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Community Supported Agriculture

Kayam Farm offers a Community Supported Agriculture program, available to all who are interested in receiving weekly shares of the harvest during the growing season (mid-May through mid-November). Full and half shares are available and include fresh, local and sustainable produce.

Kayam Farm at Pearlstone

For more information: www.kayamfarm.org or CSA@kayamfarm.org.


Environmental Volunteering

This Jewish Volunteer Connection program connects young adult volunteers in their 20s and 30s with the “greener” side of Baltimore. Past programs included Canton Stream clean-up, volunteering at Kayam Farm and a trail clearing with a nature hike at Irvine Nature Center.

Jewish Volunteer Connection

For more information: Jennie Gates Beckman at www.jvcbaltimore.org, jbeckman@associated.org or 410-843-7476.


Family Farm Camp

The Family Farm Camp is a week of family fun and learning on Kayam Farm. Family Farm Camp offers hotel-style accommodations and camp fun and learning. Participants relax, play sports, swim in the pool, do some farming and learn to cook the harvest.

Kayam Farm at Pearlstone

For more information: www.kayamfarm.org.


Family-Teen Workout

Teens ages 12-15 can work out with their parents in the fitness center.

Jewish Community Center

For more information: Amy Schwartz at www.jcc.org/fitness, aschwartz@jcc.org or
410-559-3534.


Infant Massage

At Infant Massage, you can bond with your baby. This program is for children ages three-weeks to crawling and is led by a certified infant massage instructor.

Jewish Community Center

For more information: www.jcc.org/parenting, parenting@jcc.org or 410-559-3524.


Kayam Beit Midrash

Kayam Farm offers a weekend Shabbaton to study primary Jewish texts related to land and agriculture. Participants learn about the relevance of agricultural teachings to our world today, and celebrate Shabbat with community on a Jewish educational farm.

Kayam Farm at Pearlstone

For more information: www.kayamfarm.org.


Kayam Summer Kollel

Kayam Farm invites young adults to spend their summer mornings in the field helping to plant and harvest organic vegetables and take care of goats and chickens. The afternoons are spent in the Kayam Beit Midrash, where participants focus on Oral Law topics such as Peah, Kilayim and Shmittah. Students stay on the farm.

Kayam Farm at Pearlstone

For more information: www.kayamfarm.org.


Emotional and Mental Health Services

Jewish Community Services’ highly trained,
experienced and licensed mental and emotional health professionals work with families, children, adolescents, couples and adults to develop solutions for life’s challenges and to maintain
a healthy perspective on life.

Jewish Community Services

For more information: www.jcsbaltimore.org or 410-466-9200.


Sunflower Café: Organic Cooking Demonstration & Dinner

Each season, Pearlstone invites a chef from a Baltimore restaurant to teach participants to make recipes using the organic produce from its farm to prepare kosher and sometimes vegetarian meals of a particular nationality.
Evenings have included Indian and Thai cuisines, and plans are being made for French, Italian, Ethiopian, Spanish and Latino chefs.

The Pearlstone Conference & Retreat Center

For more information: www.pearlstonecenter.org.


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