Wegmans Organic Farm Tour:


Curious about what goes into running our organic farm? Put on your walking shoes to join us for this approximately 2-mile tour of the farm. Everyone attending must dress for outside "agricultural" conditions; please bring an umbrella if there is a chance of rain! - See more at: http://www.wegmans.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/EventsDetailView?langId=-1&storeId=10052&catalogId=10002&productId=573012#sthash.1w5orWJ6.dpuf
urious about what goes into running our organic farm? Put on your walking shoes to join us for this approximately 2-mile tour of the farm. Everyone attending must dress for outside "agricultural" conditions; please bring an umbrella if there is a chance of rain! - See more at: http://www.wegmans.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/EventsDetailView?langId=-1&storeId=10052&catalogId=10002&productId=573012#sthash.1w5orWJ6.dpu
Curious about what goes into running our organic farm? Put on your walking shoes to join us for this approximately 2-mile tour of the farm. Everyone attending must dress for outside "agricultural" conditions; please bring an umbrella if there is a chance of rain! - See more at: http://www.wegmans.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/EventsDetailView?langId=-1&storeId=10052&catalogId=10002&productId=573012#sthash.1w5orWJ6.dpuf
Wegmans Organic Farm tour            
 Saturday, September 6, 2014 at 10:00 AM
     Chances are you’ve seen the Wegmans Organic Farm barn on West Lake Road in Canandaigua.  We enjoyed a tour with Alison on a rainy morning to find out just what happens there:

 
  
Alison gives us a history of the Wegmans Organic Farm
Alison shows us the cooler
The wash and packing room
Touring the kitchen garden
 
Linda tells us about stevia plants
kiwi
the bunny hutch
organic fertilizer
chicken coup
Casanova the rooster
one of 6 high tunnels
mini harvester
 
direct seeder
wheat grass
 
hydroponically grown wheat grass
 
 
 
carrots for Thanksgiving
 
bee hives
 
looking out from tractor shed
 
compost area
looking out from upper west end of the farm
 
a high tunnel as large as a football field
with a Perfect Rain system
 
 
 
tomatoes
field peppers
 
young eggplant and blossoms
 
 
Alison's new favorite: beets
 
 
Thank you Alison for a grand tour of the Wegmans Organic Farm!