“Nature always wears the colors of Spirit.”

-Ralph Waldo Emerson

At Fox Moon Farm, we believe in the healing power of nature and the deep, intuitive connection between humans and animals. Our farm is a place of refuge, growth, and renewal—where individuals of all ages and abilities are welcomed with compassion and care.

Whether you’re facing emotional, physical, social, or learning challenges, our programs are thoughtfully designed to meet you where you are. We offer a safe, nurturing environment that encourages personal growth, builds resilience, and promotes lasting well-being.

Guided by a passionate and experienced team, each journey at Fox Moon Farm is unique and centered on empowerment, connection, and holistic healing. Through meaningful interactions with animals and the natural world, we help you rediscover your inner strength—and the joy of simply being yourself.

Come as you are. Leave with more than you imagined.

Learn more about our Programs!

Healing with Horses

Healing with Horses is a powerful and compassionate program similar to Equine Therapy, that supports individuals with mental, physical, social, or learning challenges through Equine Assisted Learning (EAL) and Therapeutic Horseback Riding. We serve children, adolescents, and adults—including those with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), autism, complex trauma, and youth considered at-risk.

Our EAL sessions are designed to build life skills through ground-based activities with horses. These sessions do not involve horseback riding and require no prior experience with horses.

Each session is a collaborative effort between the client, a certified equine specialist, and our gentle, intuitive horses. Through engaging, hands-on interactions, clients are supported in developing:

  • Self-awareness & emotional regulation
  • Confidence & self-esteem
  • Communication & social skills
  • Gross and fine motor coordination
  • Cognitive and behavioral functioning
  • Anger Management & more

After each activity, clients are guided through reflective discussions to help process their experiences—exploring emotions, identifying patterns, and fostering personal insight and growth.

We believe in meeting each individual where they are, and creating a nurturing environment where healing happens naturally through trust, connection, and compassionate guidance. Whether you’re seeking support for yourself, your child, or a loved one, Healing with Horses is a journey of discovery, empowerment, and transformation.

Community Garden

Fresh Food. Stronger Families. Healthier Futures.

At Fox Moon Farm, our community garden is more than a plot of land—it’s a mission to combat poverty, improve food security, and nurture community connections.

Each summer, with the help of our incredible volunteers, we grow and distribute thousands of pounds of fresh, healthy produce to local families. Our garden supports over 25 households, helping them reduce grocery costs while gaining access to nutrient-rich vegetables and herbs.

But the impact goes far beyond food.

Through gardening, we promote:

  • Healthier eating habits
  • Increased physical activity
  • A deeper sense of purpose and community belonging

By working side by side in the soil, neighbors become friends, and individuals gain confidence, skills, and a renewed sense of possibility.

Farm Trips

Whether you’re planning a weekend workshop, family reunion or a school field trip, Fox Moon Farm offers a space where everyone—children, families, and adults—can come to reconnect with nature, with one another, and with themselves.

Our farm provides the perfect setting for meaningful moments—whether you’re celebrating a special occasion, reuniting with loved ones, or just taking a break from the fast pace of everyday life. Rooted in the spirit of connection and simplicity, our farm experiences are designed to foster:

  • Family bonding
  • Community building
  • Shared joy and reflection

From corporate retreats to multi-generational families, there’s something here for everyone.

Life can be challenging. We all face stressors—from health and trauma to finances and emotional wellbeing. At Fox Moon Farm, you don’t have to face them alone.

Our personal healing and empowerment workshops are crafted to support adults in navigating life’s complexities. Through guided experiences, supportive community, and practical tools, our workshops help you:

  • Regain confidence and clarity
  • Build emotional resilience
  • Reconnect with your inner strength
  • Move toward peace, purpose, and happiness

Whatever brings you here, you’ll leave with more than you came for.
Let Fox Moon Farm be your place to pause, grow, and find joy.

Healing with Horses

Horses Helping People Live a More Fulfilling Happier Life.

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Does your child want to learn how to ride a horse, but they also struggle with anxiety, depression, lack of self confidence or other mental health issues?

Our therapeutic Horseback Riding program not only teaches traditional horseback riding skills, but we focus on the emotional and psychological benefits of horseback riding as well.

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What does self-esteem look like when you’re seven?

At The Fox Moon Farm Project, it looked like this. Today one of our young clients, a 7-year-old who’s been working hard to feel safe with her big feelings, came out to the farm with her twin sister. So we made it a session for two, and she got to be the teacher.

She went and got the halter and lead herself and brought Nappy, our miniature donkey, into the grooming station. Then she showed her sister every brush, how to use it, and how to pick out Nappy’s hooves. She was patient and proud, and she knew exactly what she was doing.

We planned to visit the goats next, but the tractor got in the way (it always does 😄). Driving the tractor is one of her favorite things, and getting to teach her sister how to steer was a big moment for her.

Teaching someone else is one of the strongest confidence builders there is. She’s had a really rocky couple of weeks. Today she left with the biggest smile on her face.

This is what the farm does. Kids get to be capable, confident, and in charge of something, and they carry that feeling home with them. 🐴🚜 They get real responsibility and real success, and they get to experience that they are capable.

#EquineAssistedLearning #TraumaInformedCare #healingwithhorses #MentalHealth #FoxMoonFarm
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What does self-esteem look like when you’re seven?

At The Fox Moon Farm Project, it looked like this. Today one of our young clients, a 7-year-old who’s been working hard to feel safe with her big feelings, came out to the farm with her twin sister. So we made it a session for two, and she got to be the teacher. 

She went and got the halter and lead herself and brought Nappy, our miniature donkey, into the grooming station. Then she showed her sister every brush, how to use it, and how to pick out Nappy’s hooves. She was patient and proud, and she knew exactly what she was doing. 

We planned to visit the goats next, but the tractor got in the way (it always does 😄). Driving the tractor is one of her favorite things, and getting to teach her sister how to steer was a big moment for her. 

Teaching someone else is one of the strongest confidence builders there is. She’s had a really rocky couple of weeks. Today she left with the biggest smile on her face. 

This is what the farm does. Kids get to be capable, confident, and in charge of something, and they carry that feeling home with them. 🐴🚜  They get real responsibility and real success, and they get to experience that they are capable.

#EquineAssistedLearning #TraumaInformedCare #healingwithhorses #MentalHealth  #FoxMoonFarmImage attachmentImage attachment

🐴 Looking for a Special Horse to Join Our Healing Herd 💚

At The Fox Moon Farm Project, our Healing with Horses program pairs children with special needs and kids working through trauma with gentle, patient horses. Here, horses do what they do best: they listen without judging, they meet each child where they are, and they help build trust, confidence and calm one hoofbeat at a time.

Right now, we're hoping to welcome a new teammate:
🐎 A gelding, 15 years or older
🐎 Friendly, calm and steady, the kind of horse who sighs and leans into a hug
🐎 Experience with children or beginner riders
🐎 Sound enough for light riding and lessons

If you have an older horse who still has lots of love to give but would do well with a slower pace, we would be honored to give him a forever home with a big purpose. He'd get daily love from staff, volunteers and kids, attentive care, and a job that truly changes lives. 💛

As a small nonprofit, we're looking for a free or low-cost horse. If you have a horse who might be a fit, or you know of one, please comment, message us, or share this post. You never know who's out there with the perfect match.

Thank you for helping us find the horse who will help our kids heal. 🌙

📍 The Fox Moon Farm Project | St. Stephens Church, VA
📧 cfrei@foxmoonfarm.org

#FoxMoonFarm #HealingWithHorses #NatureHeals
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🐴 Looking for a Special Horse to Join Our Healing Herd 💚

At The Fox Moon Farm Project, our Healing with Horses program pairs children with special needs and kids working through trauma with gentle, patient horses. Here, horses do what they do best: they listen without judging, they meet each child where they are, and they help build trust, confidence and calm one hoofbeat at a time.

Right now, were hoping to welcome a new teammate:
🐎 A gelding, 15 years or older
🐎 Friendly, calm and steady, the kind of horse who sighs and leans into a hug
🐎 Experience with children or beginner riders
🐎 Sound enough for light riding and lessons

If you have an older horse who still has lots of love to give but would do well with a slower pace, we would be honored to give him a forever home with a big purpose. Hed get daily love from staff, volunteers and kids, attentive care, and a job that truly changes lives. 💛

As a small nonprofit, were looking for a free or low-cost horse. If you have a horse who might be a fit, or you know of one, please comment, message us, or share this post. You never know whos out there with the perfect match.

Thank you for helping us find the horse who will help our kids heal. 🌙

📍 The Fox Moon Farm Project | St. Stephens Church, VA
📧 cfrei@foxmoonfarm.org

#FoxMoonFarm #HealingWithHorses #NatureHeals

Here's a number that stopped us in our tracks:

In Virginia, 12 out of every 20 children have experienced at least one Adverse Childhood Experience (ACE) — events like trauma, abuse, neglect, or household instability.

That's 60% of our kids. Carrying wounds that aren't always visible. Struggling with emotions they don't have words for. Acting out in ways that look like behavior problems — when really, they're signs of a nervous system that never learned it was safe.

At The Fox Moon Farm Project, we know these children. We work with them every week.

And we know that nature, animals, and the right environment can begin to reach them when nothing else has.

Through our Healing with Horses program and farm-based learning, we help children who have experienced trauma:

🌿 Learn to manage anger and regulate their emotions 🌿 Reduce anxiety and quiet an overactive stress response 🌿 Build self-confidence and a sense of their own strength 🌿 Develop trust — first with animals, then with people

Sometimes it starts with a horse standing quietly beside a child who's never felt truly safe — and staying there until they do.

Visit foxmoonfarm.org to learn more about our programs and how we support children who have experienced ACEs. 💚

#ACEs #ChildhoodTrauma #TraumaInformedCare #FoxMoonFarm #HealingWithHorses #FarmTherapy #EmotionalRegulation
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Heres a number that stopped us in our tracks:

In Virginia, 12 out of every 20 children have experienced at least one Adverse Childhood Experience (ACE) — events like trauma, abuse, neglect, or household instability.

Thats 60% of our kids. Carrying wounds that arent always visible. Struggling with emotions they dont have words for. Acting out in ways that look like behavior problems — when really, theyre signs of a nervous system that never learned it was safe.

At The Fox Moon Farm Project, we know these children. We work with them every week.

And we know that nature, animals, and the right environment can begin to reach them when nothing else has.

Through our Healing with Horses program and farm-based learning, we help children who have experienced trauma:

🌿 Learn to manage anger and regulate their emotions 🌿 Reduce anxiety and quiet an overactive stress response 🌿 Build self-confidence and a sense of their own strength 🌿 Develop trust — first with animals, then with people

Sometimes it starts with a horse standing quietly beside a child whos never felt truly safe — and staying there until they do.

Visit foxmoonfarm.org to learn more about our programs and how we support children who have experienced ACEs. 💚

#ACEs #ChildhoodTrauma #TraumaInformedCare #FoxMoonFarm #HealingWithHorses #FarmTherapy #EmotionalRegulation
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