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Proud to be a farmer: Attracting visitors to farms - PAGE 13 Authorities investigate alleged animal abuse at ‘Agritainment’ famous farm finds welcoming - page 4 home - PAGE 2 industrye-news.com June 12th, 2019 | AGRITOURISM & FARM NEWS 1 Agritourism & Farm News, your FREE weekly online magazine ISSUE 081 | June 12th, 2019
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with Editor Jamie Macready
‘Agritainment’ finds welcoming home,
harsh zoning laws in Bucks County towns
was happening, so I decided
to act.”
Glenn Wismer,
Bedminster's Board of
Supervisors chairman, did
not respond to requests for
comment.
If approved, the measure
would allow farmers to make
wine and spirits from their
own crops, open farm or gift
shops on their property, and
host events ranging from
Christmas tree cuttings and
petting zoos to weddings and
concerts.
All such events, according
to a draft of the proposed
In Pennsylvania, many farms that host events are small family operations, like Tabora, a 10-acre farm and orchard ordinance, must not
in Hilltown owned by Caleb and Patricia Torrice.
significantly alter the farm's
use or the rural character of
PENN. - Bedminster say such “agritainment” benefit from the measure. He, the neighborhood.
and Hilltown, neighboring events violate local zoning for one, said he has little to If the ordinance passes,
townships in Bucks County, laws. gain from the change. More Schilling, the township
each boast acres of sun- Township Manager Richard than three years ago, he got manager, said he didn't
dappled land and a history Schilling said Roberts’ a zoning variance that allows expect that “a boatload of
of farming that dates back proposal marks the first time him to host weddings and people” would be seeking to
centuries. But to farmer Kevin the township has entertained other events at his farm. add farm-related tourism or
Roberts, they’re otherwise as the idea. “Even though we had entertainment.
different as could be. Roberts’ proposal, designed already been approved to For decades, farmers around
Hilltown is mired in an to avoid zoning tussles like host events on our farm, I the world have capitalized
ongoing legal battle with those in Hilltown, could come saw other property owners on so-called agritourism and
a farm that is fighting a up for a vote by the township’s all across the U.S. and agritainment, with a few ―
township order to shut down three supervisors, all of Bucks County were having notably Knott’s Berry Farm, a
many of its popular events ― whom are farmers, as early as severe issues with local small family business turned
an annual Irish Festival, yoga Tuesday. municipalities in regards to 57-acre amusement park in
and wine meetups, and a “This is just so people have farm-based businesses,” California ― pushing agriculture
Father’s Day brunch, among more flexibility to make sure Roberts said in an email. almost entirely aside in favor
others ― that have long drawn they can keep the lights on “Issues that were costing of a more profitable venture.
in families for a day in the and pay the bills,” Roberts business owners huge sums Upper Macungie Township,
countryside. Hilltown officials said of farmers who could of money. I didn’t like what home to Grim’s Orchard
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Knott's Berry Farm is home to the tallest, longest and fastest wooden roller
coaster on the West Coast.
& Family Farm, last year actions punitive, the Torrices
completed a two-year process have hired a lawyer to try to
to determine its agritainment ease the restrictions. So far,
and agritourism rules. they say, their legal fees have
Across the country, about reached $50,000.
50,000 farms that recorded The Torrices laud Bedminster
profits upward of almost $1 for taking a different and less
billion attributed “a portion of restrictive approach.
their income” to agritainment, “I think Bedminster is on the
according to Penn State
Extension.
right track, and the fact they’re S H A R E YO U R L A N D.
being proactive ― kudos to
In Pennsylvania, many farms them,” said Caleb Torrice. E A R N M O N E Y.
that host events are small Diversify your
About eight miles away,
family operations, like Tabora,
Roberts, of Durham Hill income for your
a 10-acre farm and orchard in
Farm, shakes his head at the
Hilltown owned by Caleb and
situation in nearby Hilltown. agribusiness.
Patricia Torrice.
“They're knee-deep in their
For more than a year, the
Torrices have fought township
nonsense over there,” he With the enormous growth of RVers, and
said of Tabora's. That is all the the limited pool of available camp sites the
officials who cited them for
more reason, he said, to try
building and zoning violations. industry doesn’t have enough room for its
and persuade Bedminster to
Among other things, the town consumers.
ordered them to stop hosting update its rules.
events not directly related to “I thought it be prudent
agriculture. As a consequence, to make the case to our The answer to this problem is simple: we need
the Torrices say, their events township to get ahead of more sites where RVers can stay. We need to
calendar has largely been this issue,” he said, “so other expand the limited supply of RV sites. In short,
limited to “U-Pick” fruit small farm business owners
we need you to host your site through our
gathering, the success of wouldn’t be unfairly treated
which is largely dependent because of out of date and website.
on favorable seasons and inconsistent ordinances.”
growing conditions. Source: www.curbnturf.com/ag
Calling the township's https://bit.ly/2R9L2Yl
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Authorities investigate alleged animal
abuse at famous farm
Indiana. The company said in
a statement that it's pulling
Fairlife products, saying "the
exposé of animal abuse in the
Fair Oaks Farm network is
chilling."
The video shows newborn
calves being thrown in and out
of their huts by employees,
young calves being kicked in
the head and the carcasses
of dead calves piled together
in the dirt. The footage
additionally shows employees
striking calves with their
hands and steel rods and
being burnt with branding
irons.
Fair Oaks Farms founder
Mike McCloskey said in a
statement Tuesday that four
employees seen in the video
have been fired and actions
FAIR OAKS, Ind. – Retailers have been taken to prevent
began pulling Fairlife products further abuse. A fifth person
from their shelves Wednesday shown in the video was a
as police investigated alleged third-party truck driver who
animal abuse after an animal was transporting calves, he
rights group released graphic said.
video showing workers kicking "As a veterinarian whose
and throwing young calves at life and work is dedicated
an Indiana dairy farm that's a to the care, comfort and
popular destination for school safety of all animals, this
field trips. has affected me deeply,"
Animal Recovery Mission dairies about 70 miles (113 a national brand of higher McCloskey said. "I am
said that an investigator for disappointed for not being
kilometers) south of Chicago. protein, higher calcium
the Miami-based animal rights aware of this kind of awful
"Due to the many years and lower fat milk. At least
group secretly recorded the treatment occurring, and I
Fair Oaks Farms has been three retailers - Strack & Van
disturbing footage last year take full responsibility for what
in business, it is impossible Til, Jewel-Osco and Family
while working for several has happened. I also take full
months at Fair Oaks Farms, to number the amount of Express - began pulling Fairlife
responsibility to correct and
which Food & Wine magazine calves and cows that have products from their shelves ensure that every employee
has called the "Disneyland of inhumanely died at the hands Wednesday in response to the understands, embraces and
agricultural tourism." of this company," said Rachel video, The (Northwest Indiana) practices the core values
The group said that the Taylor, a spokeswoman for Times reported . on which our organization
footage shows the "daily Animal Recovery Mission. Valparaiso, Indiana-based stands."
mistreatment of the resident Fair Oaks Farms is the Family Express operates Full Article:
farm animals" at the farm's flagship farm for Fairlife, convenience stores across https://fxn.ws/2MGBp57
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INDUSTRY NEWS Polyface Farms pioneers permaculture, offers agritourism SWOOPE, VIRGINIA they had purchased. - Polyface Farms in They built compost Swoope (pronounced piles, dug ponds, “swope”), Virginia, is a moved cows daily holy grail for farm-to-table with portable electric junkies like me. While I organic, is a hero in the text. William and Lucille Salatin fencing and invented know their uber-sustainable In May, I made the 400-mile moved their young family from portable sheltering systems agriculture practices are at an trek from Northeast Ohio to a farm in the highlands of to produce all their animals on extremely high level, I believe the southern Shenandoah Venezuela to the safer dusty, perennial prairie polycultures. these can and should spread. Valley to research a travel unpaved backroads of Swoope They avoided chemicals for And if/when they do, I hope story. While I was excited to (population 1,300). alleviating weeds, killing those farmers grow food to learn about the food, culture At that time, the DuPont pests or fertilizing crops. feed my next generations. and history of the area, my slogan, “Better living through Primarily a livestock farm, they I first stumbled on Polyface personal reason for visiting chemistry,” was still part avoided unnecessary medical Farms and self-proclaimed was the Salatin farm. I wanted of pop culture. And Rachel intervention and sought the “lunatic farmer” Joel Salatin to see their operation and feel Carson’s pesticide-expose most natural approach to in author Michael Pollan’s the energy. “Silent Spring” hadn’t yet raising meat animals. 2006 bestseller “Omnivore’s Though some farms in the been published. Nonetheless, Polyface isn’t just organic. Dilemma.” In the book, Pollan Shenandoah countryside reach the Salatins were part of a It goes beyond whether writes about the ethical back seven-plus generations, movement skeptical of factory animals eat grass or grain. responsibilities of choosing the Salatins are only on the farming. The Salatins and their crew what we eat. Salatin, with fourth generation of land So they initiated new - or are actively developing a farm a non-industrial approach to stewards. Their story starts perhaps old - practices for the environment that is naturally farming that goes far beyond in 1961, when Joel’s parents worn-out 550-acre property healthier and more productive. 6 AGRITOURISM & FARM NEWS | June 12th, 2019 industrye-news.com
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to encourage and well serve
15,000-plus visitors each year.
Farmers such as the Salatins
are important to me because I
choose to change the world by
how I spend my money. When
I shop my values, I support
the “good” guys and help
them thrive. By boycotting the
“bad” guys, I lower demand
for their products/services and
hope that they’ll either change
or go away.
Of course, local is one of
Polyface’s principles. With that
in mind, Polyface doesn’t ship
and delivers only within a
four-hour radius. Visitors
can buy meat from the
farm store. I didn’t have a
way of keeping the meat
cold during my trip back to
Northeast Ohio, so instead
I ordered the Cornish
That translates into based material such as old
nonconventional farming wood chips, leaves, old Cross chicken breast at
practices. For example, during hay or straw. This absorbs dinner. Chefs at Zynodoa,
my visit, I walked into the and molecularly bonds in nearby Staunton, one
Raken (rabbit-chicken) House. with volatile and leachable of many local restaurants
There, 50 rabbit cages sit nutrients. supplied by Polyface,
above a free-ranging flock Whole shelled corn is brined it in sweet tea
of 200 laying hens. Rabbit added to that layer and before roasting. The
waste drops into the wood ferments in the anaerobic texture and flavor were
chips below the cages, which bedding. (It’s anaerobic perfect.
chickens scratch through because the cows tromp out While the breed is
and mix into compost. The the oxygen.) Pigs seek the commonly used for meat,
compost, which doesn’t smell, fermented corn and aerate Joel’s son Daniel explained
the processes. And Daniel’s Polyface’s chickens grow
attracts bugs as a dietary the pile with their snouts. The
daughter Lauryn, 11, offered about 20 percent slower
supplement, and thus the result is an organic compost
chicks, chickens and rabbits for than factory-farmed chickens
chickens continue to scratch that smells and looks rich and
petting. because they aren’t subject
through the base. Everyone healthy.
wins. The animals are By fall, the farm will further to article lights at night or
Anyone can visit Polyface
healthier, and the farm waste enhance its agritourism confined to cages. That care
- which has grown to 650
is easier to manage. attraction with a corn box for helps me justify my carnivore
acres and has another 1,200
In another building, acres under lease - to see playtime digging, a natural ways and makes me a fan of
Pigaerators enable Polyface these practices and more. teeter-totter and other sustainable, local production
to make large-scale compost While it sounds scientific and farm-influenced playground epitomized by the Salatins.
without equipment. Cows preachy, it’s truly educational fixtures for the youngest Source:
are bedded in a carbon- and fun. During my visit, generation. The Salatins want https://bit.ly/2IaXe8z
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Maryland farm is a true family affair
which helps make visitors less
customers and more family.
“We are more community
than just selling fruit,” Saathoff
said. “We have never done
things the way other farms
do.”
“You see people grow up
and go through things. They
are more than just customers.
They are basically family,”
Barth added.
Saathoff said people have
asked why they don’t just
sell wholesale and avoid the
challenges of dealing with
the public, a public which
sometimes likes to ask about
GMOs and other thorny
issues.
“We like people,”
Saathoff responds.
Besides, somebody
has to answer those
EASTON, MD. - There’s a questions and the
miniature donkey named Miss pair like to think
Patsy, who lets the miniature they are helping a
Herefords, half the size of the younger generation
typical breed, know who’s learn about farming.
boss and a pumpkin bounce Besides the school
designed with baffles so trips, they visit local
the big kids or parents can’t schools and teach
bounce their kids into the the kids to plant,
next field. There are slides and grow and fertilize
games, making the farm a strawberries, all
popular destination for school the way up until it’s
trips. harvest time in May
The pick-your-own part of and the kids get to
the farm began about six years enjoy the fruits of
ago when Donna Saathoff strawberry growers love them and making jam with her their labor.
and her friend Nicole Barth now, but the beginning may grandmother. “That is like nurturing the
decided to grow strawberries. have been a tad unsure. She is retired and now next generation,” Saathoff
The two traveled to North That was the very beginning works full-time at the farm. said. “I want somebody to
Carolina to meet veteran of a new direction for Her best friend Barth still take over farming.”
strawberry growers who were Saathoff’s family farm. They works at nearby Chesapeake The payoff comes when
a tad surprised to see a pair of still grow corn, soybeans College as the program they go grocery shopping or
women. and wheat and raise broiler coordinator for agriculture and buy a cup of morning coffee
They were greeted with chickens, but she was looking environmental science. and they hear kids say “those
“Honey, where’s your man?” for something new, something Visitors come back year after are the strawberry girls.”
That story brings a smile which reminded her of year and the pair learn about Saathoff also believes that
to their faces and those days picking strawberries the news, good and bad, places like Family Affair Farm
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INDUSTRY NEWS can help people regain their The farm is almost trust of farmers. completely a pick-your-own “Ag and people needed to operation, giving people and come together, so they could families the chance to get a trust us again,” she said. little closer to their farming Strawberries, together with roots. The pair like to tell the asparagus, are sometimes kids to not walk on the plants seen as the first real sign that and be careful how they pick. winter is gone and spring has Saathoff said the children arrived. So, people line up at listen and then scold their the farm for the first day that parents if they trample the strawberry season begins. It’s plants. Berries are sold by the been a really good strawberry pound and more than a few season, a nice bounce back get tasted first. from last May when 14 inches “People always ask us if of rain fell on the farm. we weigh the children first,” “Last year’s theme was she joked. “We don’t, but we rain,” Barth said. should probably weigh the Saathoff said that Mother parents.” Nature on the Eastern Shore Full Article: can’t make up its mind. https://bit.ly/2F2TljU industrye-news.com June 12th, 2019 | AGRITOURISM & FARM NEWS 9
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Pennsylvania committee approves
10 ‘awesome’ ag bills
inspection costs for small or
new processors.
• Re-establish a grant
program to educate
elementary school students
about healthy eating and
expose them to agriculture.
• Re-establish a grant
program to fund agricultural
youth organizations. FFA,
4-H, Ag in the Classroom and
vocational education programs
are among the programs that
would qualify.
• Re-establish a low-
interest loan program
administered by the
State Conservation
Commission in
conjunction with
lending institutions for
the implementation
of agricultural and
conservation best
PENN. - The Pennsylvania management practices.
House Agriculture and Rural • Protect agritourism
Affairs Committee approved from lawsuits in which
almost a dozen bills on no party is at fault for
Wednesday, most of which are injuries or damages. The
bill is sponsored by Rep.
part of the PA Farm Bill.
Barbara Gleim, who has
The degree of enthusiasm
operated a corn maze on
for the bills was underscored her farm.
Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf lanternfly - and to address
by the unanimous votes and
proposed the $24 million PA foodborne illnesses. • Amend the existing PA
lawmakers joking that their Farm Bill in February, though The amount of money for Preferred program to bolster
bills were “awesome” or the the bills were proposed by enrollment in Homegrown
best. the program hasn’t been
lawmakers from both parties. set, but Gov. Tom Wolf has by Heroes, a veteran farmer
“We all want to see our The bills were referred to the program.
requested $5 million.
farmers and producers Rules Committee. • Establish the Pennsylvania
continue to grow and thrive • Create a state-level
Here is what the approved Agricultural Business
here,” said Chairman Rep. Specialty Crop Block Grant
bills would do: Development Center within
Martin Causer, R-Turtlepoint. Program to invest in and
• Create the Rapid the Department of Agriculture
“The industry literally puts encourage farming of high- to serve as a resource to
Response Disaster Readiness
food on our tables, but it also Account. The Ag Department priority crops like hemp, hops help every farmer create a
contributes billions to our would use this money to and hardwoods that are not business plan, transition plan
economy and supports more fight animal and crop disease eligible for the federal grants. or succession plan.
than a half million jobs across outbreaks - think avian • Create a grant program Full Article:
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This family farm puts its cows first
but it grows non-genetically
modified field crops.
“We ship our raw milk to
Petaluma Creamery, where
our milk is made into cheese,”
Weststeyn said. “The cheese
- Cheddar, Monterey Jack and
Pepper Jack - goes to retailers
and food service including the
restaurant chain Chipotle.”
Petaluma Creamery leaves
more of the butterfat in the
cheese, which gives the
cheese a richer, creamier
flavor, he said.
He is also active on social
media sites.
His popular “Moosletter”
posts interesting facts such
as “How much do cows
weigh?” “Why do cows
moo?” and “Do cows like to
NORTHERN California -
be milked?”
Stephen Weststeyn says
Milk prices and regulatory
his dairy farm’s tag line
pressures are just a sampling
is simple: “Making milk,
of everyday challenges that
feeding people.”
face Weststeyn and the
“While our primary goal
California dairy industry,
is taking care of the cows
he said.
and making sure they’re
happy and healthy, the part “The biggest challenge is
that really inspires us is that how to do more with less
we’re helping produce a someday from our milk on our cows together in Linden since resources,” he said. “The
really nutritious food,” farm.” the 1970s, when they took it milk price has recently been
Weststeyn says. The farm is very much a over from my grandfather.” at an all-time low and we are
The third generation family operation: Weststeyn Willows offers more open facing increased regulatory
Californian grew up on the enjoys herdsman work with ground for growing crops. pressures and higher costs.
farm near Linden working his seven brothers and sisters, “Cows require a lot of feed How can we give the cows
with the cows and learned who contribute to the farm in and Willows allowed us the the best care possible without
the ins and outs of how to other ways. His brothers work opportunity to farm all the dramatically increasing our
best care for the cows from with the farming and forages and grasses our cows costs?”
his father. Weststeyn’s father the sisters enjoy caring for the need in the local area,” he Other challenges include
learned from his father in the calves. said. difficulties finding people
Netherlands. “We have been farming “We milk mostly Holsteins to help work on the farm,
“Dairy has always been in Willows in the Northern but have some Jerseys and a changes in the minimum wage
a strong passion for me,” Sacramento Valley since the few Ayrshire cows that I am law and the higher cost of
he said. “I studied dairy early 2000s but only recently helping to preserve, as there surface water to irrigate crops,
processing at Cal Poly, in San started milking cows here in aren’t many left in California,” he said.
Luis Obispo, with the dream late 2017,” he said. “Before he said. Source:
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Proud to be a farmer:
Attracting visitors to farms
that he’s listed in the Georgia operations spread around
Farm Bureau Farm Passport. the state.
“Had one guy last week. “There are no two farms
He was from Atlanta, going alike and they all sell different
to Savannah. Came by on his things at different times,
way along I-16. He had his so when you visit, it’s not
passport book and pulled in like you’ve seen all of
here,” Colson said. Georgia agriculture,” Kelly
“It’s good for people to Thompson said.
travel around the state of
When you visit a site, you
Georgia to see different
get your passport stamped.
farms, and see where the
You mail the book to Kelly at
food comes from,” said
Luke Thompson, Thompson the end of the season. The
REGISTER, GA.- Few people hopes to get more people Produce. more places you visit, the
grow up on a farm or know visiting sites this summer. They are two of 67 farms more prizes you can win -
about farming, even here in Bobby Colson doesn’t get listed in the passport. Kelly from T-Shirts and tumblers to
Southeast Georgia. many visitors at his honey Thompson from Georgia a big dinner.
A new statewide program operation, B&G Honey, but Farm Bureau made the list Full Article:
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Nonprofits partner to assemble
Andreotti farm
continued Wright. “Not only
do we have POST and the
farmer working together to
keep the farm here, forever,
we have FarmLink stepping in
to provide the financ-ing.”
According to POST officials,
the entire Andreotti family
farm is now subject to a
conservation easement
that ensures that it remains
permanently available for
agri-cultural production.
Steve Wilson, a real estate
attorney for the law firm
Withers helped establish
the property’s conservation
easement. He has been
advising the Andreotti family
since 2017.
“It was a privilege to help
HALF MOON BAY, CALI. -
my clients crystallize their
The Peninsula Open Space vision of preservation and
Trust and California FarmLink, en-sure that these important
a nonprofit that helps farmers Bay Area properties are kept
lease and purchase land, intact for future genera-tions,”
announced this week they said Wilson.
have partnered to preserve a seasonal pumpkin patch their grandparents. Brett Meleone, director of
69 acres of coastal farmland along Highway 1 and a nearby Ben Wright, farmland lending at FarmLink, said that
that has belonged to the driving range. program manager for POST, securing financing for farmland
Andreotti family of Half Moon The farm’s future has described the farm as a Half and agricultural operations
Bay. Under the arrangement, been uncertain. In 2017, Moon Bay institution that is notoriously difficult, even
the longstanding family POST purchased some of was narrowly saved from the during a strong economy.
farm would be permanently the acre-age of the original auction block. “We value partnerships
protected for agricultural use. farm on the open market, “But we got another bite at and strategies that support
The property, which has sparing it from potential that apple to protect this really farm families who choose
been farmed by the Andreottis real-estate development. important, prime agri-cultural to protect their farms,” said
since 1926, is a popular The nonprofit worked with land right in the heart of town,” Brett Melone, director of
destination for beachgoers Dino and Terry Andreotti, the he said. It complements the lending at FarmLink, in a
and Coastsiders alike. It is property’s longtime farmers, recreational benefits that you pre-pared statement. “The
perhaps best known for its to reassemble and preserve get there at the beach and a Andreottis’ situation was the
historic Kelly Avenue farm the parcels with an agricultural short walk from downtown. perfect opportunity for our
stand, a sun-dappled wooden con-servation easement. It’s real-ly a one-of-a-kind new program to support the
structure framed against a During that time, the agency farm that’s really vital to viability of a protected family
backdrop of farmlands and also coordinated with protect now. farm. We wish them much
sunflower fields, which the FarmLink to get the financing “And it’s made even more success.”
family operates as a pro-duce that the Andreottis needed to successful by the fantastic Full Article:
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Lacombe Corn Maze hitting 20 years
anniversary theme will also be
reflected in the activities and
games at the farm.
Usually, about 40,000
people visit the farm each
year. Attendance is weather
dependent, and hopefully, the
weather will be better than
last year, she said.
“We had a really hot, smoky
August, and then it snowed in
September. It wasn’t the best
year, but that’s OK. That’s part
of farming.”
Kraay said after 20 years,
people who visited the maze
when they were young are
now bringing their children.
LACOMBE, ALBERTA - The neighbours. They help us seed the first time last year.
corn has been planted and the field. At the end of the She said two people are As far as she knows, the
work is underway to create year, we cut down the corn currently carving the design. Lacombe Corn Maze is the
pathways in celebration of and they give it to their cows. “We paint the paths first, only corn maze in central
the 20th year of the Lacombe It’s cattle corn,” Kraay said. with water-based spray
Alberta and may be the oldest
Corn Maze. Opening day is July 19 at the paint, to make sure we’re
Rachel Kraay, of the Kraay 15-acre maze located west of putting them in the right spot. maze in the province.
Family Farm, said the design Lacombe off Highway 12. We follow behind with the “We call ourselves the
won’t be revealed until early In 2018, a bucking horse rototiller. original corn maze. We’re
July, so the plants have time and saddle bronc rider were “It’s a good, solid amount
keeping the tradition alive.”
to grow taller and thicker. carved into the corn in honour of work. Lots of walking and
“We planted about three of the Canadian Finals Rodeo plotting.” Source:
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