Plans are underway for HRTI’s part of Prairie Farm’s Dairy Days celebration on the weekend of July 10 and 11. On July 11 we are hosting a Community Conservation Carnival. We would love help with this. Please email Kate Stout (kate@hayriverti.org) if you like to lend a hand and become part of the excitement. So far we have the following possible events: Displays: Barron County’s Recycling demonstration board Exel Energy UW extension- composting Badger solid waste Solar shower Solar dehydrator HRTI table with sign ups for community list-serve, group nut tree order, green living class etc. Chicken tractor Barron Electric Activities: Watershed model Ground water model Solar ovens baking cookies Energy meter measuring the energy use of different appliances Bicycle powered light bulb Information Maze – walk through a maze with questions about the environment, energy use and more. Score your points Demonstration Tent: History of PF followed by tour of PF on a horse drawn hayride Cooking local foods Dunn County Solid Waste – presentation on recycling etc. Making worm composting buckets Garden club presentation Suggestions anyone? Carnival: Beth Huber’s booth HRTI – Ping Pong ball toss for gold fish It promises to be a fun day of sharing information and community building! Dairy Days 2009Dairy Days 2009 carnival and demonstrationsThanks to Margo Berg for taking all the photos. |
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