Local Choices goes to Merced County Spring Fair in Los Banos!
May 6, 2008 by katnanna
It was our first fair display with hopes to make some sort of educational impact on the benefits of organics in this small community. Our display was set up on an old chuck wagon in the entrance to The Henry Miller Petting Zoo. We showcased pictures from a few of our farm and ranch visits, literature on organics and a CSA box. Kat has been running and organizing this zoo for many years and decided
Local Choices should make an appearance since this years theme was
“Celebrating Our Farmers”, so to the fair we went!
As Kat managed her zoo, I manned our space greeting and handing out cards to any one who would stop to view. Believe it or not it was mostly children, they gravitated to our basket of beautiful fresh produce like bees to a cherry tree, having questions such as…. Is this real? what is this? can I have some? Their curiosity was endearing, as they tasted (some for the first time) strawberries, snow peas and sweet peas. Adults of course were more interested in information on the CSA memberships, our photos, who we are and what exactly is this blog about.
It was a fun and profound experience for me. I left that fair with a good feeling of teaching young & old their local healthy food options and knowing we did make an educational impact, not only about organics but the importance of our
Local Choices mission… supporting our local small farms.
Our next outing will be at Merced County fair in Merced, July 15-20.
We invite you to stop by the Old Mcdonalds petting zoo to meet us, answer any questions you may have and see all the awesome farm animals!
