09/06/2024
Day 5:
Started out the morning walking through the Irish Veteran Vintage car show hosted by our hotel. We then visited The Village at Wheelocks strawberry farm. While visiting the farm, we were able to learn how they plant, grow, and harvest their strawberries. As you can tell from the pictures, we also had our fair share of tasting them. After lunch and visiting with the animals, we traveled over to Redmond Farms to learn about their beef cattle and vegetable farming operation. They sustainably grow the food needed to feed their cattle and food served at their hotels. They did a great job demonstrating how to do farm to fork. We enjoyed a hands-on planting activity before we left the farm. We had a farm to fork meal at the hotel restaurant and then headed back to our hotel for our second supper. They sure do feed us well. After indulging in all the amazing food, a few went out for an evening stroll and some good fun in the park. We have been cheerfully welcomed at every tour. Our farm liaison commended our students for being so polite. And Minnesotans are smart! We answered a question about a tree that has not been correctly identified on tour in three years.
