Experience Tractor Town at Touch A Truck This Saturday

Submitted by Connelly-Anne Ragley, Active Member

With Junior League of Columbia’s Touch A Truck event right around the corner, the committee is excited to announce a special partnership with Lexington County Farm-City to bring a whole new world of agricultural machinery to Touch A Truck attendees. With the event being held at the State Farmers Market in West Columbia, this seemed like a natural arrangement to present farm equipment to Midlands’ families.

 This year’s event will feature a special display of agricultural and farm equipment presented by Lexington County Farm-City dubbed “Tractor Town” to showcase antique tractors, haulers, cotton pickers and other state-of-the-art agricultural machinery used to harvest crops and materials in the Midlands in the production and distribution of food, feed, fiber and fuel. This year, we’re also pleased to welcome back the South Carolina Farm Bureau Ag Simulator that will give kids the experience of harvesting crops.

Lexington County Farm-City was organized in 1995 with the mission to increase awareness of how farm and city people depend on each other for growing, processing and distributing food, fiber, fuel and a growing list of other products. Some of their past programs have included: Farm-City Week kick-off banquets, annual Job Exchange for a day between a farmer and non-farmer, Farm-City Showcase, Youth Leadership Lexington Tour, FFA Annual Appreciation Night and Scholarships for FFA students in each of the high schools in Lexington County with FFA programs.

The Junior League of Columbia and Lexington County Farm-City hope to see you at the State Farmers Market this Saturday to experience Tractor Town and Touch A Truck! Tickets are $6 each with children under 2 free with each paying adult or a family 4-pack of tickets for $20. Tickets are available at the door! For more information, please visit the Junior League of Columbia's website.