About The Farm
Spring Brook Farm, home of Farms for City Kids, is a traditional dairy farm located in Reading, Vermont. It spans more than 1,000 acres and is home to a wide array of livestock—the maintenance and care of which keep our Farms for City Kids students quite busy. Our Farm is home to over 100 registered Jerseys, and the 42 milking cows produce over 600,000 lbs. of milk each year. This milk is used by Spring Brook Farm Cheese, LLC to make their award-winning artisanal cheeses. The Farm is also home to a Sugar Bush with more than 3000 taps, that produces Maple Syrup & Maple Cream. The proceeds of which support the Farms for City Kids Program. The Farm is part of the Vermont Land Trust conservation program, and has been providing programming at no cost to the visiting schools for more than 25 years.
Our Programs
Farms For City Kids is a unique educational program combining classroom studies with firsthand farming experience to give urban kids an understanding of how vital academics are to everyday lives. Students rotate team-structured tasks daily between the dairy barn‚ small animal barn‚ greenhouse‚ garden, cheese house and dormitory. By achieving hands-on project success‚ students build interpersonal‚ leadership and problem-solving skills.
Our City Kids Adventure Learning program is being offered to our Alumni Students of the Farms for City Kids Program. This summertime outdoor adventure will lend to a whole new hands on experience! Wilderness & survival skills, problem solving, critical thinking, nature observation, and tracking are only a handful of the tools the students will achieve while they camp out at the highest point at Spring Brook Farm.
Support Our Farm
Farms For City Kids is a non-profit foundation that relies on individual, corporate and foundation donations to successfully benefit city children. With your support, we continue to expand students’ horizons and provide them with an unforgettable experience in learning, problem solving and responsibility. Our educational program continues to evolve, but the essence of who we are remains the same.