Four Hundred and Thirty Seven children attended our annual School Tour event last week! We sure had a great time learning a lot about Seeds, Johnny Appleseed, and Apples. The Hayride was awesome!! Every year we overhear the funniest comments from these kiddos. This year …
Six Tri-County Master Gardeners and four staff from the State Fruit Experiment Station hosted a small, mellow gathering of nineteen interested people for tours and a talk on the history of the Station on the evening of Sept 14. There was …
Thursday, September2nd we had the honor of hosting the chamber of commerce luncheon meeting on the beautiful (but breezy) pavilion! Among our distinguishedguests of the community, members of the Missouri State University Board of Governors, the Provost, and new President, Dr James Cofer …
Two roofers finish up the new roof on historic Faurot Hall.
Harvest time and we say goodbye to Ali and the temporary student workers and hello to Dr. Chin-Feng Hwang at our end of the season bbq last Friday.
The Mid-America Strawberry Growers Conference was held yesterday and was hosted by the Missouri State Fruit Experiment Station and Simpson’s Family Farm. Jim Goodson and Wayne Simpson presented information to the 53 attendees and the group visited Simpson’s Family Farm …
The State Fruit Experiment Station employees enjoyed their annual pot-luck holiday lunch. Everyone chipped in with delicious dishes. Thanks to Janice Moll and Jim Bellis for taking the group photo!
The Tri-County Master Gardeners held their pot-luck holiday dinner in Faurot Hall last evening. Members of the new graduating class attended. Food was delicious and a good time was had by all. Susanne Howard, research specialist at the State Fruit …
Each Fall we open the farm to some of our favorite guests… little bitty kiddos! Area Preschools, Head Start, Early Childhood Centers and Kindergarten classes visited this morning to learn about apples, honey bees and Missouri Conservation. We took pictures, toured …