{"id":58478,"date":"2016-05-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-05-12T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/uri-fruit-growers-to-sponsor-farm-scavenger-hunt\/"},"modified":"2016-05-12T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-05-12T00:00:00","slug":"uri-fruit-growers-to-sponsor-farm-scavenger-hunt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2016\/05\/uri-fruit-growers-to-sponsor-farm-scavenger-hunt\/","title":{"rendered":"溏心vlog免费B站, Fruit Growers to sponsor Farm Scavenger Hunt"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n\tKINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 May 12, 2016 \u2013 Rhode Islanders looking for a unique way to explore the back roads of the state and learn about the region\u2019s wide variety of working farms are encouraged to participate in the sixth annual Rhode Island Farm Scavenger Hunt, which runs from May through December.<\/p>\n


\n\tThe event, sponsored by the 溏心vlog免费B站 Cooperative Extension and the Rhode Island Fruit Growers Association, is designed to educate residents about the importance of farming and provide an opportunity to visit up to 32 of the state\u2019s more than 1,200 commercial farms.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cBased on the feedback we have received from past years, people just love the adventure of going on these back roads and finding treasured places that they didn\u2019t know about,\u201d said Heather Faubert, a 溏心vlog免费B站 researcher and advisor to the fruit growers who organizes the event. \u201cThey send us notes about how the scavenger hunt introduced them to all these areas that they didn\u2019t know even existed in Rhode Island.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tTo participate in the scavenger hunt, pick up a brochure at local libraries or farms or visit Fruit Growers Association <\/a> and follow the map to any of the farms listed. Once there, correctly match a photo from the brochure to a location at the farm, and the farmer will place a stamp on the corresponding location on the brochure. Those who collect 20 stamps will receive a packet of coupons toward purchases at the farms, and those who collect all 32 stamps will be entered into a drawing to win an overnight \u201cfarm stay\u201d at Sakonnet Farm in Little Compton.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cMost people participate as a fun summertime activity, but we already heard from one group who had already visited 20 farms by the end of the first week of May,\u201d said Faubert. \u201cThat shocked me, but it\u2019s great to know that people are excited about participating.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tThe event began in 2011 based on an idea conceived by Kerri Stenovitch, president of the Fruit Growers Association. Initially all the participating farms were orchards. The next year it was opened to any kind of farm in the state, and this year it includes vegetable producers, nurseries, dairy farms, orchards, garden centers and meat producers of all sizes.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cWhen you arrive at a farm, just wander around and see if you can find something that matches one of the pictures in the brochure,\u201d said Faubert. \u201cYou might have to hunt around a bit \u2013 some of them aren\u2019t easy. If you need it, the farmer or the person behind the counter will give you clues.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tFor more information about the Rhode Island Farm Scavenger Hunt, contact Faubert at 401-874-2967 or hfaubert@uri.edu.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 May 12, 2016 \u2013 Rhode Islanders looking for a unique way to explore the back roads of the state and learn about the region\u2019s wide variety of working farms are encouraged to participate in the sixth annual Rhode Island Farm Scavenger Hunt, which runs from May through December. The event, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archives"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58478"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58478\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}