One of Linnaea School's greatest assets is its location on a working organic farm. As global forces heighten interest in food security, it's wise to understand how food is grown and preserved. Students at Linnaea School become acquainted with small scale fruit, vegetable, dairy and meat production methods.

In Farm Life classes, Linnaea Farm steward Tamara McPhail takes students out on the farm to meet milk cows, laying hens, pigs and sheep. Students build compost piles, visit the vegetable production garden and tend the school garden. They harvest and prepare apples, herbs, and mushrooms. Sometimes, they help with ongoing farm projects, like sowing pasture seed. They get to know farmers who are passionate about local, whole food and are energized by a life that keeps them in close connection to the earth. Farm out!