Author: Dan Kerr

Chickens at St. Martin’s – A Major Source of Protein

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The boys’ participation in a working farm enterprise is at the heart of the unique educational experience at St. Martin’s Academy.  Students will have daily maintenance chores on the farm that will include milking cows, collecting eggs, feeding and watering all livestock, and moving beef cows and chickens on an intensive rotational grazing system.  On … Continued

Farming at St. Martin’s (Part 1)

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At St. Martin’s Academy, faculty and students will work cooperatively to operate a sustainable, productive farm. We will grow seasonal vegetables, tend a perma-cultured orchard, and husband a variety of livestock from chickens and pigs to rabbits and cattle. We will milk cows and make butter, keep bees for honey, and ferment vegetables for use … Continued