WSU Extension, King County invite residents out to the farm

2005 Harvest Celebration farm tour guide available Sept. 14

2005 Archived News

The 7th Annual King County Harvest Celebration farm tour guide will be featured in the September 14, 2005 issue of the Seattle Weekly.

The farm tour guide provides helpful information about each of the 26 working farms from around the county participating in the Harvest Celebration festivities on Saturday, Oct. 1. The guide will also include feature articles on county farms and historical information on agriculture in King County.

Participating farms will open their gates and invite the public to come walk their fields, buy fresh produce and pumpkins, meet farm animals, talk to farmers, enjoy a family hay ride, run through a corn maze and much, much more. This year’s farm tour also includes some historical agricultural sites and additional farm-related festivals and markets.

During the last two weeks of September, King County’s Harvest Celebration farm tour guides will also be available at most farmers’ markets around the Puget Sound, all Seattle and King County Public Library branches, and PCC Natural Markets.

King County’s Harvest Celebration farm tour, Saturday, October 1, 10 a.m.- 4 p.m. at 36 locations around King County. Admission is free. For more information call, 206-205-3206; or visit www.metrokc.gov/wsu-ce/farmtour.

The King County Harvest Celebration Farm tour is presented by WSU King County Extension with generous support from the King County Department of Natural Resources and Parks, King County Office of Business Relations and Economic Development, PCC Natural Markets, 4Culture, Full Circle Farm and the Cascade Harvest Coalition.