Miami County Farm Tour
Featuring scenic and unusual locations!
Saturday, May 8, 2010 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Sunday, May 9, 2010 10 a.m. to 4 p.m..

Enjoy a day trip to the country featuring clean air and a rural heritage.

A free self-guided tour, you can visit as many tour stops as you like while traveling in the comfort of your own vehicle. We ask that guardians supervise all children and promote respect for property, plants and animals while visiting the stops. Please leave your pets at home – but remember to bring your camera!
A map is available at www.miamicountyks.org/ecodevtour.htm.
Stops Include:

Stop # 1: 4 D Acres
Mike and Dee Martin
13096 W 287th Street, Louisburg
N 38° 36.410 W 094° 44.190
Enjoy an entertaining and educational trip to 4 D Acres. Learn about this prehistoric animal and what it takes to raise the emu, a modern day dinosaur. Hear the relaxing sounds of the adult emu and the whistling sounds of the baby chicks. Meet Blue, our mascot, and Barney, our pet. A guard llama, Sambo, protects the chicks. Emu oil products and the low fat, heart healthy emu meat will be available for purchase, so bring your cooler.
913-271-1832; mike@4dacres.com; www.4dacres.com

Stop # 2: Prothe's Pecans
Leland and Slina Prothe
33850 Victory Rd, Paola
N 38° 30.800 W 094° 49.601
You are welcome to sample pecans, tour the orchard, weather permitting, and check out equipment for harvesting to shelling pecans on this family farm dating back to 1879. Pecan halves, cracked pecans, black walnut pieces and container grown pecan trees will be for sale and are available all year. Thanks for stopping in!
913-849-3358; lspecans@midwest-connections.com; www.prothespecans.com

Stop # 3: Pickings & Pumpkins
Nancy Kalman
17950 W 223rd, Spring Hill
N 38° 43.434 W 094° 47.609
Our farm is celebrating 10 years of growing fresh, local and healthy fruits and vegetables sold at the Spring Hill Farmer’s Market. See what can be grown on a small acreage, without pesticides. Tour the high-tunnel, herb garden, fields and greenhouse. Vegetable plants for sale, and picnic tables are available.
913-221-4788; nakalman@embarqmail.com; pickingsandpumkins.org

Stop # 4: Alpacas 'R Diamonds
Glenn and Robin Alpert
15163 W 323rd, Paola
N 38° 32.500 W 094° 45.654
Come and experience the beautiful alpacas at Alpacas 'R Diamonds.  Relax with these curious, gentle, quiet animals and take the opportunity to feel the luxurious fiber the ancient Incas referred to as the fiber of gods.  See, touch and purchase products made from this wonderful fiber for which alpacas are raised.
913-849-3738; ardalpert@cs.com; www.alpacanation.com/alpacasrdiamonds.asp

Stop # 5: Long Lips Farm
Lenora Larson
27995 Plum Creek Road, Paola
N 38° 37.202 W 094° 57.339
Everybody loves butterflies, but a successful Butterfly Garden requires that you also love (and feed) their babies, the caterpillars. Learn which plants to grow for these very picky eaters as you stroll this spectacular 4 acre nationally certified Butterfly Garden. The tour includes educational posters, free handouts and books for sale. The Master Gardeners will be selling caterpillar food plants.
816-225-2352; llarson@ndbh.com

Stop # 6: Somerset Ridge Vineyard & Winery
Dennis and Cindy Reynolds
29725 Somerset Rd, Paola
N 38° 35.302 W 094° 46.140
Visit a working vineyard and winery in the rolling hills of Miami County. Walk through the vineyard of premium wine grapes. Discuss grape growing and winemaking with the owners.
913-491-0038; dreynolds@somersetridge.com; www.somersetridge.com

Stop # 7: Cy and Dee's Blackberries
Cy and Dee Aiken
28615 Rockville Road, Louisburg
N 38° 36.459 W 094° 39.452
We welcome you to come and see our 850 blackberry plants and the new plants just added to the patch. See the drip line watering system and trellising. Berries ripen mid-July through August. Sweet corn and tomatoes in season.
913-731-2324; cdaiken@mokancomm.net

Stop # 8: Silver Lining Herefords
Gerald and Marlyn Silvers
8435 W 295th Street, Louisburg
N 38° 35.523 W 094° 40.934
Small family "Polled Hereford" cattle farm. We will have animals to see and touch. We also will have beef, which has been fed at our farm, for sale. It is USDA inspected and contains no added steroids.
913-375-2931; geraldsilvers@yahoo.com

Stop # 9: Terabithia Dairy Goats
Vince and Becky Thorpe
30984 Bethel Church Road, Paola
N 38° 33.978 W 094° 59.557
Goat milk - the most healthy choice! Come and sample. "Oberhasli" dairy goats are hand milked twice daily and all babies are bottle fed. Three cheesemaking "open houses" during the summer. Personal containers needed for any milk purchased.
913-294-5436

Stop # 10: Cedar Ridge Farm Boers
David and Cathy Webster
39407 Harmony Road, Fontana
N 38° 24.738 W 094° 52.851
Visit our small Boer goat breeding operation, raising 4-H and FFA show prospects, market goats and pet goats. Raising goats can be a rewarding hobby or small business. Goats require smaller acreages and less money to feed and maintain in comparison to other livestock. We look forward to your visit.
913-594-2276; cwebcattle@aol.com

Come Taste the Freshness!
Louisburg Cider Mill, 14730 W. K-68 Highway
Saturday, May 8, and Sunday, May 9
11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Slow Food Kansas City will have guest chefs from Timbercreek, Beethoven's and Casa Somerset Catering providing cooking demonstrations using the products produced by farm tour participants. Samples will be available.
Slow Food is an international organization that supports small growers and farmers. We believe in local products and hope to support the Miami County growers and farmers.
www.slowfoodkc.org

NOTICE: In order to protect animal health, if you have traveled from a foreign country within nine days prior to this event, please refrain from participating this year. The Miami County Farm Tour is not responsible for samples offered at any stop. All attendees are responsible for their own health and safety.
For more information, please contact:

Miami County Economic Development
201 South Pearl, Suite 202 Paola, KS 66071 www.miamicountyks.org
(913) 294-4045 or (913) 271-1832 (day of the tour)