Oregon Heritage Farms Virtual Field Trip

In addition to focusing on things that can be done safely now, and have not required changes to be safe during a pandemic, we have also been very interested to see how other businesses and attractions have been adapting. What has helped many family farms survive over the years has been field trips and excursions for families. The last post explored an adapted form of family excursion, but schools cannot do regular field trips now.

We had already visited Oregon Heritage Farms last year:

https://sporktogo.blogspot.com/2019/10/oregon-heritage-farms.html

We went to get supplies for their virtual field trip.

https://www.oregonheritagefarms.com/fieldtrips

For no charge at all, you can watch a video tour of the farm and the apple growing process, including pollination and packing. There is also a brief lesson plan with handouts and a tasting activity.

Finally, the store has a field trip pack, which can be ordered online.

The packs are designed for groups of four. The sippy cups are really cute, and you can easily purchase additions for each extra student. For my sister's class we decided to forgo the cups, but to pick up cider and a variety of apples that each student could try. It is easy to adapt.

Of course, there are a lot of other things that can be purchased if you are so inclined.

 https://www.oregonheritagefarms.com/