EXPERIENCES
Educational farm for schools
Sa Mandra Farm is also a place of active pedagogy that connects children, young people, families, teachers and educators with each other and with the agro-pastoral world. The intent of our educational farms is to increase knowledge of a world, that of the farmer and shepherd, which appears blurred and distant to the eyes of “city dwellers”.
To provide an experience, milking, making bread, gathering herbs, so as not to forget our origins and create a healthy relationship with the territory, nature and the products that nourish us. The educational farms are suitable for school groups of all ages and for groups of children, families or adults.
The proposed pathways range from knowledge of animals to that of the biological cycle of plants, from raw material transformation processes to sensory experiences.
Path 1: The Agricultural Farm
Objectives:
The children will come into direct contact with farm life, learning to interact with animals and with agricultural and cheese production cycles.
Program
- Welcome.
- Presentation of the farm and animals.
- Presentation of milk-derived products
- Guided tour towards the livestock farm during which it will be possible to see the animals present on the farm (horses, ponies, donkeys, sheep, pigs, goats and chickens).
- Visit to the milking facility and the farm’s cheese factory.
- Summary activity and discussion about what caught their attention most.
- Natural and organic snack with farm products.
Duration:
1 hour
Aimed at:
Primary and secondary school children
Cost:
- 7 euros per child, snack included.
- 25 euros per child, lunch included.
Path 2: The Bread Supply Chain
Objectives:
The children will come into direct contact with farm life. Learning to distinguish the various tools that were used for sowing, harvesting and finally grinding wheat. Nutrition concepts will also be provided in order to help understand the nutritional principles of bread.
Program
- Welcome.
- Presentation of the farm and the agricultural tools of the Sardinian farmer.
- Guided tour of the farm to see the animals present on the farm (horses and sheep, pigs) and the farmer’s tools.
- Explanation of flour types and bread ingredients.
- Bread preparation, from kneading to baking in the wood-fired oven.
- Tasting of freshly made products.
- Summary activity and discussion about what caught the participants’ attention most.
Duration:
2 hours
Aimed at:
Primary and secondary school children
Cost:
- 18 euros per child, snack included.
- 33 euros per child, lunch included.
Path 3: Medicinal Herbs
Introduction:
For millennia and until the 1950s in our territory, wild plants and herbs have characterized the life, medicine, cuisine, and economy of our Civilization. Plants and herbs were known and used in nutrition and in the care of body, mind and spirit. The techniques of collection, use and transformation, dosages, healing properties were part of popular knowledge. Their vital importance, in the poor agro-pastoral economy of the island, meant that they were respected, and with them the entire surrounding environment, giving rise to spontaneous models of sustainable use of natural resources.
Objectives:
- Foster the creation of a bond between students, the territory and traditional knowledge.
- Encourage the path of individual responsibility towards resource management.
- Promote knowledge of herbs and wild plants, their medicinal and culinary use.
- Instill respect for health, through the use of natural tools for body care and proper nutrition.
- Modify attitudes and behaviors in favor of sustainable development models and environmental respect.
Program
- Welcome.
- Face-to-face meeting and play experiences on the veranda and in the medicinal plant garden
- Using the senses to recognize medicinal plants:
- 1) Sight: I observe shapes and colors to recognize plants.
- 2) Smell: I smell to confirm recognition.
- 3) Touch: I touch to understand adaptations and understand how to transform the plants I need.
- 4) Taste: I taste the plants I have transformed for my well-being.
- Summary activity and discussion about what caught their attention most.
- Natural and organic snack with farm products and herbal teas made by participants.
Duration:
2 hours
Aimed at:
Primary and secondary school children
Cost:
- 15 euros per child, snack included.
- 30 euros per child, lunch included.
Path 4: The Children's Garden
Objectives:
This path aims to help children and young people understand a fundamental process of nature: the plant growth cycle, from sowing to germination, from flowering to maturation. It will be important for the children to understand the seasonality of plants and vegetables, and the pollination processes and therefore plant reproduction.
During the workshop, children and young people will plant a seedling, which they will take home so they can see the plant’s growth phases, whose knowledge they have deepened during this path.
Program
- Welcome.
- Presentation of the farm and our countryside.
- Going to discover a vegetable garden on the farm. Observing the farm’s vegetable garden: what structures does it have, what are its peculiarities, what are the crops?
- We will get to work with the whole class to cultivate even just a few vegetables to change many things.
- Vegetable riddle: children will have to guess which vegetable it is.
- Learning the seasonal vegetable chart
- Natural and organic snack with farm products.
Duration:
2 hours
Aimed at:
Primary and secondary school children
Cost:
- 15 euros per child, snack included.
- 30 euros per child, lunch included.
Path 5: Taste Education
Objectives:
The tasting workshop “Taste Education” is a project that aims to educate children according to the principles of healthy nutrition and to enhance local agri-food excellence, fresh, genuine and short-chain products, through the use of the senses.
The objectives are:
- Stimulate children to taste various products, directing them towards healthy and proper nutrition.
- Increase and refine children’s sensory perception abilities.
- Develop children’s creativity and imagination by stimulating food handling skills.
- Promote local products, zero-kilometer and/or organic (bread, cheese, oil, honey, cured meats, fruits and vegetables).
Program
- Welcome.
- Stimulate children to taste various products, directing them towards healthy and proper nutrition.
- Increase and refine children’s sensory perception abilities.
- Develop children’s creativity and imagination by stimulating food handling skills.
- Promote local products, zero-kilometer and/or organic (bread, cheese, oil, honey, cured meats, fruits and vegetables).
Duration:
2 hours and 30 minutes
Aimed at:
Primary and secondary school children
Cost:
- 15 euros per child, snack included.
- 30 euros per child, lunch included.
Lunch at Sa Mandra
Following the activities, it is possible to have lunch at Sa Mandra. Below are some indicative proposals:
Picnic on the Farm
What’s included
- Sandwich filled with farm products (cured meats and cheeses)
- Organic fruit
- Water
Cost:
€7.00
Farm lunch – Basic Menu – €25.00
Valid for both adults and children
What’s included
- Malloreddos with veal sauce
- Cutlet and roasted potatoes
- Water, bread
- Fruit
Cost:
€25.00
Farm lunch – Menu – €30.00
Valid for both adults and children
What’s included
- Ricotta with honey, pecorino and prosciutto
- Malloreddos with veal sauce
- Veal stew with potatoes
- Water
- Fruit
Cost:
€30.00
Farm lunch – Menu – €30.00
Valid for both adults and children
What’s included
- Pecorino, ricotta with honey, sa frue
- Prosciutto, sausage and coppa
- Ravioli with veal sauce
- Wild boar with myrtle
- Water
- Fruit
Cost:
€30.00
Farm lunch – Menu – €35.00
Valid for both adults and children
What’s included
- Pecorino, ricotta with honey, sa frue
- Prosciutto, sausage and coppa
- Seven-herb ravioli
- Malloreddos with veal sauce
- Wild boar with myrtle
- Fruit
- Water, wine, digestif and coffee
- Traditional desserts
Cost:
€35.00
Are you interested in the educational farm?
Contact us to arrange appointments and dates.