Westerner celebrating agricultural roots at upcoming Urban Farm Festival

“We have some local producers to go along with what we have as far as workshops. So for the bee keeping we will have some honey, and hopefully some veggies and stuff that people who are going to the canning workshop can stop and buy them as they’re leaving.”

Families are invited to bring the kids as there will be lots for them including education and visual demonstrations as well.

“There will be lots of fun stuff for the kids as far as the petting zoo and some display animals, a face painting area, a photo booth, lots of fun stuff for the kids; it’s definitely a family event.”

Sturgeon added that while it is the first year for the Urban Farm Festival, the goal is to make it an annual event to continue the education on the agricultural community.

The event runs from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. on August 20th and is followed up by the Taste of Home Long Table Dinner. Tickets for the Long Table Dinner are $106.10 and it runs from 5:30 p.m. until 9 p.m.

“[The Urban Farm Festival] will have lots of learning, lots of fun. Learn where your food is coming from and how it’s produced and what you can do yourself in an urban setting.”

Sturgeon said it’s important for people in the urban community to come out and learn what they can do and what they can grow and how to utilize smaller spaces with different techniques to enable families to grow enough for themselves.

“Looking at the agriculture side of things but having an urban community, to connect that agriculture portion really, for me, it was food. That’s what connects us all with the agriculture community is food.”

For more information or to pre-register for workshops or purchase tickets to the Long Table Dinner visit here.

by Kirsten Dennis

Westerner celebrating agricultural roots at upcoming Urban Farm Festival

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