Lake Plains Resource Conservation and Development

Springdale Farm

Springdale Farm is a demonstration farm, which is open to the public year round. The Farm is located within Northampton Park, Monroe County New York. They host a number of festivals throughout the year and also offer tours to school groups. Last year they had over 40,000 visitors, approximately 10,000 were children grades Pre-K through 2^nd grade. Springdale Farm is interested in developing a strategic plan to address the needs of the public while also providing a quality education program focused on agriculture and environmental conservation. Potential activities include: construction of an Education Center with classroom space, improved farm demonstration areas (fields, crops, greenhouse, chicken coop, milking station, field test plots, and forestry) improved tours, improved trails. Lake Plains RC&D has been a very active member of the Springdale Farm Advisory Group. With the assistance of Lake Plains RC&D, Springdale Farm received a New York State Urban and Community Forestry Grant in the amount of $7,500.00 for design of the Forestry Demonstration Project.

Visitors to Springdale enjoy a visit with an AmeriCorps volunteer at Springdale Farm Summer 1999

Heritage Christian Home, Inc. operates the farm. This non-profit agency as part of its farm operations serves people with developmental disabilities by giving them an opportunity to work on a farm.

Visitors to Springdale Farm enjoy a visit with the farm animals while waiting to take a Forestry Education Hike with the Lake Plains RC&D Coordinator on July 26, 2000

The Forestry Hike program included for 4 tours with approximately 60 people attending

The Lake Plains RC&D helped identify the National AmeriCorps program as a potential resource for the Farm.An AmeriCorps crew of eight people worked at Springdale Farm from June through August 2000.