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Date/Time
Date(s) - 09/21/2024
9:00 am - 2:00 pm
Location
Curtis Orchard
Categories
The Champaign County Farm Bureau Women’s Committee, CC Ag in the Classroom and U of I Members of Sigma Alpha present Family Ag Day at Curtis Orchard.
Where:
Curtis Orchard: Poppy Field Pavilion
When:
Saturday, September 21 from 9-2
Who:
Families with kids pre-K-5th grade
How Much:
Free event!
What:
All three groups working together to host this event want to communicate the importance of agriculture to our community. Kids (and adults) need to know where their food comes from! There are 6 ag-themed ag-tivities to participate in while inside of the pavilion. When all 6 ag-tivities are complete, students will receive 6 FREE tokens to use for Curtis Orchard activities.
*Children must be accompanied by an adult
*Each child can do the activities one time (that goes without saying)
*Ag-tivities this year include:
-apple tasting and graphing
-make a soybean stress ball
-corn shucking
-monocots vs. dicots: planting corn and beans
-mini pumpkin catapult
