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Farm & Wilderness Summer Camps offers activities such as hiking, canoeing, rock climbing, organic farming, carpentry, and the arts. Campers take part in making bread, homemade pizzas, and stir-fry, as well as soap making, natural plant dying, and making skin care products. The program also includes square dances and Mattress Sliding.
• Ages: 4–17 years old
Since 1939, Farm & Wilderness Summer Camps has operated under the mission statement: “Joyful Play. Purposeful Work. Rugged Outdoor Living. Our camps and conservation efforts teach timeless skills and kindle the spirit within.” The organization has Quaker roots and values that include Simplicity, Peace, Integrity, Community, Equity, and Sustainability, and each camp features a unique program with a shared theme of living in community and exploring a life that is simple, rugged, and exciting. Executive Director Jay Kullman leads the organization.
The camps focus on unplugged resourcefulness and restful stillness and maintain a commitment to inclusivity and equity, including recruiting BIPOC campers and staff. The farm includes a variety of livestock used for fertilizing fields, reducing pests, land restoration, and producing meat, dairy, fiber, or eggs, and animals are used to teach about lifecycles, responsibility, empathy, and where food comes from. Acres of gardens are planted each spring and tended by campers, with produce used in camp kitchens and preserved for future meals.
Campers consistently rate the food as one of their favorite aspects of Farm & Wilderness Summer Camps. Kitchen staff prepare nutritious dishes that kids enjoy eating and often return to work for years, and the program regularly accommodates dietary needs such as omnivores, vegetarians, vegans, gluten-free diets, and various allergies.
The camps use outhouses called “Kybos” and compost humanure under a Vermont Agency of Natural Resources Permit, saving an estimated 1 million gallons of water annually, and the thermophilic composting process sequesters much of the carbon. Community involvement efforts focus on recruiting BIPOC campers and staff through partnerships, outreach, and affiliations, and on funding and growing partnerships with organizations that share the camps’ values and commitment to experiential learning.
Parent testimonials describe changes they observed in their children after attending, including one parent who said, “My child said it feels like the hard shell he has grown to get through his time in school was broken away and his soft insides are there again. I see this in him, too. He is more open, available, appreciative, and kind.” Another parent shared, “I like that our daughter was surrounded by strong and confident people and encouraged to source her fire and do bold things and be adventurous.” A third parent said, “You returned a better child to me. He was younger and more excited by life, having generally worn away some of his jaded, worldly callouses. Thank you for that shine.”
Last updated March 5, 2026.
• Ages: 4–17 years old
Since 1939, Farm & Wilderness Summer Camps has operated under the mission statement: “Joyful Play. Purposeful Work. Rugged Outdoor Living. Our camps and conservation efforts teach timeless skills and kindle the spirit within.” The organization has Quaker roots and values that include Simplicity, Peace, Integrity, Community, Equity, and Sustainability, and each camp features a unique program with a shared theme of living in community and exploring a life that is simple, rugged, and exciting. Executive Director Jay Kullman leads the organization.
The camps focus on unplugged resourcefulness and restful stillness and maintain a commitment to inclusivity and equity, including recruiting BIPOC campers and staff. The farm includes a variety of livestock used for fertilizing fields, reducing pests, land restoration, and producing meat, dairy, fiber, or eggs, and animals are used to teach about lifecycles, responsibility, empathy, and where food comes from. Acres of gardens are planted each spring and tended by campers, with produce used in camp kitchens and preserved for future meals.
Campers consistently rate the food as one of their favorite aspects of Farm & Wilderness Summer Camps. Kitchen staff prepare nutritious dishes that kids enjoy eating and often return to work for years, and the program regularly accommodates dietary needs such as omnivores, vegetarians, vegans, gluten-free diets, and various allergies.
The camps use outhouses called “Kybos” and compost humanure under a Vermont Agency of Natural Resources Permit, saving an estimated 1 million gallons of water annually, and the thermophilic composting process sequesters much of the carbon. Community involvement efforts focus on recruiting BIPOC campers and staff through partnerships, outreach, and affiliations, and on funding and growing partnerships with organizations that share the camps’ values and commitment to experiential learning.
Parent testimonials describe changes they observed in their children after attending, including one parent who said, “My child said it feels like the hard shell he has grown to get through his time in school was broken away and his soft insides are there again. I see this in him, too. He is more open, available, appreciative, and kind.” Another parent shared, “I like that our daughter was surrounded by strong and confident people and encouraged to source her fire and do bold things and be adventurous.” A third parent said, “You returned a better child to me. He was younger and more excited by life, having generally worn away some of his jaded, worldly callouses. Thank you for that shine.”
Last updated March 5, 2026.
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