Back to the Land

BY BECCA MILLER

At North Country School and Camp Treetops, our values of community, collaboration, and connection are woven into our everyday lives, and these concepts are rarely more evident than during our daily farm work. Whether it be while picking the annual carrot crop or moving the heavy bales of hay used to feed our animals, so much of the NCS/CTT farm experience is anchored in the concept of working together for the collective good. Though this past year has brought with it many changes and challenges, both within the NCS campus and across the globe, we have found great comfort in our time spent in our barns and gardens. Each day we are grounded in the knowledge that the vegetables in our fields must be harvested and stored, the eggs must be collected, our barnyard animals must be cared for, and that these tasks are all the more joyful when we complete them together.