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Photos: Escambia County Farm Tour
October 14, 2012
The 2012 Escambia County Farm Tour took to the roads of North Escambia Friday as well county, city, state and federal officials joined leaders from the community on a tour of agricultural locations across the area.
Ride along on the farm tour in a photo gallery by clicking here.
The tour started at Doug Corbin’s Farm on West Nine Mile Road when participants learned about beekeeping, honey varieties , honey and hive products and more.
In Molino, the tour visited with Green Cedars Farm owners Roger and Pam Elliot. Their farm raises chicken, eggs, turkeys, lamb and pastured pork. A short distance away on Gibson Road in Molino, participants learned about hay and cattle farming at Gizmo Angus Farms.
The tour also visited Boyd Sigafoose Farm in Bratt, where they learned all about peanuts and the peanut market. Participants also visited the Yoder Family Dairy in Bratt.
Pictured top: The Escambia County Farm Tour at the Gizmo Angus Farm in Molino (top), Green Cedars Farm in Molino (inset) and Sigafoose Farm in Bratt (below) as peanuts are harvest. NorthEscambia.com photos and submitted photos by Josh McElhaney for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.
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4 Responses to “Photos: Escambia County Farm Tour”
Green Cedars Farm was excited to be a part of this Farm Tour! Thanks to everyone that put it together and everyone that came out! And a big “Congratulations!” to Jacob and Carla Gilmore for winning Farm Family of the Year!
Truly enjoyed the Farm Tour 2012. Very informative and well put together. Cudos to the committee and to the Gilmore family for an awesome lunch.Congrats to Jacob and Carla for thier award. Thanks to William and Northescambia for the best coverage of news in our area.
Very nice! Thanks for the photos and article!
Thanks for the great photo’s I think the Farm Tour committee did a great job to provide a great tour!