Students Grow
Moss Haven Farm creates a healthy school environment for students and staff through active learning programs. Classroom lessons are continuously reinforced in a real world, outdoor setting and the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) are incorporated into farm teaching plans and activities.
Farm Highlights Include:
- Dedicated crop beds for each class (23 areas)
- Herb and history gardens
- Texas Native bed
- Rain catchment and measurement system
- Solar energy irrigation system
- Purple Martin House gourd system
- Learning area with custom tree stump chairs and outdoor chalkboard
- 1500-gallon rainwater harvest systems
- Growing for Giving Garden, high yield crops are donated to North Texas Food Bank
- Compost system, where students place lunch scraps
- After school 4H Club for students
- Certified National Wildlife Habitat and approved Texas Master Gardner volunteer site
- American Heart Association Teaching Garden
- United Way’s Healthy Zone School
- Supplier fresh produce for school salad bar
- Home to a custom chicken coop housing our Egg Laying/ Hatching Poultry Program
2018-2019 Moss Haven Farm Officers and Committee Members
President: Aubrey Nestman
Program Director and Social Media: Kim Aman
1st VP Funding: Abby Wozny
2nd VP Operations: Jennifer Roark
Secretary: Paula Dudlo
Treasurer: Erin Miller
4-H Chair: Kristie Ince
Farm Club: Erin Prather Stafford
Service Day: Kristie Poteet
Salad Bar: Kaki Bates
Website: Erin Prather Stafford
Sign Ups: Suzanne Bouvier
Public Relations: Suzanne Flodin
