Educational farm days for school groups
A day of learning and discovery
At Gelindo dei Magredi, students don’t just learn about farming, they live it.
School groups, from nursery and kindergarten to primary and secondary schools, are welcomed into the daily rhythm of a working farm, sharing real moments alongside a farming family and discovering, step by step, where food comes from and how it reaches our tables.
Our educational farm helps children and teenagers connect with wholesome, natural food and understand how everyday ingredients are produced: from crops and forage plants to flour, bread, polenta, milk and cheese. Learning happens through hands-on activities and through the senses: touching, smelling, tasting and observing so knowledge becomes memorable and concrete.
The goal is simple: to introduce students to organic farming and help them recognise real, natural flavours. After a day at Gelindo, they are encouraged to look at food with new curiosity, choosing fresh, honest tastes over processed snacks.
Throughout the day, students enjoy polenta cooked over an open fire, rustic bread, organic apples, grape and apple juices, and other genuine farm flavours.
AGRICAMPUS: SCHOOL DAY PROGRAMME |
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Welcome and introduction: greeting the group with homemade treats, organic apple juice and grape juice, followed by a clear explanation of what an educational farm is and an overview of the farm itinerary |
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Farm tour: a guided route through the estate |
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Hands-on learning workshop: practical activities and discovery through the five senses |
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The Polenta Ritual: a tasting polenta-meal cooked over a live fire and stirred by the students themselves |
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Farm lunch: prepared farm products and seasonal ingredients |
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Free afternoon time: games and visits planned in collaboration with teachers, or a second workshop upon request |
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Indicative schedule: 9:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Half-day visits are also available, with or without lunch.
Why the Day Follows a Sequence:
The programme is designed to help students understand the food chain, from the land to the table and the simple idea that food only reaches our plates through the work of the land.
For learning to be truly effective, it is important that students see the whole process: where cereals grow, how they are cultivated and processed and how they become food. Tasting the result, such as polenta with cheese, helps reinforce understanding. For this reason, the visit is designed as a complete educational experience, rather than a selection of individual activities.
EDUCATIONAL WORKSHOPS AND LEARNING PATHS:
From Land to Table |
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Cereals: from plant to seed, to flour, to bread and polenta |
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From grass to cheese: forage plants, cow milking, curdling, cheese tasting |
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Food education workshop: learning to recognise and cook real food:
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Vegetables: recognition and edible uses:
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Edible herbs: recognition, cultivation and use
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Farm Life |
| Horses & donkeys: from breeding to riding (indoor lesson and carriage ride through the estate) |
| Magredi excursion: habitat, herbs, flowers and birds. |
| Bike and carriage excursion in the Vivaro woods: plants and nature discovery |
| From sheep to sweater: the journey of wool |
| Felt workshop |
| Discovering the art of mosaic: introduction and hands-on familiarity with mosaic work |
Additional visits and activities can also be organised upon request.