Celebrating Agriculture

See the many faces of Agriculture in "The Last Green Valley" at Celebrating Agriculture.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2010
9:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Woodstock Fairgrounds Rte 169, Woodstock Connecticut

The schedule for the 2009 event is below. 2010 should be similar.

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EVENTS FOR 2009 - Information on 2010 coming soon!

FOOD

9:00 to 11:00 - Hearty Farm Breakfast in the Ag Building.

  • $5.00 for Adults, $3.00 for children under 10

11:00 to 3:00 - Lunch Foods at:

  • Woodchoppers Café – Bunyan Burgers, kid’s meals, soda
  • Creamery Brook Bison – Bison Burgers
  • Woodstock Horse Council – Bottled Water  
  • Senexet Grange – Chowder
  • Ekonk Hill Turkey Farm - ice cream and desserts

Exhibitors have samples & sales of a yummy variety of local foods too!

CHILDREN's ACTIVITIES

The children’s activities are held in the Poultry Barn. At the crafts table, kids can make great crafts which are suitable to all ages.  Kids can make paper flowers, chicken masks, cow tails, colorful bugs, butterflies, sheep masks, paper snakes, noodle necklaces, paint, draw, color or whatever their imagination comes up with! 

  • We have face painting and temporary tattoos!
  • There is an awesome hay maze!
  • There are plenty of hands-on activities throughout the event!
  • Parade - At 2:00 there is a parade which winds through the fair grounds!  Come join the fun! At the crafts table, help decorate the banner for the parade!!

EVENTS

9:00 to 3:00 - Exhibits, events, music, children’s activities, demos & food all day

9:00 to 2:00 - Forestry – The Game of Logging: Oxen Logging, Sawing, Chopping

9:00 to 10:00 - WINY Live Broadcast in Ag Building

10:00 to 2:30 - Wagon Rides  - 30 minute tour of active dairy at Fairvue Farms

11:30: Egg Cooking Demonstration

11:45 - Egg Decorating Contest in the Ag Building

12:30 to 2:30 - Peter Lange & Hickory Wind Music in Poultry barn

12:30 to 2:30 - Yankee Dogs music in the Ag Building

1:00: Egg Cooking Demonstration

12:30 to 3:00 - Horse Demo & Breed Info

2:00 -  Parade begins near Poultry Barn - all are welcome to join

For more information, contact the USDA Service Center in Brooklyn at 860.774.8397, x 109



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