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About
the Friends
Completed
Projects
Current
Projects
Ongoing
Projects
Membership Privileges
Become a Member
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Ongoing
Projects
| Internships |
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Since 1984, the Friends
have supported internships
in sustainable agriculture, living history, market gardening and
animal traction. Interns have gone on to work for organizations
such as the Peace Corps, United Nations, agricultural extension
services, and on production, research and educational farms worldwide..
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| Land Preservation |
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The Friends are working
with federal, state, county and local government, and within the
preservation community to prevent the loss of surrounding farms,
historic landscapes and viewsheds ... and to strengthen the Pleasant
Valley Rural Historic District, whose central feature is the
Henry
Phillips Farm (Howell Living History Farm).
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| Collections Care |
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Over 1,500 period tools,
field implements, household furnishings and other artifacts have
been acquired with the help of the Friends, forming the permanent
and working collections needed to operate the farm.
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| Educational Programs |
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Each year, the Friends
provide over $50,000 in support of the Farm's educational
programs for schools, community groups and the
public. The programs reach over 50,000 visitors annually - a
third of them school children.
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| Period Art &
Music |
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The Friends sponsor
annual workshops in period art, crafts and trades, as well as public
events featuring music, storytelling and dance. |
| Community Outreach |
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The Friends provide material and volunteer support for programs
that take Howell Farm into the community such as the annual ISLES
Trenton Plowing Event, Mercer County Earth Day, Hamilton History
Night, Homefront, Farmers Against Hunger, Weed & Seed After-School
Programs, and donations of crops to the Trenton Area Soup Kitchen. |
| Howell Farm Website |
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Since 2000 the equipment and services needed to construct and
maintain the farm's website have been donated by members of the
Friends. |
| Volunteerism |
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Each year, over 15,000 hours of volunteer time are donated to
the farm through programs supported and managed by the Friends.
Volunteerism supplies one third of the help needed for farming,
maintenance and program operations. |
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