Bring the farm to you

Chick­ens chillin’ in your front yard, goats gath­er­ing at your fam­ily pic­nic or ducks danc­ing in your school park­ing lot … and you don’t have to worry about set up and clean up? This idea is pure brilliance.

A friend of mine and for­mer edu­ca­tion direc­tor at Strat­ford Eco­log­i­cal Cen­ter, Christa Hein, has cre­ated an amaz­ingly unique busi­ness spe­cial­iz­ing in bring­ing you farm experiences.

Accord­ing to her web­site, bringthefarmtoyou.com, she can bring the farm right to your front door, whether you are an indi­vid­ual, a school, a church, a busi­ness, a birth­day party or a group of friends for Ladies Night Out. Bring the Farm to You wants to “inspire and ignite your desire to roll up your sleeves and get back to basics!” Hein is doing just that with edu­ca­tional and fun hands-on pro­grams on the go.

The adven­tures aren’t just with furry farm ani­mal friends either. Hein can pro­vide pro­grams cen­ter­ing on farm­steading (bee­keep­ing, worm com­post­ing, green clean­ing and maple sug­ar­ing); food (can­ning par­ties, mak­ing dairy del­i­ca­cies, and cider­ing); fibers (sheep to sweater, felt­ing par­ties and spin­ning); and plants (organic gar­den­ing, class­room gar­den­ing and school gardens).

Par­ties and events can be big or small. Can you imag­ine hav­ing a farm ani­mal birth­day party? Bring the Farm to You was recently high­lighted in Colum­bus Par­ent Mag­a­zine (Sep­tem­ber 2012) where the fea­ture was par­ties for kids. Prices, which range from $300 to $500, don’t have a limit to the num­ber of kids attend­ing, so par­ents can con­sider doing a joint party with a friend or neigh­bor to help defray the cost. These par­ties would be per­fect for large neigh­bor­hood or fam­ily events as well. The bonus? Hein scoops all the mess up when she leaves. How’s that for full service?

Spe­cial pro­grams fea­tured this fall include the chick hatch­ing pro­gram which is only avail­able through Thanks­giv­ing this year and the apple cider­ing pro­gram, avail­able only in the fall.

You can sign up for Bring the Farm to You’s e-farm newslet­ter and also receive a free e-book by Hein titled “The Nat­ural Spirit of Art.” Her blog is fun to read, too, and has inspired me to take action on some projects I have been putting on the back burner-even if tak­ing action on them is imper­fect action. Kudos to Hein for fol­low­ing her dream.

Want more infor­ma­tion? Check out the web­site, Face­book, call 614–560-5583 or email christa@ bringthefarmtoyou.com.

Tues­day Trip­pier lives in Delaware, is a writer and enjoys learn­ing about local and green living.

Posted by Tuesday Trippier on Sep 27 2012. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS Feed. Comments can be made below.