Rowan Arts and Ag Farm Tour offers a chance to visit the working farms of nearby Rowan County. You’ll learn about local farms and find working artists exhibiting their talent at each farm. You’ll also have the opportunity to purchase farm-fresh produce and products. Some farms will have special activities going on. (See below.)
This is a free, family-friendly, self-guided tour that takes place Saturday, June 5th, 2021, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
You’ll find:
- Hand-crafted jewelry
- Decorative glass
- Photography
- Fiber
- Leather
- Mixed media
- Metal works
- Sculpture
- Wood
- Clay
- Watercolor
- Drawings
- Decorative arts
The tour features 7 notable Rowan County farms and agriculture eduction locations, with artists at each site.
Ray Horton Farm Inc.
1685 Lyerly Road | Mount Ulla, NC 28125
Conventional corn, soybeans, wheat
Hoffner Organic Farms
1030 Kerr Mill Rd Mount Ulla, NC 28125
Organic dairy
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Rowan Country Life Museum
550 Sloan Road | Mount Ulla, NC 28125
The Country Life Museum is a long-held dream of the members of the Carolina Antique Power Association, who are preserving and displaying antique farm items to educate present and future generations on the rural way of life of the American farm family.
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Evans Family Farm
www.evansfamilyfarm.com
11180 NC 801 Hwy | Mount Ulla, NC 28125
Pastured pork, poultry, on farm poultry processing
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West Rowan High School FFA
8050 NC Highway 801 | Mount Ulla, NC 28125
A working school farm and agricultural education land laboratory, the farm has livestock (small and large), aquaponics, hydroponics, greenhouse horticulture, vermiculture, mushrooms, a traditional garden, an agricultural mechanics shop, and nature trails all for educational purposes. The FFA chapter has 450 FFA members and is a National Outstanding FFA Alumni chapter.
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