A photo from the 2010 Delta Farm Tour reveals that visiting farms makes for a fun day. Here SNRAS alum Jessica Guritz gets up close and personal with horses.
The Delta Farm Tour is Thursday, July 19. Registration is at 9 a.m. The tour begins at 9:30 and ends at 4:45 p.m. The cost is $50 per person and includes an Alaska Grown lunch featuring locally grown USDA beef burgers and lamb bratwurst at the Clearwater Lodge. If you want to ride the bus from Fairbanks to Delta Junction that morning, there is an additional $15/person fee. The bus leaves from 1000 University Avenue at 7 a.m. and will return at about 7 p.m.
The first stop is Windy Valley Farms, a large-scale hay farm complete with a center pivot irrigation system. Dennis Green & Sons is a grain and hay operation where visitors will see how feeds are processed. After lunch the tour resumes with a visit to the research fields of the Agriculture and Forestry Experiment Station. Hear reports on the high latitude agriculture research taking place there. Northern Lights Dairy and Delta Meat & Sausage complete the day.
Tour participants must pre-pay before July 10. Please make your check payable to the Delta Farm Bureau, P.O. Box 760, Delta Junction, AK 99737. For further information, call 907-803-4752.
The Matanuska-Susitna Farm Tour is Thursday, July 26 with visits to Glacier Valley Farm, VanderWeele Farm, Havemeister Dairy Farm, Earthworks Farm and Gray Owl Farm. The fee is $55. To register contact Kristi Krueger, 907-761-3858.
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