{"id":14595,"date":"2012-07-29T12:40:49","date_gmt":"2012-07-29T17:40:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/?p=14595"},"modified":"2012-08-07T14:15:20","modified_gmt":"2012-08-07T19:15:20","slug":"entertainment-and-education-down-on-the-farm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/2012\/07\/29\/entertainment-and-education-down-on-the-farm\/","title":{"rendered":"Entertainment and Education Down on the Farm"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Down on the Farm Exhibit at the Northwest Roundup and Exhibition in Swan River allows kids to get a close-up look at farming activities and learn about how agriculture contributes to their everyday life.
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Interactive displays allow kids to dig potatoes, gather eggs, pick apples, milk a cow and operate farm equipment. <\/p>\n

Through pretend play, having fun provides the opportunity to learn more about where our food comes from. <\/br><\/br>
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With more specialized farming operations, there are not as many places that people can see a variety of different farm animals. There are a lot of animals on display Down on the Farm<\/strong><\/em> and the petting zoo component allows kids to have a hands on experience with many them.<\/p>\n

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There were plenty of other farm themed activities to see and participate in including a barn and “riding stable”, coloring station, excavator and bee hive.<\/p>\n

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ValleyBiz Story The Down on the Farm Exhibit at the Northwest Roundup and Exhibition in Swan River allows kids to get a close-up look at farming activities and learn about how agriculture contributes to their everyday life. Click any picture for a larger version. Interactive displays allow kids to dig potatoes, gather eggs, pick apples, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[13,16,15],"class_list":["post-14595","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local","tag-coverage","tag-life","tag-tourism"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14595","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14595"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14595\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}