Everyone askes --- What do you do all winter? Buddy likes to joke that we watch TV and eat Bon Bons. HOWEVER, We have been very busy with several great ideas for the 2009 seasons.

Uncle Earl's Mining Camp will include a new element at the request of our educators -
"Simple Machines." - That was announced at the Science Pioneer's Conference, January 31
at UMKC.

Feb. 4 we recieved two awards at the NAFDMA Conference in Savannah.
Excellence In School Programs : Honorable Mention (Second Place)
Uncle Earl's Mining Camp
New Life on the Farm (Spring)
Pumpkin and Field (Fall)
Excellence in Promotional Invotation: Honorable Mention (Second Place)
Our Teacher's CD. This is the CD that we give the educators who visit the farm has
worksheets and the colorbook. It also contains the seven translations: Spanish,
Russian, German,Chinese, Japanese, French,
and Italian.