August Farm and Food Discovery Centre Event to Showcase Dairy

Jul 24, 2015

By Bruce Cochrane

As part of the summer activities planned for the University of Manitoba's Bruce D. Campbell Farm and Food Discovery Centre the public will have an opportunity to learn about where their milk, butter and ice cream comes from.

The Bruce D. Campbell Farm and Food Discovery Centre, located on highway 75 south of Winnipeg, opened its doors about 4 years ago to help families, school groups and the public learn more about where their food comes from.

Among the special activities this summer is Dairy Day, planned for Thursday, August 6.

Myrna Grahn, the manager of the Bruce D. Campbell Farm and Food Discovery Centre, says, in addition to the opportunity to view the centre's variety of displays, those taking part in Dairy Day will be able to learn first hand about the operation of a dairy farm.

Myrna Grahn-University of Manitoba:
They'll be able to go on our people mover which is a tractor that pulls a covered wagon and they'll be able to travel though the operating farm here at Glenlea Research Station to our dairy barn.
We have 60 dairy cattle that we milk and they'd be able to see that procedure of how the cattle are milked, how they're fed, how they're taken care of.

Then when they come back to the centre they'll be making ice cream with the flavors such of the strawberry, chocolate or vanilla and then they'll also be turning cream into butter and then they'll be able to sample their ice cream and butter if they so choose.
They'll be able to learn not only about dairy.

They'll be able to see the crops area, the pigs that are in the nursery.

We also have an area where they learn about how hens are taken care of and how they lay their eggs, and so then how you would get eggs on your morning breakfast plate.

Grahn notes the Bruce D. Campbell Farm and Food Discovery is open to the public from Tuesdays to Saturdays from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm but, she stresses, it's important to pre-register for the special events such as Dairy Day.

For more on the centre visit FFDC.ca or, to register for a special event, call 204 883-2524.

Source: Farmscape

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