Corn "Sand Box" Attracts Big Crowd At Fair
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Wisconsin farmers have found a new way to teach urban kids about the foods they eat. For the past three years at the Wisconsin State Fair, young children and their parents have gotten hands-on experience with corn, wheat and soybeans thanks to these large playboxes filled with grain instead of sand.
The playboxes filled with grain give kids an idea of what grains are in their rawest form," explains Bob Oleson, executive director, Wisconsin Corn Growers Association.
The WCGA pays Union Grove farmer Jeff Ehrhart to bring in bulk bags of wheat, corn and soybeans. Fair employees fill the boxes, and the rest is up to the kids.
"It doesn't cost a lot of dollars, but we get a lot of positive feedback," says Oleson. "The playboxes are full from morning to night, and the State Fair is always eager to do it again."
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Bob Oleson, Wisconsin Corn Growers Association, W1360 Hwy 106, Palmyra, Wis. 53156 (ph 262 495-2232; email: wicorn@idcnet.com; website: www.
wicorn.org).
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Corn "Sand Box" Attracts Big Crowd At Fair FARM HOME Novelty Items 28-2-17 Wisconsin farmers have found a new way to teach urban kids about the foods they eat. For the past three years at the Wisconsin State Fair, young children and their parents have gotten hands-on experience with corn, wheat and soybeans thanks to these large playboxes filled with grain instead of sand.
The playboxes filled with grain give kids an idea of what grains are in their rawest form," explains Bob Oleson, executive director, Wisconsin Corn Growers Association.
The WCGA pays Union Grove farmer Jeff Ehrhart to bring in bulk bags of wheat, corn and soybeans. Fair employees fill the boxes, and the rest is up to the kids.
"It doesn't cost a lot of dollars, but we get a lot of positive feedback," says Oleson. "The playboxes are full from morning to night, and the State Fair is always eager to do it again."
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Bob Oleson, Wisconsin Corn Growers Association, W1360 Hwy 106, Palmyra, Wis. 53156 (ph 262 495-2232; email: wicorn@idcnet.com; website: www.
wicorn.org).
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