Details

Date: Wednesday, July 24

Time: 8am-4pm pm CST (see schedule below)

Cost: $50 per person, lunch and bus included; no-questions-asked scholarships are available

The trip will take place rain or shine, so please dress for the weather.

Schedule (all times CST and subject to change)

8:00am – Meet at Lake County Soil and Water Conservation District, Crown Point, IN

8:10am – Travel by bus to Perkins Good Earth Farm

8:45am – Perkins Good Earth Farm tour

9:45am – Travel by bus to Wappel Grain and Herb Mint Farm; bus speaker: NWI Food Council

10:15am – Wappel Grain and Herb Mint Farm tour

11:15am – Travel by bus to Design Barn

11:45am – Lunch and presentations at Design Barn; presentations by Porter County Farm Bureau, Purdue Extension, Design Barn

1:00pm – Travel by bus to Meadowbrook Nature Preserve Farm; bus speaker: Shirley Heinze Land Trust

1:30pm –  Meadowbrook Nature Preserve Farm Program

2:30pm – Travel by bus to Dale B. Engquist Nature Preserve Area; bus speaker: Porter County Soil & Water Conservation District

3:00pm – Farmland Conservation and Wetland Restoration Program

4:00pm – Return to Lake County Soil and Water Conservation District

4:45pm – Optional social at Lake County Soil and Water Conservation District