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