Farm & Sustainability

About Milk and Honey Farm

Milk and Honey Farm is a 2+ acre educational sustainable farm located on the campus of the Boulder JCC. The farm brings the community together for experiential programs and activities grounded in Jewish heritage, tradition, and values. The farm provides a place for individuals to connect on the simplest level with soil, plants, animals, and people. We grow over 4,000 lbs of vegetables, most of which are donated to those in need. Our farm also houses chickens, goats, a greenhouse with koi fish, and a full children’s garden. The geodesic greenhouse dome at the Milk and Honey Farm was designed by Growing Spaces Greenhouse Domes. Our farm is a community resource, an educational farm, and a working farm. If you would like to make a visit the Farm outside of a Boulder JCC program, contact Farmer Becca or Farmer Talia. 

We ask that you keep the following in mind when visiting the farm:

• Supervise your children and other people you are responsible for at all times.
• Please stay on the walking paths and do not walk in the vegetable beds.
• Enjoy the animals but do not feed them unless farm staff directs you.
• You may nibble produce that has “eat me” signs near it. Only take what you think you will eat, follow directions for harvesting listed on the signs, and leave some for others.
• Please use caution and common sense when exploring the farm. Sometimes farm tools are left out, holes are dug for irrigation, or other emergent obstacles will be present. We use electric fences to keep farm animals in and predators out. The fences are normally on, or “hot.” Please be mindful not to touch the electric fences.
• The Boulder JCC campus is a pet-free zone, we ask that you keep your furry friends at home. 

What expectations are held in place for volunteers? 
We ask volunteers to attend Milk & Honey Farm with a desire to dig into a new experience, an openness to learning, and a willingness to work together with other volunteers and our farmers in support of a safe and respectful environment for everyone- including the animals, plants and land we steward. We expect volunteers to come to the farm dressed in a way that is appropriate to the weather and supportive of getting dirty and doing physical work on a farm in a range of temperatures. We also ask that volunteers be aware of their own needs and take breaks for food and water as needed.