Touring a Farm near Calgary

[Superflyer]

My wife is a Girl Guide leader and one of the requirements of a badge they will be working on this year to to check out a farm. It can be any kind of farm, cattle, veggie\berry, etc.
Now comes my question, does anyone know of a farm that does tours? Most of the seasonal farms are closed for the season and actual farms do not offer these due to insurance issues. We checked Butterfield Acres but they charge to much. The other thing is that it has to be close to the city or parents will not usually drive the kids there.

[carom]

Maybe try:

http://www.pasu.com/

http://www.thejunglefarm.com/

[Derek Sutton]

Colony, they love to show off their stuff and are usually very welcoming. The kids can learn all aspects of agriculture and most adults would find it all very interesting as well.


Just remembered that their lifestyle may not be what the Girl Guides are all about.

[GreatWhiteEbola]

http://www.butterfieldacres.com/

[sclitheroe]

Originally Posted by GreatWhiteEbola

http://www.butterfieldacres.com/

Is that a farm, or a small wasteland with goats? Doesn't look too appealing any time I drive past.

[Barnet Flame]

Sorry, I'm no help, but when I was scrolling down the threas with New Posts, I read this thread as, 'Torching a Farm near Calgary'.

[J epworth]

I second checking out a Hutterite colony, it will be very interesting, they are some of the kindest people I know, and you need to pick up some bread and a chicken while you are out there, because you haven't had a real chicken until you've had a Hutterite Chicken.


http://www.billcorbett.ca/files/Pinc...riteColony.pdf

[Yanda]

Duckworth farm

[Bend it like Bourgeois]

Country lane farms sends emails for tours from time to time. They are a free range or organic or some kinda fancy chicken place. Tasty stuff I might add.

http://www.great-chicken.com/contact_us.htm

[redforever]

Sundgaard Poultry Farm in Standard might be able to help you out too. That is an hour drive east of Calgary.

"The chicken houses total 50,000 square feet and have capacity for roughly 80,000 birds. There are six or seven production cycles per year, and between cycles, the houses are cleaned and disinfected. They produce roughly half a million broilers a year."

They also operate a mixed grain farm.

Trent Sundgaard would be the main contact, or else Don Sungaard.

(403) 644-3897

[Huntingwhale]

[Robotic]

I'm not sure if this is the type of farm you had in mind, but Groupon is offering a deal on Eagle Creek Farms. It's the Bowden sun maze and pumpkin picking. Check it out. http://www.groupon.com/deals/eagle-c...49e2d9c9795fb4

[Suzles]

You could try RASTA in de Winton.

http://rastarescue.org/
It is a farm animal sanctuary. Lucie Priest owns/runs it.

[Fire]

Originally Posted by J epworth kendal

I second checking out a Hutterite colony, it will be very interesting, they are some of the kindest people I know, and you need to pick up some bread and a chicken while you are out there, because you haven't had a real chicken until you've had a Hutterite Chicken.


http://www.billcorbett.ca/files/Pinc...riteColony.pdf

Just keep a close watch on your wallet.

[Coys1882]

Originally Posted by J epworth kendal

because you haven't had a real chicken until you've had a Hutterite Chicken

My grandma had an unnatural hate for Hutterites and their chickens. She used to say 'put a rock and the chicken in the oven at the same time, when you can put a fork into the rock - the chicken has another hour'