Rushton Farm Field Manager, Noah Gress, who is also one of the region's preeminent beekeepers, will lead a fascinating discussion about honey bees — their roles within the hive as a super organism and their role within an agriculture system. Attendees will get to taste fresh honey off the comb and watch a live bee colony in an observation hive. Here at Rushton Farm, it is actually the native bees and other beneficial insects who do most of the heavy lifting in terms of pollination and pest control services. Farm staff will lead us on a field tour of this rich, regenerative agricultural system, explaining the many ways this farm gives back to the surrounding natural biodiversity it preserves. This is farming for the future.
Accessibility: This program will take place partly indoors and seated (for the bee talk and honey tasting) and then will move outdoors for a light walk around the farm fields and greenhouse for the second half of the program.
This is an ACCESS-friendly event. If you are a current ACCESS card holder, please use the ACCESS option at checkout when registering.
Rushton Farm Field Manager, Noah Gress, who is also one of the region's preeminent beekeepers, will lead a fascinating discussion about honey bees — their roles within the hive as a super organism and their role within an agriculture system. Attendees will get to taste fresh honey off the comb and watch a live bee colony in an observation hive. Here at Rushton Farm, it is actually the native bees and other beneficial insects who do most of the heavy lifting in terms of pollination and pest control services. Farm staff will lead us on a field tour of this rich, regenerative agricultural system, explaining the many ways this farm gives back to the surrounding natural biodiversity it preserves. This is farming for the future.
Accessibility: This program will take place partly indoors and seated (for the bee talk and honey tasting) and then will move outdoors for a light walk around the farm fields and greenhouse for the second half of the program.
This is an ACCESS-friendly event. If you are a current ACCESS card holder, please use the ACCESS option at checkout when registering.
ECOcentric Experience is our new environmental education series for adults seeking a deeper understanding of and closer relationship to nature. Through seasonal lectures as well as immersive field experiences, participants study birds and wildlife, regenerative farming, watershed protection, and habitat stewardship.
This is an ACCESS-friendly event. If you are a current ACCESS card holder, please use the ACCESS option at checkout when registering.
PARKING & ACCESSIBILITY INFORMATION
PARKING | Parking will be located at Rushton Farm (911 Delchester Road). ACCESSIBILITY | This program will take place partly indoors and seated (for the bee talk and honey tasting) and then will move outdoors for a light walk around the farm fields and greenhouse for the second half of the program. OTHER EVENT INFORMATION |
POLICIES
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Location
Rushton Conservation Center
915 Delchester Road
Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073
United States
Program Style:
Lecture plus in-field experience. Please dress accordingly.
Rushton Farm Field Manager
Noah Gress began his farming career at the age of 19 at Solviva Farm in Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, where he leased the land for 10 years before returning home to Chester County. After leasing land at Pete’s Produce Farm in Westtown where he grew salad mix for both the store and market gardening, he joined our staff in March 2011. As Rushton Farm Field Manager, he has been instrumental in Rushton Farm’s success, overseeing the day-to-day operations, property maintenance, and educational outreach at the farm. Off the farm and out of the greenhouse, Noah spends time with his family and owns and operates Raindance Apiaries, a beekeeping business focused on honey production and pollination.