The school represents the environmental and social context where our children live and is a very heterogeneous reality from a cultural point of view, but also from a food point of view. With the motto "mens sana in corpore sano", in recent years more and more schools have been proposing food education projects involving not only children, but also their parents. Animations, visits, itineraries and activities and educational workshops: Nihil agricultura melius (Cicero)
Gelindo proposes themes related to peasant life, lived together with the family of farmers.
The educational farm allows children to learn about genuine food and how it is produced.
Our goal is to teach them the rudiments of organic cultivation and to recognize the true flavors of foods produced according to nature, hoping that after the day, they will no longer eat stereotyped and anonymous sandwiches, snacks and frozen foods, but prefer tasty cold cuts, fragrant cheeses, fragrant soups, homemade genuine sweets.
Polenta, buckwheat bread, grape juice and organic apples will accompany their day.
SCHOOL DAY
The AGRICAMPUS "School Day" standard full program includes the following moments:
Timetable: from 09.30 to 16.30, with the possibility of organizing visits of even half a day, with or without lunch.
These "phases" are so proposed to better understand the objective of the visit, assimilate the contents of the food chain: "From the earth to the table" or "If you don't work the land, you will NOT eat". What is the meaning of knowing cereals if we do not know where they come from, how they are grown, how they are processed; without tasting the immediate transformation into food (at least a taste of polenta and cheese)?
That is why we suggest booking the planned sequence and not only some phases within the offer as in an "à la carte" menu, even if programs can be customized.
SCHOOL STAY
Program proposal
1st DAY
Arrival around 10:00
- Welcome drink and group formation
- Delivery of farm clothing
- Visit to the farm
- Lunch with partly organic dishes
Afternoon
- 2 hours of relaxation
- 1st didactic activity: workshop to be agreed
- Snack with homemade sweets and organic fruit
- 1st group animation
- Dinner with partly organic dishes
Evening
- Presentation of the Friuli Venezia Giulia area
- Overnight
2nd DAY and FOLLOWING
- Muscle awakening: outdoor gymnastics
- Breakfast and continuation of the planned activities
- 2nd educational activity: workshop to be agreed
- Break with apple juice, homemade cakes and organic fruit
- 2nd group animation
- Lunch including organic dishes
Afternoon:
- 2 hours of relaxation
- Didactic activity: workshop to be agreed
- Snack with homemade sweets and organic fruit
- Group animation
- Dinner: Barbecue in the meadows and bivouac under the stars or in the shed
Evening
- Celtic fire rite and end of holiday party
- Overnight
LAST DAY
- Muscle awakening: outdoor gymnastics
- Breakfast
- Walk in the farm to say goodbye to animals and farmers
- Delivery of study holiday certificates
- Gifts and goodbye to guests at about 09:00
- Any morning program on the last day (not included in this offer)
HOSPITALITY
- Accommodation is provided in rooms with 3/4 beds or apartments for 6 people, equipped with internal services, TV and climate.
- Availability of rooms for people with disabilities and single or double rooms for teachers / tutors.
- Room service: daily cleaning, change of bed linen if necessary, change of towels every 2 days, bathroom products
RESTAURAN SERVICES
- Grand buffet breakfast: organic apple juice, tea, coffee, milk, fruit, homemade pastries and cakes, bread, yogurt, honey, farm jams, eggs, cold cuts and Friuli cheeses
- Lunch and Dinner (including some organic dishes): entrance, first course of your choice, second course of your choice with side dish, dessert, water and apple and grape juice. Possibility of personalized menus for allergies and intolerances.
- Snacks: at 10.30 am and 4.00 pm with homemade desserts, fruit, organic apple juice and grape juice
Part of the products are grown on the farm with a certified organic method. Particular attention is given to specific dietary needs, allergies or intolerances.
GUEST CLOTHING
In addition to normal clothing, the following items are recommended: water bottle, windbreaker/k-way, tracksuit, cap, trekking boots, long trekking socks, backpack, swimsuit, insect and sun creams, 2 large towels
We are on hand for prices and customizations.
"From the earth to the table"
01 - Cereals: from plants to seeds, flour, bread and polenta
02 - From grass to cheese: forage plants, cow milking, milk curdling, cheese tasting
03 - Food education workshop: learn about and cook food
04 - Vegetables and vegetables: knowledge and edible use
05 - Edible herbs: knowledge, cultivation and edible use
06 - From grapes to wine: colors, flavors and traditions during the ancestral rite of the harvest
07 - Apples, apples, cider and jams: Celtic colors, flavors, traditions and rites linked to the ancient apple
"Life on the farm"
01 - Horses & donkeys: from breeding to horse riding (lessons in the riding school and carriage ride on the farm)
02* - Discovering the world of mosaic: familiarization and knowledge of mosaic art
03 - Bike and carriage ride in the Vivaro wood to discover and learn about plants
04 - Trip to the Magredi: knowledge of the habitat, herbs, flowers and birds
05* - From sheep to sweater: the path of wool
06* - The felt workshop
* In relation to the availability of the Tutor
On request we can organize other visits or activities.