American Family Farmer

Tyson Nekirch is an instructor at The Farm School's "Learn to Farm Program," located in rural, north-central Massachusetts. There are three main programs at The Farm School: Program for Visiting Schools, Learn to Farm Program, and the Chicken Coop School. One of the things that makes the farm school approach to both immersive education for school age children is that all of the program staff are farmers and/or chefs AND instructors. The visiting students are immediately and meaningfully integrated into the integral seasonal work of the farm, from milking small dairy herd to harvesting in the gardens the food that will be apart of their community meals, processing firewood, cooking meals for their peers in the kitchen, doing chores, etc. Tyson is a father, partner, son, brother, uncle, farmer, teacher, and student of life. Tyson grew up amidst the corn and soybean fields of Seward County, Nebraska and has taught at the the Learn to Farm Program at The Farm School in Athol, MA where he has worked since 2011. In