District farm tour offers chance to ‘Get out of Town’

Angela Halvorsen is hoping people will want to “Get out of Town” this October.
Halvorsen is a co-ordinator for the “Get out of Town” district farm tour slated Oct. 1. A joint effort between the Rainy River Federation of Agriculture and the Rainy River Future Development Corp., it offers town residents a chance to check out the area’s agricultural community.
“What we do is we all go out and visit the farm and the farmer will tell you what they do,” Halvorsen said. “It’s educational for the youths and just a good thing to do on a Sunday.”
Cost for the tour, including a barbecue afterwards, is $2 a person.
Halvorsen said tickets likely will go on sale this Saturday at the Clover Valley Farmers’ Market in Fort Frances, as well as the RRFDC office on Scott Street and a few other locations.
“What they’ll do is buy tickets in advance and they’ll exchange those tickets for a passport,” Halvorsen said. “[The farm locations] won’t be given out until the day of the tour–it’s a surprise.”
The starting time and place for the tour haven’t been chosen yet although Halvorsen said things likely will start off from the farmers’ market on McIrvine Road north of Canadian Tire.
If you don’t have a car, a bus will be on hand at the starting point. Halvorsen said another bus may be chartered from Rainy River if there’s the need.
“I imagine the buses will fill,” she said. “I know the last tour there was over a hundred people.”
Halvorsen noted farm tours such as this have become quite popular in the Thunder Bay and Dryden areas. She encouraged those who have yet to “get out of town” to give it a try.
“It’s just a nice easy day to go out and see some agriculture,” she remarked.