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Calypso Programs

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 Engaging Alaskan Teens in Gardening (EATinG) program - during the summer months. Please click here for more information about the initiative!

Engaging Alaskan Teens in Gardening (EATinG)
Through the EATinG program, each summer middle and high school students are paid to grow food and operate a small Community Shared Agriculture (CSA) or Farm Stand 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!

Field Trips
Throughout the spring, summer, and fall, Calypso offers a variety of field trips to school, home and youth groups. In 2009 more than 1600 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!

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 2010 schedule.

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.

For more information about these programs, volunteer opportunities or tours please call 907-451-0691