It has been a busy month as we have welcomed hundreds of students from local schools to discover how different life was here at Hallockville in the 1800s compared to how we live today. At our field trips, students tour the Homestead and the Homestead Barn where they dig for potatoes, meet our animals, learn about growing their own food (even grinding corn to feed our chickens) and get their hands wet by doing laundry “like in the olden days,” one of their favorite activities.
We look forward to welcoming more schools in the next few weeks. Our mission is “to take Long Island back to its family farming roots and explore their relevance today,” and we feel one of the best ways to do so is by sharing the past with future generations.
We are very grateful to our volunteers for helping with the school visits. If you’d like to be a field trip volunteer, click the link below. No prior experience needed. Will train.
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