Educational farms in Calabria for families and children

What is the most fun and genuine experience to be had in nature with the whole family? The one offered by educational farms in Calabria. Fun guaranteed for young and old, in contact with animals, the land and the truest emotions.

This and much more at the discovery of educational farms in Calabria. What are they and where are they? 

Educational farms are farms that, in addition to their usual activities, also offer workshops and educational meetings for children, young people and adults, sometimes associated with tasting and agritourism. Let's discover together some of the main educational farms in Calabria, in a tour that touches all the provinces, from north to south, in the name of nature, fun and a "slow" lifestyle for the whole family.

Educational farm in Reggio Calabria

Are you looking for an educational farm in Reggio Calabria? You can choose from several farms operating from the Costa Viola to the Costa dei Gelsomini, passing through the hinterland and the most uncontaminated areas of the Aspromonte National Park.

There are seven main proposals for educational farms in Calabria, in Reggio and its province, where you can spend a pleasant day among farmyard animals and activities that bring children into contact with the rural world and manual labour in the open air.

• Educational Farm 'A Lanterna, in Monasterace Marina, under the Punta Stilo Lighthouse and a stone's throw from the Ancient Kaulon National Archaeological Park, offers activities in the vegetable garden and archaeological workshops.
• Educational Farm MODI, in Gerace, one of The Most Beautiful Villages in Italy, nestled in the hills of Locride, offers chain demonstrations.
• Educational Farm Caratozzolo, in Bagnara Calabra, organises "learning/doing" educational workshops on everyday agricultural reality.
• Educational Farm Masseria della Piana, in the Condidoni countryside, specialises in the "Milk Route".
• Educational Farm Feudo Gagliardi, operating in Caulonia with a rich range of BIO workshops, from oil to wine and bread.
• Educational Farm Valle del Marro - Libera Terra, is located in Polistena and offers school/work alternation courses under the banner of the anti-mafia.
• Educational Farm Zomaro, in Cittanova, gives the opportunity to "adopt a plant" and produce honey. 

Educational farm in Catanzaro

The province of Catanzaro offers a wide choice of experiences in educational farms in Calabria, all along the Costa degli Aranci and the hilly hinterland.  

Fourteen didactic farm proposals in Catanzaro and its province.

• Educational Farm Ritrovo Madre Natura, in Settingiano, a place where parents and children share the experience of a day in the countryside.
• Educational Farm Santacinarra, in Soveria Simeri, combines educational proposals with fauna observations, a playground and an Agricultural Museum.
• Educational Farm Calabrialcubo, in Nocera Terinese, active in the educational vegetable garden, "little chef", textiles, recycling and ecology.
• Educational Farm Villa Vittoria, in Guardavalle, offers a focus on "life in the fields", a "visit to the oil mill" and archaeological workshops.
• Educational Farm Costantino, in Maida, focuses on food education and the discovery of local products, oil above all being Maida "Oil City", with no less than 9 different workshops.
• Educational Farm Borgo Piazza, in Borgia, a stone's throw from the Scolacium National Archaeological Park, offers "science-art-nature" workshops aimed at creating herbariums, artistic creations, recipes and simple phytotherapy.
• Educational Farm Nido di Seta, in San Floro, offers educational packages for schools focusing on silkworm breeding and derived textiles.
• Educational Farm Il Bruco d'Oro, in Sellia Marina, a Blue Flag resort, offers 4 educational paths (farm, garden, citrus grove, olive grove).

The city of Lamezia Terme and its surroundings have four educational farms (Educational Farm Villa Giulia, Educational Farm I Risi, Educational Farm Vivai Milone and Educational Farm Apicoltura Miceli) in which to practice, respectively: supply chain, sports and English workshops in the "farm"; meeting between children and housewives and a special "market visit"; specific workshops on fruit plants; and workshops to learn about bees and Calabrian honey.

In Cardinale, the "Land of the Tonda di Calabria Hazelnut", we find the Rotiroti Educational Farm (milk production and processing chain) and the De Giorgio Educational Farm (a day of farmyard animals and garden produce).

Educational farm in Cosenza

Those in search of an educational farm in Cosenza and its province are spoilt for choice, with no fewer than 18 different proposals. Each of the educational farms in Calabria, scattered throughout the Cosenza area, offers a variety of workshops and outdoor activities that will make your visit unforgettable.

• Educational Farm La Palombara, in Paola, "City of St Francis", where you can try your hand at picking peaches and oil, take a sensory trail and learn about the vegetable garden.
• Educational Farm L'Arca, in Belvedere Marittimo, offers various educational courses (mini-zoo, plant trail, vegetable garden, agricultural and zootechnical supply chain, art workshops).
• Educational Farm Masseria Fonte di Maroglio, in Castrovillari, at the foot of the Pollino National Park, offers the "at school on the farm" experience, as well as 8 different workshops (cooking, baking, olive harvesting, "grandpa tells", horse riding, shearing and milking, sensory).
• Educational Farm Chianu e piru, in Dipignano, offers workshops divided into seasonal activities that follow the cycle of nature (from Christmas cakes to tomato sauce).
• Educational Farm Il Mancino, in San Marco Argentano, with activities focusing on the olive and vine combined with the "Mediterranean gastronomic tour", as well as a zootechnical workshop.

In Montalto Uffugo, there are two different realities, Educational Farm La Locanda dei Cocomeri and Educational Farm Garrafa, which offer an educational tour of greenhouses, oil mill, dairy and biogas production, and school tours of livestock farms, respectively.

• Educational Farm I Cedri, in Orsomarso, offers educational days for schoolchildren.
• Educational Farm La Locanda del Parco, in Morano Calabro, one of The Most Beautiful Villages in Italy, offers 7 workshops for children (bread-making, officinal plants, cooking, bachisericulture, astronomy, ancient crafts, clay work).
• Educational Farm Farinello, in Cervicati, in addition to a guided tour of the farm, organises agricultural and supply chain workshops, crafts, expressive activities and a visit to the Museum of History, Agriculture and the Countryside.  

• Educational Farm Paglialonga, in Bisignano, a municipality that is part of the Terre di Cosenza wine CDO, where you can learn about 4 trails (vegetable garden, animals, horse, play) and 2 workshops (creative, cooking).
• Educational Farm Biò, in Casali del Manco (Serra Pedace locality), offers 5 paths for children (dairy, sensory, milking, bread-making, sheep farming) + a day on the farm dedicated to adults.
• Educational Farm Casa Rural, in San Lucido, where you can practice activities in the vegetable garden, with animals and herbs.
• Educational Farm Vulcano, in Mirto Crosia, focusing on environmental, food, sensory and pet education.
• Educational Farm Il Mandorlo, in Amantea, on the Tyrrhenian stretch of the "Scogli di Isca" Regional Marine Park, where you can enjoy an educational visit to the farm, among animals, plants and the vegetable garden, and the "mani in pasta" workshop.
• Educational Farm Arcadinoé, in Carolei, with seasonal workshops in the vegetable garden, orchard, grove and greenhouse activities.
• Educational Farm Siviglia, in San Demetrio Corone, an Albanian ethno-cultural minority village, where you can discover the processes of milk and oil processing and beekeeping.
• Educational Farm Animagricola, in Rende, a donkey farm open to school visits. 

Educational farm in Crotone

There are two main educational farms in Calabria in the province of Crotone:

• Educational Farm Termine Grosso, in Roccabernarda, where educational projects on health and the Mediterranean Diet can be practised, in addition to a day on the farm with tasting and horse riding.
• Educational Farm Terre Joniche - Libera Terra, in Isola Capo Rizzuto, a municipality that falls within the Marine Protected Area of the same name, where anti-mafia civic commitment is combined with school/work alternation and environmental awareness activities. 

Educational farm in Vibo Valentia

Five educational farm proposals in Vibo Valentia and province:

• Educational Farm Junceum, in Vibo Valentia, offers children six different workshops (farm animals, 'small farmer', 'herbs and spells', sensory, bees and honey, bread-making).

In Limbadi, the Educational Farm "Terre di Zoe" operates (workshops from October to May on the life cycle of fruit plants, a visit to the processing workshop and artistic handicrafts) and the Educational Farm "Mafrica" (specifically on oil and the oil mill, grapes and wine, bread-making and farm animals).

• Educational Farm Caridà, in Zaccanopoli, offers 4 workshops (domestic animals, flora, cereals and milk and dairy products).
• Educational Farm Sant'Elia, in Capistrano, dedicates a 24-hour day with precise timetables and activities that, in addition to the workshops, include lunch, a snack, a walk and a visit to the Monterosso Calabro Museum.