This Year's Taste Of Ag Event Features New Events For All Ages
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
The eighth anniversary of "A Taste of Agriculture in Kosciusko County: A Family Affair" will be April 11, 5 to 7:30 p.m. on the Kosciusko County Fairgrounds.
This event is an expansion of the Ag Day event for county fourth-grade students. This event is free for the entire family.
Many new events are highlighting Taste of Ag. The first annual Ag Olympics is at 6 p.m. Participants will compete in a pie eating, egg carry and bio-security dress-up contests. Celebrities participating are: Allison Hayes, Fox28 Sports; Kari Hutson, Channel 16 WNDU Morning Team; Dustin Grove, Channel 22 WSBT TV news reporter; and Denny Wilson, pastor of Warsaw Community Church.
Event emcee will be Kevin Deardorff of Lake City Bank.
A new children's activity corner is being added to the event. Bring a camera to take pictures at the new display boards while meeting Corny Corn and the whole gang. Face painting, an ag "sand" pile, Inky the Clown and balloons are being added for the kids.
Along with all of these new activities is the first annual photo contest. Full contest rules and entry forms are available at the Extension Office. Awards are being sponsored by Big R.
Enjoy supper hosted by the agriculture community. Ice cream, cheese, pork chops, bacon, duck, popcorn, buffalo, beef, lamb, eggs, goat cheese, salsa and chips and more are on the menu.
The Wawasee FFA is hosting a pedal pull for the kids. Registration begins at 5:30 p.m. for children ages 5-10. Prizes will be awarded for the top finishers in each age division.
The fourth Farm Fresh directory for Kosciusko County will be distributed at the event. The directory will help residents discover the agriculture products produced here in the county.
Also on display are more than 20 different booths representing agriculture in the county. Booths participating include beef, dairy, swine, ducks, chickens, crops, soil and water quality, food nutrition, farm machinery, 4-H, sheep, Master Gardeners, Solid Waste, goats, rabbits, FFA, horses, lumber, Warsaw Fire Department and electric safety. Visitors can see a horse being shod, sheep shearing, a sawmill demonstration, make a mini-composting unit, start seeds with the children for the garden, and more.
Families can work together on a scavenger hunt to find answers to questions relating to agriculture. Children who participate will receive a small prize.
More than $600 in door prizes will be given away this year to help celebrate the event. Five $50 grocery gift certificates will be given. An additional $250 in product or gift certificates of varying amounts will be given for locally raised products such as beef, pork and duck. Tomato, dairy and soybean products will be included in the celebration. Big R is giving 10 $10 gift cards, too.
Information about the door prizes is available at the gate.
The goal of the evening program is to provide an interactive educational opportunity for both youth and adults to learn about agriculture in Kosciusko County. As the title implies, people attending the event have the chance to taste samples of the various products grown in Kosciusko County. Booths not producing a food commodity will have an activity or animals to visit.
The event is free to the public and is sponsored by the Kosciusko County: Agriculture Awareness Committee, Extension Office and Farm Bureau.
For more information, call the Purdue Extension Kosciusko County Office at 574-372-2340. [[In-content Ad]]
The eighth anniversary of "A Taste of Agriculture in Kosciusko County: A Family Affair" will be April 11, 5 to 7:30 p.m. on the Kosciusko County Fairgrounds.
This event is an expansion of the Ag Day event for county fourth-grade students. This event is free for the entire family.
Many new events are highlighting Taste of Ag. The first annual Ag Olympics is at 6 p.m. Participants will compete in a pie eating, egg carry and bio-security dress-up contests. Celebrities participating are: Allison Hayes, Fox28 Sports; Kari Hutson, Channel 16 WNDU Morning Team; Dustin Grove, Channel 22 WSBT TV news reporter; and Denny Wilson, pastor of Warsaw Community Church.
Event emcee will be Kevin Deardorff of Lake City Bank.
A new children's activity corner is being added to the event. Bring a camera to take pictures at the new display boards while meeting Corny Corn and the whole gang. Face painting, an ag "sand" pile, Inky the Clown and balloons are being added for the kids.
Along with all of these new activities is the first annual photo contest. Full contest rules and entry forms are available at the Extension Office. Awards are being sponsored by Big R.
Enjoy supper hosted by the agriculture community. Ice cream, cheese, pork chops, bacon, duck, popcorn, buffalo, beef, lamb, eggs, goat cheese, salsa and chips and more are on the menu.
The Wawasee FFA is hosting a pedal pull for the kids. Registration begins at 5:30 p.m. for children ages 5-10. Prizes will be awarded for the top finishers in each age division.
The fourth Farm Fresh directory for Kosciusko County will be distributed at the event. The directory will help residents discover the agriculture products produced here in the county.
Also on display are more than 20 different booths representing agriculture in the county. Booths participating include beef, dairy, swine, ducks, chickens, crops, soil and water quality, food nutrition, farm machinery, 4-H, sheep, Master Gardeners, Solid Waste, goats, rabbits, FFA, horses, lumber, Warsaw Fire Department and electric safety. Visitors can see a horse being shod, sheep shearing, a sawmill demonstration, make a mini-composting unit, start seeds with the children for the garden, and more.
Families can work together on a scavenger hunt to find answers to questions relating to agriculture. Children who participate will receive a small prize.
More than $600 in door prizes will be given away this year to help celebrate the event. Five $50 grocery gift certificates will be given. An additional $250 in product or gift certificates of varying amounts will be given for locally raised products such as beef, pork and duck. Tomato, dairy and soybean products will be included in the celebration. Big R is giving 10 $10 gift cards, too.
Information about the door prizes is available at the gate.
The goal of the evening program is to provide an interactive educational opportunity for both youth and adults to learn about agriculture in Kosciusko County. As the title implies, people attending the event have the chance to taste samples of the various products grown in Kosciusko County. Booths not producing a food commodity will have an activity or animals to visit.
The event is free to the public and is sponsored by the Kosciusko County: Agriculture Awareness Committee, Extension Office and Farm Bureau.
For more information, call the Purdue Extension Kosciusko County Office at 574-372-2340. [[In-content Ad]]