Down on the Farm

A A A Comments By Tiffany Fitzgerald Thursday, Oct 27 2011

Anderson Farms’ thirty-acre corn maze, a main feature of its Fall Festival, depicts a horse-drawn corn planter next to a tractor-propelled planter — an homage to the Anderson Family’s hundred years of Colorado farming. Notes Rachelle Wegele, great-granddaughter of founder August Anderson, bringing so many people to the farm connects her family with the local community while also raising awareness about the importance of family farming.

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Anderson Farms

6728 County Road 3 1/4
Erie, CO 80516

Category: Parks/Outdoors

Region: Northern Colorado

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“My dad, Jim, started doing the pumpkin patch fifteen years ago. He thought it sounded like fun, and we were looking for a way to educate people about farms,” Wegele says. “People are second, third and fourth generation from living on a farm, so the festival is a good opportunity to be on one. A lot of families now don’t have grandparents or great-grandparents to visit on a farm — there are just fewer and fewer.”

The Fall Festival is open daily through October 30 at Anderson Farms, 6728 County Road 3 1/4 in Erie. The $10 to $12 admission fee includes a hayride to the pumpkin patch (with a stop to pet buffalo and Scottish cattle), pumpkin launching, pedal carts, mine-car rides and barrel-train rides. For hours and other information, call 303-828-5210 or go to www.andersonfarms.com.
Sept. 24-Oct. 31, 2011

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