Farm Visits 2024-2025

Instead of doing the classic Waldorf Third Grade Farming block, we visited a different local farm each month. It was a really fun project! Here is the list:

Sep - Bernard Family Farm, Belle Rive IL

Oct - All Seasons Farm, Cobden IL

Nov - The Log Cabin Ranch, Ina IL

Dec - Wiswell's Christmas Tree Farm, Johnston City IL
(postponed to 2025)

Jan - SIUC Plant Biology Greenhouse & Conservatory, Carbondale IL

Feb - tapping sugar maple trees with Ms. Megan, Alto Pass IL

Mar - Little Grassy Fish Hatchery, Makanda IL

Apr - Baetje Farms, Bloomsdale MO

May - Well House Farmstead, Carbondale IL

Jun - Cahokia Rice, McClure IL

THANK YOU to all of the parents who were willing to do so much driving so that the children could have these experiences!!!

And here are some photos Dan took of our April field trip to Baetje Farms! We had a tour of the creamery, followed by a wonderful goat cheese tasting.

In Fourth Grade, Waldorf students study how the History and traditional Industries of a place relate to its Geography. We will do this next year.

The farm visits are a really nice transition into this idea. Cahokia Rice is also an excellent tie-in with "Asia" week in our World Geography lessons for June. It's amazing that they grow rice in Southern IL, and I'm really excited to see how they flood the fields!