Become a Crown Point Ecology Center member and help nurture a working landscape where people, food, and wildlife thrive together. 🌱Your membership supports hands-on ecological education, sustainable agriculture, and community gatherings on our farm and in our fields.Join today to learn with us in the gardens, walk our trails, attend workshops, and be part of a community committed to thoughtful care of the earth. 🦋

Waffles doesn't know he costs $16 a day. Adopt him anyway — or one of the other eight — for $120 a year or $10 a month, and you'll cover a full week of care for every animal in the barn.Every animal here was born on this farm. Cookie Dough, Bluey, Bandit, Bingo, and Oreo — the goats. Waffles, Otis, Pumpkin, and Penny — the Kunekune pigs. And the flock, who lay the eggs in the farm stand cooler and eat more than everyone else combined. No rescue stories, no drama. Just nine animals with jobs on land that's been farmed since 1854: the pigs graze the pasture, the barn makes the manure, the manure makes the compost, the compost feeds the fields that fill every CSA share. Every camper and school kid who comes through here learns the whole system standing at this fence.Sixteen dollars a day is the honest number — hay, straw, feed, minerals, the vet's regular visits. It doesn't count the gate a pig walked through, the 9 p.m. vet call, or the people in the barn every morning of the year. That's what monthly adopters are for. Ten dollars a month, month after month, is what answers the phone when something breaks. Stick with us for a full year and we'll invite you out for a chore morning — feeding time, egg collecting, the works.Every adoption comes with: a certificate and photo of your animal, their fact card, a dozen-egg voucher for the farm stand, and three letters a year from the barn — real photos, taken that week, of your animal doing something completely ordinary.Can't pick? Choose "Surprise me." We know these animals well enough to matchmake.One thing we say plainly because people ask: this is a symbolic adoption. Bandit stays here at 3220 Ira Road, doing his job. And since we can't ask him to stop eating Bingo's hay, adoption gifts support the care of all our animals and the programs they teach.

Give a kid a week they’ll talk about all year. A Summer Farm Camp gift certificate covers one full week of camp at Crown Point Ecology Center, a 115-acre certified organic farm in Akron. Camp is for kids in grades 1-8 (ages 6-13), 9am to 4pm each day. Campers spend their days outdoors learning about ecology, interacting with our animals, harvesting vegetables and learning to cook them with a real chef, then head home with fresh produce to cook with their families. Our staff-to-camper ratio is 1:5, and every staff member is first aid and CPR certified.How it works: A certificate is worth one full week of camp ($380). To redeem, call Crown Point Ecology Center at 330-668-8992 and we’ll provide a discount code to use at the time of registration on out registration page, Jumbula. No code is sent with your purchase. Certificates expire 12 months after purchase.2027 camp weeks: July 12-16, July 19-23, and July 26-30.

Your gift helps grow a living classroom where people learn how soil, water, and food are connected. At Crown Point Ecology Center, every season on the farm supports hands-on education in ecology and caring for our land. 🦋Donations sustain our fields, workshops, and community programs—With a one-time, or monthly recurring donation, Crown Point will be able to:Grow as a regional model for sustainable agricultureFight food insecurity through fresh, healthy producePreserve natural resources and biodiversityProvide meaningful learning experiences for all agesYour support keeps this work alive and rooted in Northeast Ohio. Together, we cultivate a healthier, more resilient future. 🐞