Dig Deeper Farm Tour & Eat Local Nebraska Challenge
Dig Deeper Farm Tour!
Meet your local farmers! Open Harvest Co-op is partnering with local farms in our area to organize tours. Our farm in on the list along with a number of other wonderful farms. Each farm will have their own schedule and activities planned, so be sure to check each one out of social media! Below there is a map and details.
Our tour will include exploring our hoop houses, bed prep and garlic planting demonstration, interactive activities, games, and a farm stand. The farm will be open from 10am-2pm with new tours starting the top of each hour. Hope to see you there!
Learn more: https://www.digdeeperfarmtour.com
Eat Local Nebraska Challenge
From September 1st - 30th let's enjoy, cook, purchase, and share more locally grown food. The Local Food Challenge is a way for Nebraskans to make a 30 day commitment to local food. That commitment looks different for every person - it could be learning more about local agriculture by going on a farm or garden tour, it could also mean challenging yourself to eat a locally grown product with every meal. By registering for the challenge you are committing to do what you personally can to eat more locally grown food and discover why it’s important to you.
When you register for the challenge you’ll receive resources to help you find and use locally grown food. Along with resources you’ll receive a Local Food Activity Sheet. Complete as many challenge squares on your activity sheet as you can during the month of September.
For fun and camaraderie, share photos of your local food activities, meals and celebrations on our Facebook group @NebraskaLocalFoodChallenge, or use the hashtag #EatLocalNebraska.
When you register for the challenge you will be entered into drawings to win local food prizes! Drawings will be held the first week of October.
Learn more: https://www.facebook.com/groups/nebraskachallenge
UPDATE!
Details from the #digdeeperfarmtour. Here is what the tour included:
-Tour of our veg production field and hoop houses
-No till bed prep and garlic planting demo
-Tool demos and details
-Tour of flower hoop house and field
-Farm stand with produce, flowers, spices, seed garlic, and fall salad subscription program sign up
-All flower bouquet sales were be donated to the Friendship Home of Lincoln
-Giveaway to win a Christmas wreath or gift certificate
Tours were from 10am-2pm, starting on the hour. At the end of the 10am and 11am tour, my cousin Bella will be there to show off her bees and answer questions. Bella is now a freshman at UNL and started keeping bees at the farm a few years ago. She doesn’t sell the honey, but our veg and flowers get a wealth of benefits from her bees!
Big thanks to everyone who came out! We had a blast!
