Gale Woods Farm
Tim Reese from the Gale Woods Farm was the presenter at the April 7th meeting of the Excelsior Rotary Club. The Gale Woods Farm is a working farm and education center located 30 miles west of Minneapolis in Minnetrista and is part of the Three Rivers Park District. Al and Leona Gale donated the farm in 2000 and the farm and educational center was opened in 2003. It is an actual working farm with 410 acres of which 100 acres are in crop production. The mission of the farm is to promote environmental stewardship through recreation and education. The goal of the farm is to embrace sustainable agricultural practices that promote food production systems that address health of environment, economy and community. The Gale Farm is working towards organic farming that enhance and protect the environment. The farm specializes in local produce the growing of vegetables, eggs and animals using grass feed and free-range techniques. (Continued)
Everyone that visits the farm gets the opportunity to have some hands on experience. Tim mentioned that this week a family slept in the barn because they were on lamb birth watch. Also school groups visiting the farm at this time of the year get in on Maple Syrup harvesting and processing. It is a great place for children to find-out where the food they eat comes from and to experience farm life through a field trip or a Saturday visit. It is a great place to take your children and/or grand children and let them get their fingers in the dirt! For more information contact: www.galewoodsfarm.org or call for information at 763-694-2001. You can Email Tim Reese at treese@threeriversparkdistrict.org for volunteer opportunities.