Field Trip To Amy's Farm

Field Trip to Amy’s farm On Saturday May seventeenth our class went on a field trip to Amy’s Farm. While there I learned that the farm has many different animals. For example, they have cows, horses, ducks, chickens, sheep, pigs, goats, and cats. Some of the animals are part of a petting zoo not for consumption. They also have turkeys, but only during Thanksgiving time. I also learned that only some animals are for slaughter at the farm. For example, turkeys and pigs are slaughtered at the farm when people want to take home to eat after they purchased the animal. Not all the pigs are killed some are kept in the farm to make more pigs. In addition, it was interesting to find out that anyone can care for the cows and have some of their milk. If you contribute to food and care for cows, the guide said you can do what you please with milk. I also learned that the cows there are milked daily. Glenda is one the cows from the farm and she makes about three to four gallons of milk a day. Donut is another of the cows there and is a smaller cow and she makes about two gallons a day. The farm also has Angus beef cows. Some of the cows are that raised at Amy’s Farm are owned by families or restaurants. They feed the cows grass no soy or corn. Also, Amy’s Farm grows produce. The farm has fruit trees, tomatoes, strawberries, kale, spinach, and many more. The farm has twelve avocado trees and also nectarines. All the seeds they use are purebred. Our tour guide said that some of the produce goes to restaurants from the community. I The farm is privately owned and it raises money to preserve land for agriculture. They use spin farming. They take up as much space as they can to grow. According to our tour guide,” Every time they plant the soil gets better.” People could also have a plot of land at the farm. Guide said it cost about fifteen dollars a month to have a plot. The farm has many volunteers that come and work here. Anyone is welcomed to go to the farm for visit or to volunteer. Overall, it was a great experienced. I enjoyed the field trip and learned a lot. I would want to go back again. It was interesting to find out many things a farm can do.