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The diversified Demonstration and Educational Farm is at the heart of an American Farm School education. The Farm is a living laboratory where students of all ages undertake practical training in agricultural production, animal husbandry, agribusiness, and natural resource management. Each year thousands of farmers, schoolchildren, university students and other visitors enjoy the opportunity to observe, participate and learn.
The Farm is divided into Dairy, Poultry and Horticulture departments. The Dairy unit’s purebred Holstein herd has been the industry leader in productivity and quality of milk continuously since 1935, when the School first introduced pasteurized milk to Greece. The Poultry unit uses the latest scientific methods to produce and market Omega-3 and standard eggs, turkeys, broilers and day-old chicks. The Horticulture unit includes greenhouses and nursery; a vineyard and winery; olive trees; and extensive experimental and other field crops both on the campus farm and at the satellite Zannas Farm, located to the west of Thessaloniki near the Axios River.
Income for the sale of the Farm’s premium dairy, poultry and horticulture products helps to support the American School’s Scholarship Program.
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