Bishops Pumpkin Farm SPRING AT THE HAMBURGER FARM-, Best for TK-5th Grades

What

Bishops Pumpkin Farm SPRING AT THE HAMBURGER FARM-, Best for TK-5th Grades

When

5/16/2025, 10:00 AM – 12:30 PM

Bishops Pumpkin Farm SPRING AT THE HAMBURGER FARM- Friday, May 16 from 10am-12:30pm Best for TK-5th Grades $16.50 out of pocket for parents chaperones and non-Arete children over. This fee MUST be paid on Mealtime or in exact cash/check at the Arete front office by Friday, April 25.

We will provide you with the perfect spring field trip, geared to grades 1st-3rd, combining equal parts of learning and fun. This special education program provides a guided tour of a farm that grows all of the crops needed for a hamburger. The farm site is even shaped like a hamburger!

Admission to The Hamburger Farm Includes:

• A ride on the Bishop’s Pumpkin Farm Railroad to the Hamburger Farm site
• A 45-minute guided tour of the farm that grows the crops needed for a hamburger including:
  • Hands-on activities such as grinding wheat into flour, milking a “cow” to get milk for cheese, digging potatoes to learn how they are cut into French fries
  • Information about each crop they are seeing and its role in the hamburger, the importance of bees in agriculture along with other “good” and “bad” insects, and the role of California agriculture
• A self-guided tour of Weeland Petting Zoo
• Play time at Coyote Mt. Mine, Farmer Bill's Barn, Tree House, and/or other various open-play areas around the farm. 
• Nutritious hamburger lunch to include: a hamburger, potato chips, sugar cookie, and milk or water to drink (meets school lunch requirements)