IOWA
The Silos and Smokestacks area is developing new itineraries that examine the debate between large farms using technology, fertilizers, herbicides and pesticides and smaller ecofriendly farms that may not be able to produce enough food for a growing population. The new tours allow groups to visit with agricultural professionals at their places of work and hear both sides of the story.
Visits are included to organic dairies, large grain farms, hog and cattle operations, niche market farms, cooperatives and various farms raising products
in a variety of ways. Farmers are encouraged to discuss their own views and philosophy of farming. Evening dinner presentations by farmers and other
agricultural professionals are used to wrap up each day.
Meals will use products from farms that are visited, with comparison taste testing of like products. The trips are handson and will deliver a learning
experience while being let into real people’s lives who grow our food.
MINNESOTA
The Minnesota Marine Art Museum opened this July in Winona. The museum
features four major collections across three galleries. The Burrichter-Kierlin collection features works that focus on the transition from sail to steam, as well as figureheads, ships’ wheels and captains’ logbooks that date back to the 1600s. The folk art collection includes more than 400 carved masks, murals, animals and people that capture the spirit of river life.
The Smith collection features flora and fauna of the Upper Mississippi River relief murals of area landscapes and scenes of small town river life. Finally, the museum will showcase noted photographer Henry Bosse. A photographer for the Corps of Engineers in the late 1800s, he captured the Mississippi River areas through.
By John Closter
For full article please click here
Courtesy of leisuregrouptravel.com
