Growing For Good – Intensive Learning @ MFS

Gardening with Ghosts and Planes: Our Trip to Novick Urban Farm

March 25, 2025March 25, 2025Growing For GoodLeave a comment

Today, Growing for Good went to Novick Urban Farm, located at Fort Mifflin in Philadelphia. We worked on various tasks, such as wheeling soil to the garden beds, turning over soil, clearing sticks and logs, and planting spinach, cilantro, scallions, and parsley. After a brief donut breakfast, we boarded the bus and headed over...

Braving the Rain at Homebody Farms

March 24, 2025March 24, 2025Growing For GoodLeave a comment

We came away realizing that the choices we make when purchasing food are more complicated than we realized. On Day Two, we had so much fun helping farmers by herding chickens, learning more about their farm layout, and the history of farming in the U.S. and in New Jersey! It was really cool to...

Growing for Good: A Visit to NJ Nut Farms!

March 21, 2025March 24, 2025Growing For GoodLeave a comment

After meeting at school in the morning and going over the agenda for the day (and having delicious toasts!), we boarded the bus and headed to the New Jersey Nut Farm in Medford. We arrived around 10:00 a.m., met our hosts and heard about what they do on their farm and why it is...

A Mindful Celebration on Campus

March 28, 2024March 28, 2024Growing For Good

Today, our field trip to Mill Creek Urban was unfortunately canceled due to weather, but that gave us the opportunity to fill our day with fun activities. We started our day by walking up to Main Street to Moore Bagels, where we enjoyed a delicious breakfast and fun conversation. After that, we returned to...

Growing For Good: Longwood Gardens

March 28, 2024March 28, 2024Growing For Good

Today, Growing for Good hopped on the bus bright and early for a visit to Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania. We started with a tour by one of the staff, who taught us about the history of the land, which was once inhabited and cared for by the Lenni Lenape, an Indigenous people...

Gardening (& Ghost Hunting!) at Fort Mifflin

March 26, 2024March 28, 2024Growing For Good

On our third day of Growing For Good, we visited the Novick Urban Farm, located at historic Fort Mifflin in Philadelphia. We met with our guide, Erin, and learned about the history of the Novick Farms. We learned about how Philadelphia is becoming more and more urban and how Novick Farms strives to make...

Growing for Good: Trip to Fernbrook Farms

March 25, 2024March 26, 2024Growing For Good

Today, Growing for Good visited Fernbrook Farms an educational experience located in Chesterfield, New Jersey. To start off the day, our group began with a tour of the various greenhouses located on the property. Here, we observed many different irrigation systems used for growing different types of plants, giving us a better understanding of...

Growing For Good: Visiting Swedes Run and Esther Yanai Preserve Trail

March 23, 2024March 23, 2024Growing For Good

Slideshow photos by Ailsa Moriuchi ’11. On the first day of 2024 Growing For Good Intensive Learning, the Upper Schoolers joined with the fifth graders to do service at both Swedes Run and the Esther Yanai Preserve Trail. At Swedes Run, we split into two groups: one group carried and spread mulch to the...