KIRKSVILLE, MO -- University of Missouri Extension will host a tour of Amish vegetable farms and the wholesale auction in Drakesville, Iowa on Friday, July 31st. There is no cost to attend.

The extension will be taking a bus from the Adair County Extension Center to Drakesville, where the group will attend the wholesale auction from 10:00-12:00. There you will have the opportunity to see how an auction operates, visit with producers, and purchase produce. Food and drinks are available at the auction.

The group will have a boxed lunch at 12:00. At 12:30 they will tour the farm of David Allen Yoder of Drakesville. David raises vegetables in high tunnels, as well as, in the field. The second farm on the tour will be the farm of Levi and Barbara Delagrange, north of Greentop. Levi grows vegetables and several acres of pumpkins.

The final stop will be the farm of Willis Schmucker, north of Kirksville. Willis and his family grow many different vegetables and market them through the wholesale auction and a farm stand.  The bus and/or free box lunch will be available to the first 45 people to register by Wednesday, July 29 by calling the Adair County Extension Center at 660-665-9866.

For more information Contact Darla Campbell at the University of Missouri Extension. 

campbelld@missouri.edu

(660) 457-3469