about the EATinG program!
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Field
Trips
Throughout
the spring, summer, and fall, Calypso offers a variety of field trips
to school, home and youth groups. In 2007 more than 1300 young people
visited Calypso on a field trip that focused on local foods, farming,
and the boreal forest ecosystem! Please click here
for more information about Calypso field trips!
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Ecological
Gardening Workshop Series
Throughout the year (February to October), Calypso offers
a series of hands-on workshops for Fairbanks gardeners. Workshops cover
a range of ecological gardening topics including composting, garden
planning, soil fertility, natural dyeing and seed saving. Workshops
take place at Calypso Farm and are taught by local experts. Click here
for the 2008 schedule.
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Community
Shared Agriculture (CSA) Program
Farm shareholders,
also known as CSA members, pay at the beginning of the season for
a "share" of that season's harvest. Throughout the season
they then receive a weekly basket of produce and a farm newsletter
with recipes and farm news. Please see our CSA
page for more information on how to become a shareholder.
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For
more information about these programs, volunteer opportunities or
tours please call 907-451-0691
All
materials on this Web site are © Calypso Farm and Ecology Center
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