The Annual Local Food and Farm Celebration will be held Saturday and Sunday August 4 & 5th at farms near Atlantic and Elk Horn. The event is being held for the third year for local communities to experience the diversity of agriculture in the region. It offers a chance to experience the farms, meet the farmers and allow the kids to get up close and personal with soil, veggies and animals.

You are welcome to bring your family and friends to visit farms north and west of Atlantic. Farms include organic and conventional practices including vegetable fields, fruit trees, and row crops. The tour also includes beekeeping and livestock. The event is free!

Visit the farms between 1:00pm and 5:00pm. Each of the farms will offer guided tours at 1:00, 2:00, 3:00, and 4:00, but come any time. Produce or other goods may be available for purchase. Displays and food-related activities may be part of the respective open house events. If you’re curious about your food or just looking for a fun family outing, you are invited to the third annual Local Food and Farming Celebration, August 4 & 5th, 1 PM-5 PM.

Farms participating include:

Alan and Linda Robinson – featuring Beef

Harrisdale Farmstead – Fruit, vegetable and permaculture practices

Rolling Acres Farm – Community Supported Agriculture (CSA), organic vegetable, greenhouse and high tunnel production

Pace Poultry and Produce – Vegetables and poultry

Kevin Petersen – Organic Row Crop

Danish Countryside Wines and Vines  – Grape production and wine fermentation

Brun Ko Farm  – Pastured beef and pork production

Exhibits include:

DezaRae Farms – Goat milk products and goats

Natural Resource Conservation Service – Soil Health

Smith Generation Farms  – Cover crops

Wallace Foundation

The farms are located between Atlantic & Elk Horn, along Hwy 173 & Littlefield Drive. Look for a map in the event photos and, on August 4th & 5th, look for signs along the Highway.