Students Grow & Our Board
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:
- Herb and history gardens
- Texas Native bed
- Rain catchment and measurement 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
- Home to a custom chicken coop housing our Egg Laying/ Hatching Poultry Program
2020-2021
Moss Haven Farm Officers
and Committee Members
- President: Kristi Poteet
- Program Director: Kim Aman
- Farm Director Assistants: Leigh Ann Mewhirter/Kenley Larkin
- VP Operations: Jess Kirby
- Treasurers: Erin Miller/Mary Marshall Martinez
- Website: Erin Prather Stafford
- Fall Fundraising Coordinator: Mary Farrington
- Pop Up Philanthropy Chair: Chae Mortimer
- Service Day Chair: Caitlin Hajek
- Social Media/Communications: Kara Altenbaumer-Price
- Apparel/Swag: Aimee Bruyninckx
- MHE Teacher/Classroom Liaison: Annie Brown
- Attorney: Lori Oliphant
- Farm Volunteers: Elly Weyenberg, Bose Idowu
Moss Haven Farm has deep roots. It is a thriving program with room to flourish…
