Join The IDEA Farm Network, The Land Connection, and Spence Farm on September 28th, 2024 for a field day filled with education, demonstrations, and an apple tasting!
Spence Farm is a bustling center of activity with a wide array of heirloom and native crops, heritage animals, and a huge diversity of agricultural opportunities on the 160 acres. Visitors come from all over the world to enjoy learning about small scale family farming in the Midwest. The farm lends an educational backdrop for agricultural history from 1830 to today. It is a working small family farm managed by the seventh and eighth generations – Marty and Will Travis.
What to Expect:
- Experience a wide array of native & heirloom crops
- See a Paperpot Transplanter demo
- Learn about orchard maintenance-pruning, grafting, nutrition & varieties
- Apple taste test!
Agenda
- 10:00 am Registration & Check-in
- 10:30 am Welcome & Opening Remarks
- 11:00 am Paper Pot Transplanter Demonstration
- 12:00 pm Lunch
- 1:00 pm Orchard Maintenance (Pruning, Grafting, Nutrition, Varieties) & Apple Taste Test
- 3:00 pm Adjourn
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