SCA: A Working Visit from Urban Conservationists in Training

by Rob Terry, Executive Director

A group of young Student Conservation Association crew members from New York City spent two weeks on our farm helping with farm projectsthey lent a hand in taking care of the farm animals, building chicken tractors for next year’s chickens and processing meat birds.

The SCA participants were all alumni of SCA’s New York City Community Crew, a program run in NYC that provides local youth with the opportunity to experience conservation work in an urban setting.

This experience at MFFC allowed participants to step out of the City and experience what conservation is like in a relatively rural and remote setting.

Crew members were able to experience the full scope of both the farm and forest products value chains. Their time at MFFC involved many firsts for the crew members, including: milling timbers, processing chickens, experiencing “darkness and quiet,” and living in the backcountry.