CSS Educational Farm

The CSS Farm

CSS Community Garden

CSS Farm Animals

CSS Farm Store (with shwag for the entire family)!

CSS partners with regenerative farmers to learn, cultivate, wonder, and connect. We follow our passion of celebrating the good earth with our families, friends, and community. We grow organic produce and raise our animals in a sustainable/regenerative system that works with the rhythms of nature. Farming connects people to the land beneath our feet, and creates future Stewards for surrounding communities, whether on the other side of Redford Ridge or the other side of globe.

We partner with other organizations to provide farmland and regenerative agricultural education to young farmers. We grow healthy food and provide access to under-resourced areas. How can we work together to ensure an equitable food system? With your support we aim to provide young farmers with education in regenerative agricultural practices and farm management, including the emerging technology that will let their agro-businesses thrive.

ANIMAL CARE (Volunteers needed).

Daily (7 days a week)
-Keep water tanks topped off (there is one for pigs (short one), 1 for large animals (tall one) and 1 for chickens. All are necessary
-feed animals. 4 leggeds only need Hay in winter. They also should always have a mineral block. Chickens need 2 scoops of feed every day
-gather eggs
- check for overall healthiness
- give treats (old veggies)

Weekly
-replace bedding in nesting boxes
-Make sure there is adequate Oyster Shells for chickens
-clean out water troughs
-catch Winston and Rosie and spray them for flies
-mow around perimeter fencing (if necessary)
-check that electric fence is working properly and repair if necessary
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Monthly
-check fences
-rotate to new pasture . Move tanks and shelter. Check all fences. Move and Make sure hot box is working.
-de-worm every 2 months
-trim Rosie’s hooves as necessary
-clean entire chicken coop every 4 months. This requires a fork shovel and spade to get all manure (several inches) out from under the roosting rack.
-add road base to perimeter of coop as necessary to keep out predators.
-medicate as necessary

*All food, minerals, supplies, and medication can be found at Tractor Supply.
*A good farm animal care book would be helpful

The CSS Farm Subsidy Program supports community-minded farmers who provide subsistence to their neighbors. In addition to cash and in-kind grants, the CSS Farmers Food Bank provides staples and meals to local farmers to sustain them before they are able to harvest.

If you would like to contribute to the Local Farmers Food Bank Click here!

Contributors and Local Farmers are invited to gratitude dinners.