Creating Monarch Food Systems on the Farm with the help of CDQ Charitable Trust!

Now that WFCF is a registered Monarch Waystation through Monarch Watch, and our milkweed patches have become well established over the past several growing seasons, we have had a surplus of Monarch egg, larva and butterfly sightings and are experiencing an increased need for a larger structure to protect these important insects, raise them properly, and release the adults at the correct time.

With a generous grant won through CDQ Charitable Trust, we are building a walk-in butterfly rearing station! All guests and program participants will get to experience the full life cycle of these amazing creatures as they pass by the Learning Garden.

We hope this in-person observation opportunity will help  generate a greater awareness of how to support butterfly populations, both migratory and native, as it has impacted the hundreds of youth and families who have enjoyed these interactions as WFCF program participants. 

In addition to supporting the structure installation, the CDQ Charitable Trust grant will fund several classrooms of young learners to attend a monarch butterfly-based field trip to the farm at no cost in the late spring of 2023. 

If you are a teacher or community group leader with a lot of learners and a tiny budget interested in applying for the free field trip experience, please email Director of Education and Community programs at Jessica@communityfarms.org for an application. 

Learn more about the Monarch Migration by clicking the links below to our two favorite and trusted non-profit Monarch resources!

Monarch Watch

Journey North