Our Educational Greenhouse
Our educational greenhouse is located at Thistle Whistle Farm in Hotchkiss. This past winter we decided to take the plunge to help fund a propagation [...]
Harvest at The Sauce Plot
Last week at the Sauce Plot we learned a bit about how our bodies process the food we eat, then we created an art project [...]
Photos from our ESL Nutrition Program
Pickle class!
Our KPP Fundraising Dinner
On August 29th we worked with Kids' Pasta Project to host a fundraising dinner for the Sauce Plot. Funds raised will be used to purchase a freezer [...]
beef?
Where’s the Beef? September 4th, 2011 Eating Locally in the North Fork Valley Schools As students are getting [...]
ESL Nutrition Program Highlights
The 2011 ESL Nutrition Program at Thistle Whistle is wrapping up next week. We covered a lot of material, both in and out of the [...]
Weed & Feed Gatherings a Success!
Once a week through the month of August several families gathered at Thistle Whistle farm to work in the Sauce Plot. We weeded onions, melons, [...]
new press!
this is the new press!
Farm Pizzas
Last week in our Nutrition and Literacy Program we made farm pizzas. The participants started with whole wheat berries, milled the flour and [...]
Ecology Day 2011
Discussing chicken biology with the Hotchkiss 3rd graders.