EAHS Sustainable Agriculture

09/06/2026

The pumpkins are going in! Mr. P's Erie 2-Chautauqua-Cattaraugus BOCES Work Experience Class takes the lead on the pumpkin patch each year. They start the plants from seed indoors and then plant them in June. This year we're trying a special giant pumpkin variety. His class contributes so much to the farm!

14/05/2026

This Wednesday our class had the opportunity to meet with students from Lafayette and Global Concepts who are part of the 4-H CAN group! Students discussed the food chain as well as the differences in fresh food availability in surrounding areas of erie county. 4-H students shared what they do at their school to contribute to agriculture, and East Aurora students gave them a tour of our very own farm!

30/04/2026

We have too many laying hens! Help us give some of our hens a new home. We are selling approximately 20 Novogen Brown (almost identical to an Isa Brown) laying hens for sale to benefit our program and help us reduce our flock size. These hens are 18 months old, at the peak of their laying cycle, and looking for their next coop. All proceeds directly support our program. Please see the photos attached for how to buy a chicken!

23/04/2026

Perfect timing on Earth Day to plant 60 new saplings for our tree farm south of the athletic fields! This is year 3 since we began this tree farm project and today we replaced any saplings that didn't survive last season and planted two new rows. Mr. Shelley gave a quick lesson on planting technique and spacing. We hope that we can be selling Christmas trees sometime in the 2030s! Each year our students have taken on a "pay it forward" mindset knowing that future students will benefit from their hard work. We hope to see some of them back to buy a Christmas tree from us for their future families (we'll be sure give them a discount!)

26/11/2025

Our months-long project of raising turkeys culminated yesterday with an in-class thanksgiving feast! Our students planned the event and brought in all the side dishes and we baked everything with the help of our district food service provider, Personal Touch Food Service, Inc.. The centerpiece of the meal was our own pasture-raised turkey - one of 10 that we raised since June.

We received the turkey poults in the mail at 3 days old and raised them with our summer interns and class members until our processing field trip in late October. They challenged us with their intermittent squabbles, and knack for escape. They entertained us with their personalities and unison gobbles. We gave them a good life in fresh air, sunlight and all-you-can eat food and water and safety from predators. In return they provided us and 9 other families with a healthy and delicious meal for thanksgiving.

They helped us learn responsibility, empathy, patience and showed us the benefits of integrating livestock into a farm ecosystem. We even learned how to carve a turkey, how to make gravy from scratch and the difference between a conventional, convection and steam oven!

Thank you to our partners! East Aurora Educational Foundation, Inc. East Aurora Union Free School District (Erba Verde Farms for the processing)

17/11/2025

We will have chicken, eggs, honey and lip balm available at the East Aurora Middle School PTO Holiday Market this Saturday from 11-3 pm! To reserve chicken ahead of time for pickup at the EAMS market (or for an afterschool pickup Wed 11/19 @ EAHS), fill out this form: https://forms.gle/bXJTgqyzss2pkkQh9

05/11/2025

That's our chicken!

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22/10/2025

If you missed chicken pre-order, we will still have chicken available for sale tonight (Wednesday 10/22) from 6-7 pm. We'll be at the blue double doors across the driveway from the farm. We are sold out of whole chickens but have a good supply of breasts, drumsticks, thighs and wings!

16/10/2025

We're offering another opportunity to get your hands on some of our pasture-raised chicken! Help us raise funds for the program and take home a delicious product. Click this link for more info and to reserve your chicken for pickup: https://forms.gle/Fe7ZSkj68j92Pc1dA

We will also have our honey and eggs available for sale at pickup!

02/10/2025

Thanks Blue Devil Design for the new welcome sign!