Spring into Farming: Follow Nutrient Trail

MSU Tollgate Farm in Novi, Michigan has interactive, educational, and fun school and community field trips designed for a variety of ages.

Spring into Farming Follow: Nutrient Trail (Mid-April - early June): Explore springtime on the farm and choose from the following: garden, pond study, chickens and embryology, goats, vermicomposting and wagon ride as you travel the 'nutrient trail' and explore the big question - how are all the creatures and plants on the farm connected? Experience the transfer of matter and energy as you question, hypothesize, analyze data, conclude and question again. Close the nutrient loop of producers to consumers to decomposers.  

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Programs $ 12/per adult or child. Teachers are free. Financial aid process available.

Looking for other Spring programs at MSU Tollgate Farm? Check out Plants and their Partners, Plants and their Parents, From Sheep to Sweater, Embryology, Ecosystem Explorations, Water and Land: The Connection, Insect Explorations, The Story of Maple, and Journey of Water and Beyond. 

Questions? Contact Ellen Koehler, 248-701-9956 or koehle43@msu.edu

 

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