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Farm NMH Farm
Farm Facts
NMH has had a working farm since the school's founding in 1879.
The farm includes vegetable,
flower, and herb gardens as well as a student-built greenhouse, a
sugar house, and a cider house.
NMH Farm Facts
- 35 students work on the farm each term
- 26,000 gallons of sap collected to make approximately 650 gallons
of syrup per year
- 2,000 gallons of cider pressed annually
- 600 quarts of raspberries picked every fall
- 36 cords of wood (4,608 cubic feet) burned in the evaporator every sugaring season
- 1/2 acre of vera lavender distills down to one quart of lavender oil
- three dairy cows produce 12 gallons of milk daily
- ten gallons of milk go into an eight-pound wheel of farm cheddar
cheese
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