I felt like a schooltime young woman again when we contract on the yellow schooltime bus for a tour of Woodford County agrarian activities the other day .
Northside ElementaryStudents Help keep up and Restore Stream , Park AreaAfter a boastful Kentucky breakfast , including the requisite biscuits and sausage gravy ( good affair – we needed the energy ! ) we climb up into our coach and head to Midway’sNorthside Elementary School .
Our lesson from Northside instructor Shelby Ison : It ’s possible to regenerate a stream disrupted by age of development and invasive species growth .
Ison – and late list 2006 Conservation Teacher of the Year – contain the stream restitution projection as part of her classes , as well as an after - school clubhouse ; they take away the invasives and plant aboriginal Kentucky species and more . In summation to student - power , the labor get help from political science grant .
Honest FarmQuick make certain local products get noticed“Pure Kentucky”–a market fly the coop by Susie Quick , owner ofHonest Farm – had us knee - oceanic abyss in local produce and products from green bean to Broadbent Viscount St. Albans . No product she feature locomote more than 100 miles to get there .
Besides raise people ’s awareness about the benefits of local food , Quick ’s runs a demonstration farm with bodily function for fry , provides stalls for local Farmer to sell their produce and makes Farmer grocery store space usable near her shop in townspeople .
She on a regular basis reaches out to eating place owners in Midway , Louisville and elsewhere , enticing them to put local produce on the menu .
Highland Moor NurseryNative plant flourish in McNeil ’s greenhousesAwestruck is the only direction to describe how we feel during the duty tour of Kristine McNiel’sHighland Moor Nursery .
This vernal woman – and mother of a 9 - month - old Emily – keeps the hydrangea , native perennials , Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree and other cultivar growing in her five huge greenhouses very nearly on her own .
Her business activities admit put up hydrageas , hibiscus , calla Lady Peel and other bright knockout for the cut - flower trade , propagate local trees , shrubs and plant for the nursery industry , as well as offer up tour and educational programme .
She identify receiving her education in part from the University of Kentucky , from her father and from her daily work in the dirt ! And from the smell of thing – she ’s headed for more success .
Valley View FarmHistoric farm is one of oldest in central KentuckyAnd who experience a farm could be consider an historical post ! TheValley View Farmis just that ; it ’s ruination are one of the oldest stand structural remains in central Kentucky and is listed in the National Register of Historica Places .
Our dejeuner under the enceinte specter trees on the farm include Jackson County - Ky. fried poulet , fresh local vegetable and homemade icecream , all gear up by Slow Food Bluegrass , a non-profit-making , local convivium of Slow Food USA .
The Woodford County Farm Tour is presented by the Woodford County Cooperative Extension Service .
