Erik Jacobs for the Boston Globe

Student farmer Caitlin Sargent looked out at one of The Farm School's Red Devon cows during chore time.

Erik Jacobs for the Boston Globe

Sarah Lederman of New York and Momoko Hirose of Cambridge loaded a wood-fired boiler.

Erik Jacobs for the Boston Globe

Anne Cavanaugh of Lowell rolled a log to the splitter.

Erik Jacobs for the Boston Globe

The Farm School’s beef herd during a January snowstorm.

Erik Jacobs for the Boston Globe

Andrew Harrington of Barrington, R.I., worked on a timber framing project.