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FFTFF Gives Tours of Food + Farm Exploration Center 2023 Industry Show attendees given chance to see facility’s construction progress Through partnerships with many in the industry, the Farming for the Future Foundation (FFTFF) has made great progress in the construction of the Food + Farm Exploration Center, in Plover, Wisconsin. Attendees of the 2023 Grower Education Conference & Industry Show were invited to take an exclusive site tour of the nearly constructed, state-of-the-art facility, which is slated to be open to the
public in late summer of this year. The FFTFF provided tour bus transportation from the Holiday Inn & Convention Center in Stevens Point before and after the Industry Show, February 6-9, to the Exploration Center, where guests learned about exciting construction updates since groundbreaking in April. Donning construction helmets and vests, guests were given a tour of
Above: The Farming for the Future Foundation and J.H. Findorff have made great progress on the state-of-the-art Food + Farm Exploration Center, in Plover, Wisconsin.
the Center that’s geared toward education from start to finish. Highlights of the tour included walking through what will be a café and public gathering area, event space, teaching farm, exhibit hall, a kitchen lab and catering kitchen, innovation lab, air-controlled potato storage exhibit, irrigation and soil exhibits including complete outdoor pivots equipped with the latest technology, an ag simulator, and more. Geared toward learners of all ages, the Exploration Center will feature the Sprouts Children’s Gallery and Ag STEM Gallery. The Sprouts Children’s Gallery will feature exhibits at a playful level for the youngest learners, including a grocery store and food truck. The Ag STEM Gallery will focus exhibits toward a 4th grade level on up through lifelong learners.
The Exploration Center includes Sprouts Children’s and Ag STEM galleries. Among other features, the Sprouts Children’s Gallery will include a hands-on grocery story and food truck. The Ag STEM Gallery will have an ag simulator consisting of two complete tractor cabs set into the floor where they will be accessible to all and surrounded by 16 flatscreens in a U-shape around the exhibit for a 360-degree total immersive experience. 38 BC�T March
AG STEM GALLERY The Ag STEM Gallery will have an ag simulator consisting of two complete tractor cabs set into the floor where they will be accessible