Tollgate Farm 4-H

05/15/2026

Duke is making his farm debut, and everyone is excited to meet him!

Introducing Duke to MSU Tollgate Farm and Education Center ! Show your enthusiasm for the Animal Barn by registering now at https://shorturl.at/WyJT4.
Funds raised will support animal care.

04/22/2026

Shoutout to Our Amazing Adult Volunteers
We are so grateful for the guidance, encouragement, and knowledge our adult volunteers bring to our club each and every day. Because of you, our members have countless opportunities to learn, grow, and succeed.
From making animal care possible , leading garden activities , supervising farm stands, and supporting fair projects , to helping with community service—you truly do it all.
Your dedication makes a lasting impact, and our club wouldn’t be the same without you. THANK YOU for everything you do!

04/20/2026

🎥 Happy Volunteer Week! 💚
🌱 Meet the amazing youth of Tollgate Farm 4-H
🐐 Supporting their club & animal barn through hands-on projects
🌼 2,500+ seed packets donated to 22 community & school gardens
🚜 Weekend care for farm animals—feeding, cleaning & learning responsibility
💡 Building teamwork, leadership & business skills
💚 Giving back to something bigger than themselves
✨ Making memories that last a lifetime

04/17/2026

Come to the Hanami Spring Picnic as MSU Tollgate Farm, 4/19/2026 from 11 - 3. While there stop by the club farm stand for club made products. The club has been busy preparing products for sale. As always, sales from club farm stands support club activities and the animal barn at Tollgate farm.

Hanami Picnic details: https://www.canr.msu.edu/tollgate/Program-Event-Calendar/hanami-spring-picnic

03/23/2026

Are You Going?

Tollgate Farm 4-H will be at this event offering Goat Milk Soap, Fruit Leather and more for sale.

02/21/2026

New This Year: 🏅 Indoor 4-H Winter Olympics!
Inspired by the 2026 Winter Olympics, we brought the excitement to our own 4-H Winter Olympics — with a creative twist!
Originally planned for the great outdoors, we pivoted indoors thanks to the serious lack of snow. But no worries — the fun factor stayed sky-high!
Our events included:
🏂 Snowboard Bounce Relay Race
🎯 Mini Marshmallow Biathlon
🥌 Curling Competition
🍪 Downhill Cookie Face Race
The grand finale? A celebratory Hot Cocoa & Fixin’s Bar that might have been just as competitive as the games themselves ☕✨
Huge smiles, lots of laughs, and some impressive Olympic-level determination. We may not have had snow — but we definitely had spirit!

02/09/2026

Seed Sharing Update!
Last Saturday’s first seed sharing event made a BIG impact:
✔️ 728 seed packets shared
✔️ 13 community & school gardens served
✔️ These gardens serve 3,600 youth & adults

This is what growing together looks like 💚

02/04/2026

The Tollgate Farm 4-H Seed Service Project is dedicated to supporting our community by providing free seeds to nonprofit community gardens and schools that grow food and inspire learning.

Each year, our club reaches out to seed companies for donations. Our 4-H youth members then take the lead—sorting, organizing, and preparing seed packets for distribution to gardens and schools that may not otherwise be able to afford them. This hands-on project allows our youth to practice leadership, organization, and service while making a real impact in their community. We have been doing this for a while. Our 5 year seed packed donation total is 16,906!

We will be hosting two seed distribution events this February. Representatives from nonprofit community gardens and schools interested in receiving seeds are encouraged to contact us at [email protected] for more information.

We are grateful for the generous support of our seed donors: for 2026 planting
Baker Creek Seeds
Victory Seed Company
Renee's Garden
High Mowing Organic Seeds
· Burpee Gardening
· Botanical Interests
· Plant Hart's Seeds
Their contributions help our youth grow more than gardens—they help grow a stronger community.

01/16/2026

On Saturdays and Sundays, club members take the lead in caring for the animals at the MSU Tollgate Farm and Education Center , gaining hands-on experience in the barn. Along the way, youth build valuable skills by helping with record keeping, including entering ruminant weights, FAMACHA scores and more into the farm’s management software, Farmbrite .

12/31/2025

We are looking forward to a new year filled with opportunities.

Happy New Year!

12/24/2025