Farm Crawl

Hosts:                                           

8 PFI Farms in the Knoxville and Lacona area.

Contact: Sean Skeehan at 641.203.0758; info@farmcrawl.com

Farms include:                           

Blue Gate Farm (Jill Beebout and Sean Skeehan), Crooked Gap Farm (Ethan and Rebecca Book), Coyote Run Farm (Matt Russell and Patrick Standley), Dan-D Farms (Dan Dennison), Pierce’s Pumpkin Patch (John and Joy Pierce), Reichert’s Dairy Air (Lois and Jack Reichert), Schneiders Orchard (Arnie and Jane Schneider); White Brest Pottery & Weaving  (Sharon Seuferer and Carol Oliver).

Description:

Eight independent family farms, in a small pocket of south central Iowa, welcome you to tour their farms. Meet the farmers, see their operations, visit the animals, sample the goodies, learn something new about agriculture, enjoy delicious food, drive yourself from farm to farm through the beautiful Iowa countryside!

Topics:

Some of the farms’ different enterprises:

·         Multi-acre, chemical-free vegetable growing

·         Pastured hens

·         Mule breeding

·         Grass-fed beef

·         Artisan cheese

·         Turkeys

·         Chemical free

·         Pumpkins

·         Barnyard animals

·         Corn maze

·         Bees & honey

·         Value-added products

·         Dairy goats

·         Field corn

·         Artisan beer

·         Hand-spun yarn

·         Pork

·         Apples

·         Local wine

·         Pottery

·         Fresh-cut flowers

·         Loom-woven rugs

·         Soybeans

·         Miniature horses

·         Mazes

·         Hay making

·         Heritage pigs

·         Blacksmithing

·         Sheep

·         Sweet cprm

·         Growing in high tunnels