Friday, September 25, 2015

Mapleton Organic

 
we went with the Ag-women group to Mapleton Organic

 
the cows are real up close

 
Arla the herd manager
 

 
just like us they have a voluntary milking system

 
they have a barn where there are pigs, calves, and chickens

and some turkeys
it's not a petting zoo but to teach about farming
 
 
This teaches crop rotation
 

 

 
besides ice-cream they have yoghurt

 
saw some coffee-Break friends

 
bought some specialty ice cream
dandelion, pumpkin and chai
we ate the dandelion already yummy!!

2 comments:

Olga Shaffer said...

Looks fun. I didn't know they had Lely robots.

Anja said...

yes they do, they have quite the job of educating people about farming. On purpose they call the milking system "voluntary milking system" it makes people feel better that cows choose to milk themselves. It is absolutely true, language is important, so if that sounds better then "robotic milking" that's what we should all call it :)