Kids Learn About Urban Agriculture At Waseca Camp

(AP) — Extending first only the tips of their shoes, then their whole feet, the group of blue-clad children inched their way out onto the soybean field, weaving carefully around the nearly knee-high plants before crouching down to examine their leaves. Rachael Anderson, an intern with the Minnesota Soybean Office, stood at the edge of the veritable sea of plants, watching as the kids waded out among them. Though diminutive, the bugs pose a serious threat to the state's soybean crops, Anderson said. Held annually, Farm Camp Minnesota gives kids not only a chance hunt for aphids, but walk among corn stalks, take tractor rides, see cows and calves, pigs, poultry and more. The camp itself is put on by farmers local to Waseca and agri-business people who love farming and want to share that passion with young people. Since St.

 

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