How does the farm interact with the surrounding community?
Staff members all live locally, and most are very involved in cultural and other activities. The farm director has been actively involved in the implementation of the Catskill Watershed Corporation’s Education Program, the assistant director is a member of the Roxbury School Board, and the program director helped organize a local food cooperative and plays on a historic baseball team. Students from the Roxbury and Margaretville Central Schools have visited the farm. Fourth grade students from RCS and 9-10s students from Manhattan Country School participate in an urban/rural exchange which culminates in each class visiting the other’s school. The Catskill Folk Music Project introduces our students to one aspect of the region’s culture.
