Harvest Time at Overlook Farm
 Register for Harvest Time to immerse yourself in a three-night course on food systems, sustainable agriculture and self-reliance techniques.
Experiential, hands-on and fun, you will learn sustainable living techniques that you can incorporate into your own life while also learning how Heifer International is working with communities all around the world to help families lift themselves out of poverty to become self-reliant.
After this course, you will be equipped with the knowledge to apply the techniques that you have learned to your home-life and we challenge you to further your impact by spreading that knowledge to your community.
Harvest Time activities include:
- Deepening your knowledge of Heifer’s work.
- Understanding the gap between the distribution of population and the distribution and consumption of resources.
- Experiencing the life of a family living in poverty through a meal in the Global Village.
- Livestock Activities – Learn how you can raise chickens in your backyard and help us care for our livestock.
- Gardening Activities – Gain gardening techniques by helping us build compost beds, harvest our fall crops and winterize the gardens.
- Preservation Techniques – Discover how to transform a simple product like milk into a higher profit item such as cheese or yogurt. Learn how to extend the life of your produce through canning, drying, freezing and lacto-fermentation.
- Enjoying a unique experience with others, including the dedicated Overlook staff and volunteers, that share your interests and passions.
Lodging and Meals
Guests will stay at the Heifer Learning Center at Overlook Farm in a climate-controlled bunkroom. The bunkrooms, one for women and one for men, have four bunkbeds with a potential of eight men or women to a room. Each room includes a half-bath and a shower room with two shower stalls and a changing area. Guests are provided with one set of bed linens and towels.
Meals are made from scratch using fresh farm products. Meals begin with dinner on day one and continue through breakfast on day four. Day two features a Global Village meal.
Harvest Time Program Requirements
Minimum Age: 18
Per Person Tuition Fees: $325.00 per person
Tuition Fee Includes: Educational programming, work projects, lodging and meals
Offered: October: 11 – 14 and 14 – 17, 2010
Cancellation Policy: After July 1, 2010, the tuition fee is non-refundable. Cancellations prior to July 1, 2010 will receive an 80% refund; 20% is retained for administrative costs.
To register for Harvest Time at Overlook Farm or for more information, email the Reservations Office or call (508) 886-2221. Openings are limited so plan ahead!
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