Earth Day: Kids Cook and Grow

Kids will plant and cook on Earth Day at Appleton Farms in Ipswich Massachusetts!!

Celebrate our Earth, farming, and delicious food with this fun hands-on planting and cooking experience! We’ll start in the teaching kitchen and get cooking. Kids will practice basic measuring and knife skills as we work together to whip up a tasty farm frittata with our own eggs. While our creation cooks kids will plant their own mini herb garden to take home. Learn about what plants need to survive and see what were planting in our own kitchen garden. Afterwards we’ll enjoy our snack together!

  • Recommeded for ages 6-10.
  • Pre-registration is required
  • Registration is by the child, but an adult must attend with them (at no cost).
  • Takes place in the farm kitchen

Become a Trustees Member

When: 
Sunday, April 22, 2018 10-11:30am
Location: 
Appleton Farms
Prices: 
TTOR Member Child: $12
Non-Member Child: $20
Phone: 
978.356.5728 x.4117
Email: 
kjacoby@ttor.org
Link(s): 
Earth Day: Kids Cook & Grow
Online Registration
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