Oregon day camp gives kids a taste of farming life

Children in Oregon have the opportunity to spend part of their summer learning what it's like to work on a farm, while also having fun and getting a valuable lesson in rural education. A farm near Lebanon, in the northwest part of the state, runs a day camp that lets children spend six hours a day for one week to experience life on the farm, reports Jennifer Moody for the Albany Democrat-Herald. (D-H photo by David Patton: A hay slide at the camp)

Camp participants get the opportunity to feed, groom and play with chickens, rabbits, sheep, goats, a horse, and baby American Guinea Hogs, reports Moody. Other experiences include gathering eggs, milking goats, making cheese, learning to felt, and seeing how wool becomes cloth. Activities are also designed to allow them to learn through having fun, such as how ecology works in worm composting, and exploring watercraft designs by building tiny stick rafts, and carving boats from zucchini. (Read more)