SUMMER CAMPS
Camps are week-long, all-day events that begin in June and end in August.
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Upcoming June Camps
Reframe Our Farm
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JUNE 8-12, 2026 9:00-4:00 | $275
Topics Covered:
Hands-on animal care, hygiene, and function on an urban farm
Growing good soil and food in a city to foster life faster!
Building new tools to farm and to care for animals and expand STEM skills
Building simple power systems that run off sunlight and wind at the farm
Creative and engaging Design Challenges and games
Using art and creative writing to better understand nature and ourselves
Vet Tech for Kids
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June 15-19, 2026 9:00-4:00 | $275
Topics Covered:
Hands-on animal care and maintenence, hygiene, and feeding
Growing and producing feed for baby chicks, ducks, rabbits, fish, guinea pigs, and crickets
Building brooders and incubators using 3D printers and standard electronic kits
Setting up specialized high-capacity solar power stations to keep actively heat and care for vulnerable animals
Design challenges and fun activities around health and wellness
Using art and creative writing to better understand and keep animals safe and healthy
Life Under Pressure
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June 22-26, 2026 9:00- 4:00 | $275
Topics Covered:
Animal access to fresh water and managing aquatic systems and health
Understanding water cycles and systems to purify and collect water for both plnts and animals
Building pressurized systems, pumps, and water guns to explore pressure
Exploring solar, wind, and batteries on a downtown farm
Design challenges that explore water and the chemistry of life in creative and fun ways
Using art and creative writing to better the precious nature of water in a healthy world
July and August Camps
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July 6-10, 2026 9:00-4:00 | $275
Topics Covered:
Exploring animal habitats and safety in the biodome
Creating feed systems from available food
Building mini-biodomes and cages for all 5 species of livestock
Exploring simple machines from the molecular to the macro world
Team-based design challenges and games
Using art and creative writing to better understand nature
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July 13-17, 2026 9:00-4:00 | $275
Topics Covered:
Designing systems to help care for chickens, rabbits, ducks, guinea pigs and crickets
Building nutritional snacks for all 7 species of animals
Using invention and design thinking to build feeders and waterers
Exploring 3D printing and chemistry in fun ways
Each team will create and build a new invention to be used and tested on the farm
Using art and prototypes to better understand nature
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July 20-24, 2026 9:00-4:00 | $275
Topics Covered:
Discovering where every animal fits in the ecologies of the farm
Understand companion planting and soil needs of different plants
Using STEM to build fertilizers that are customized and to take home
Exploring solar and wind power
Design challenges and activities to help kids better understand our ecology and what nature needs to grow life
Using art and prototypes to better understand nature
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July 27-31 , 2026 9:00-4:00 | $275
Topics Covered:
Discovering how animals and engineering collide
Exploring DNA, proteins, food, and wellness
Using simple structures to explore the biomechanics of proteins and blood oxegenation
Exploring the chemistry and structure of DNA
A fun design challenge to build bridges that will support a live chicken, duck, and rabbit safely!
Using art and prototypes to better understand nature
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Augut 3-7, 2026 9:00-4:00 | $275
Topics Covered:
How animals reproduce and how we care for them on a farm
Exploring growth and the role of sooil health
Using 3D printing and CAD to build tools
Creating solar panels and wind turbines
A fun series of deign challenges to build personal iPhone and/or Android or iPad chargers
Using art and prototypes to better understand nature
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August 10-14, 2026 9:00-4:00 | $275
Topics Covered:
Sustainable systems of caring for and feeding animals
Compost development, use, and recycling
Building. amobile solar-powered data lab
Understanding basic electricity and power
Design challenges to make the best feed for chickens, ducks, rabbits and guinea pigs
Using art and prototypes to better understand nature
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August 17-21, 2026 9:00-4:00 | $200
Topics Covered:
Our greatest hits review of all the best of the 2026 camps
Explore animal vet tech, food production and 3D printing
Renewable Energy Systems at Mezzacello Urban Farm
Mezzacello Urban Farm is powered entirely from solar, wind power, and mechanical and chemical batteries.
We offer summer camps, workshops, and online programming detailing how we exemplify our STEM-Powered and Sustainability-Focused mission.
Meet Jim Bruner, Futurist Farmer
Jim brings over 25 years of experience in educational design, innovation, design thinking, and STEM engagement. A dedicated advocate for hands-on learning, he has served as president, executive director, and board member of the Ohio Invention League, as well as a judge trainer and mentor at regional, state, national, and international competitions in invention, science, and marketing.
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Mezzacello is a magical place. I have seen my child open up and do things that just a week ago would be impossible. And then to have them tell a crowd of strangers WITH a microphone why this is important. Stunning magic.
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Join us in our mission of building the future, and reflecting on the past.
Our Vision is to grow, maintain, sustain and explain the path forward for sustainability, workforce skills, health, and food security.
Jim Bruner, Futurist Farmer and Alpha Animal at Mezzacello Urban Farm