IN THEIR OWN WORDS

Journal

The interns' and volunteers' own words, kept as they wrote them. Most are years old, and the dates say so.

23 entries

  1. November 2026

    Sending farm cheese for the holidays

    Our aged cheese ships across the US, packed cold. What travels, how it travels, and how to make sure it arrives right.

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  2. October 2026

    Learning to ride, all year round

    Riding lessons here do not stop when the weather turns. What a lesson includes, who teaches it, and how to start.

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  3. October 2026

    The cheeses we make, and how they age

    Milk doesn't wait, so what doesn't sell becomes cheese. Here is every cheese that comes out of our cheese room, and what aged here means.

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  4. October 2026

    Pick your own pumpkins at Flint Hill Farm, through October

    Pick your own pumpkins through the end of October, and visit the farm animals for free.

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  5. September 2026

    What a week at farm camp looks like

    Camp is over for 2026. Before the photographs go in a folder and stay there, here is what a week actually looks like: goats in the morning, a toad found on the walk, lunch on the grass under the fruit...

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  6. January 2026

    Samantha Lewis

    Why Flint Hill Depends on Community, and What You Learn by Showing Up

    When people hear the word volunteering, they often imagine lending a hand for a few hours and heading home feeling helpful. While that’s certainly part of it, volunteering at Flint Hill Farm and Educational Center is something much deeper. It’s...

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  7. September 2024

    Christopher Crafter

    Christopher Crafter, Intern Blog #3: Week of September 9, 2024

    Wednesday, September 11th 2024 was a very and I mean very, very bright and sunny day on the farm. In all reality, there wasn’t anything...

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  8. September 2024

    Christopher Crafter

    Christopher Crafter's Intern Journal: September 4, 6 and 7, 2024

    September 4th 2024 was a day where I truly made my commitment to Flint Hill Farm and my internship, for working on a farm is more than an...

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  9. July–September 2024

    Christopher Crafter

    Christopher Crafter, Intern Journal One

    July 22nd, 2024, I forwarded a resume to Flint Hill Farms in Coopersburg Pennsylvania applying for an unpaid internship for I was and I...

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  10. "God said, Let the land produce living creatures according to their kinds:livestock creatures that move along the ground, and wild...
    February 2024

    Connie Collins

    God Said...

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  11. 08/07/21 My what a busy few weeks it has been! There's been some exciting developments that I am eager to share. This fall, thanks to the...
    August 2021

    Sarah

    Sarah: Exciting News

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  12. 18 May – 23 July 2021

    Zoé Tierno

    Farm and Large Animal Intern Zoé

    Hi! I'm Zoé Tierno and I have the amazing opportunity to be an intern here at Flint Hill Farm for the summer. While I will be working on...

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