Farming for the Future Foundation - Named Gift Opportunities

Named Gift Opportunities

Food + Farm Exploration Center

Named gifts are a lasting way to partner with Farming for the Future Foundation. Donors at the following levels will have the opportunity to name the feature listed on the next page. All named gifts are subject to the approval of the Farming for the Future Foundation Board of Directors. The project design is currently in development and final spaces may vary from the renderings shown in this or any other publication referencing exhibits or physical spaces.

Each space has been developed to provide Center guests with a unique experience or perspective. Whether an Ag Stem Gallery exhibit or the Outdoor Lawn Event space, each opportunity allows donors to connect with Center visitors.

Opportunities have been identified for a range of giving levels, and we hope that our partners will find an opportunity that most aligns with their personal or organizational mission.

Should you be interested in named gift or need additional information on any of the opportunities listed, email Executive Director Andy Reitz at areitz@fftf.us.

Named Gift Opportunities

Ag Grand Hall

Ag Lab Maker Space

Ag Stem Gallery

Ag Stem Gallery: Ag Simulator 1

Ag Stem Gallery: Ag Simulator 2

Ag Stem Gallery: Digital Sorter

Ag Stem Gallery: Frozen Foods

Ag Stem Gallery: Irrigation Technology Zone

Ag Stem Gallery: Market Forces

Ag Stem Gallery: Soil Cube

Ag Stem Gallery: Storage Experience

Ag Stem Gallery: Store to Table

Ag Stem Gallery: Sustainable Cans

Ag Stem Gallery: The Processing Experience

Ag Stem Gallery: Transportation & Distribution

Arrival Sculpture

Executive Board Room

Farm Operations/Shop Building

Farm Tech Display Yard

Farm Tech Shed

Farm Tractor 1

Farm Tractor 2

Greenhouse

Irrigation Pivot System 1

Irrigation Pivot System 2

Irrigation Pivot System 3

Irrigation Pivot System 4

Kitchen Lab

Mechanical Room

Mother’s Room

Observation Deck

Outdoor Events Lawn

Pollinator Area

Potato Harvester (Small)

Potato Planter (Small)

Shipping & Receiving Dock

Sprouts Children’s Gallery

Sprouts Outdoor Playground

Sprouts Outdoor Sensory Garden

Sprouts: Bean Machine

Sprouts: Food Truck

Sprouts: Grocery Store

Sprouts: Home Kitchen

Sprouts: Tractor

Staff Offices

Store

Ticketing Desk

Upstairs Flex Space

Welcome Hearth/Lobby

Building Spaces

Kitchen Lab

$1,000,000

Combining agricultural science with culinary arts is a match made in heaven. The Center will build a lasting love of agriculture by helping visitors explore food and farms in a way that’s creative, social, and useful in their lives. Our cooking classes offer all of that, plus they’re delicious! It doesn’t get any fresher than cooking on the farm.

Confirmed

• Video Monitors: Changing Media Content

• Graphics: Informational and Inspirational

Example Programs

• Whole-Family Cooking

• Teen Chefs

• Dinner & a Movie

• Fresh Food Fresh Air

• Cultural & Historical Cooking

• Kitchen Chemistry

• Microscopes & Mega Flavors

• Delectable Dissections

• Dig It, Fry It, Try It

Arrival Sculpture

$1,000,000

When you visit The Center, the ag excitement starts before you even walk in the door. As we build bridges and cultivate connections to agriculture, food is a universal entry point. This giant kitchen utensil forms an iconic sculptural element, greeting visitors and beckoning passers-by from the highway. It plants a bold flag in the ground to declare that this is a place to have fun with seeing food and farming in a whole new way. P.S. We have our eye on a Guinness Book of World Records award!

Ag Lab Maker Space

$1,000,000

When visitors make things at The Center, whether with their hands or with hightech tools, they engage their creative problem-solving skills and determination to try and try again. This is just what farmers do as they innovate new ways to combat pests, conserve resources, and coax more calories out of the land to feed a rapidly growing population. The Ag Lab Maker Space will be utilized as a creation station.

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$750,000

You never get a second chance to make a great first impression. The Welcome Hearth and Lobby will serve as the Center’s first impression to visitors. This space will wow instantly with subtle touches of the entire Center before visitors even begin exploring. From the inviting colors to the warm smiles of staff, this space will invite visitors to come in and grab a seat at the table or around the fireplace.

Observation Deck

$750,000

The Observation Deck will allow visitors to gain a bird’s eye view of the demonstration fields in action. The Deck can also be utilized as flexible event space offering the perfect backdrop for hors d’oeuvres and cocktail hours.

Example Programs

• Receptions

• Cocktail hours

• Networking events

• Association events

Available

Greenhouse $750,000

Come rain or shine, frost or snow, at The Center it’s always grow time. Especially in Central Wisconsin, a climate-controlled greenhouse is the perfect place to engage with agriculture all year long. The carefully regulated environment, with partitioned micro-climates, is a great platform to conduct real botany research or just take in the beauty of a dazzling array of different types of plants. The Greenhouse’s growing area is located adjacent to the Kitchen Lab for easy access to ingredients & specimens.

Exhibit Experiences

• Video Monitors: Changing Media Content

• Graphics: Informational and Inspirational

Example Plant Highlights

• Central Sands Showcase

• Seed Potatoes

• Plant Petting Zoo

• Experimental Grow Systems

Example Programs

• Botanist Experiments

• Meet the Worms

• Build a Soil

• Infrared In Action

• See Like a Bee

• Algae Slime Tank

Sprouts Outdoor Playground

$500,000

We invite our visitors to get to know agriculture by playing with it. One of the best parts of agriculture is being outside, so playing outside is an important part of how children and families explore agriculture at The Center. As visitors romp through giant rows of vegetables, tunnel through soil channels, and swing from an irrigator, they integrate mental and physical learning exploration for a wellrounded engagement with the joys of agriculture.

Exhibit Experiences

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Farm Operations Shed $500,000

The Farm Operations Shed will provide an on-site location to service exhibits and farm machinery. This space can also be utilized for educational purposes in relation to service and repair. The space could potentially hold engineering and machine design/fabrication competitions as well.

Farm Tech Shed

$1,000,000

Nothing drives home the scale and sophistication of modern production agriculture quite like meeting the amazing machines that make it all work. As a showcase for ingenuity, The Center will allow ag industry innovators to show off the latest and greates and the public to come faceto-face with some truly aweinspiring hardware. Swing by a special program for a real inside look, and then head up to the mezzanine for a new perspective on the state of the art equipment on display.

Exhibit Experiences

• Video Monitors: Changing Media Content

• Graphics: Informational and Inspirational

Example Programs

• Meet the Machines

• Cutting Edge and Beyond

• RC Scale Farm Equipment Events

• Equipment Repair Workshop

Example Programs

Farm Tech Expo Yard

$250,000

This will be an outdoor showcase for ingenuity. The Center will be a place for industry innovators to show off and the public to come face-toface with truly awe-inspiring machines. This space could be open to trade shows, rotating farm equipment and more prominently displayed for the public.

REMOTE-CONTROLLED MODEL FARM EQUIPMENT

Gather ‘round and watch these mini, mighty machines till, plant, hill, and harvest. The Farm Tech Shed will be home to a fleet of remote-controlled model farm vehicles, including 1/16th- and 1/8th-scale versions of tractors, windrowers, bulker trucks, and many more. During special scheduled programming, audiences will love watching the many specialized tasks on a farm play out in miniature, and maybe even try their hand at operating a tiny tractor or two. The RC farm arena can be set up inside of the Tech Shed or outdoors, depending on the season and event size. The vehicles will be housed in a wall-mounted showcase display, where they will continue to invite visitors’ admiration and fascination even in between RC farm events. The RC farm experience will be developed as one of The Center’s programs.

Sprouts Outdoor Sensory Garden

$200,000

To meet the mission for even the youngest visitors, the Sprouts Outdoor Sensory Garden will provide a space for children to learn through play. The area will feature water and exploratory play.

Exhibit Experiences

• Water play

• Exploratory play

• Excavation pit

• Raised planting beds with root viewers

Irrigation Pivot Systems

$250,000 each (4)

There’s no feeling quite like the pride of helping create food from soil, water, air and sunshine. At The Center, visitors won’t just learn about farming, they will try it out first-hand. As visitors get their hands into the soil, they will soak in the rich sensory experience, reconnect to nature and pick up some of the technological skills of the modern production farmer.

The Demo Fields include four 1-acre growing spaces, each with its own crop rotation, center pivot irrigator and field lab to house activity carts and seating. There is ample space in the fields for all kinds of potential future uses, such as demonstrating agriculture at many scales, daily drone flights, or serving as answer plots for local co-ops.

Ag Grand Hall

$200,000

The Ag Grand Hall will be a multi-functional showstopper. The space can be utilized for banquets, weddings, conferences and even cocktail hours. Whether brides-to-be or convention planners, this space is sure to wow! Flexible design with views overlooking demonstration fields will allow this space to appeal to a range of audiences.

With limited event space options, we anticipate this space to be heavily utilized throughout the year.

Event Uses

• Weddings

• Proms

• Conferences

• Banquets

• Association events

• Galas

Executive Board Room

$100,000

The Executive Board room is an intimate setting that will be located on the second floor. This space responds to local needs by providing a location for meeting space, small trainings and more.

Outdoor Events Lawn

$100,000

Wisconsin is known for its outdoor activities, and this space will offer another venue for concerts, movies on the lawn, weddings, outdoor banquets and more. It will provide sweeping views of the Center while allowing event attendees to enjoy a warm summer breeze when the weather is perfect.

The Food + Farm Exploration Center is a place to learn and make connections in all aspects of the farming process. Our Mechanical Room will be yet another space for learning. The space will have a window where visitors can view behind-the-scenes farm operations up close and personal. This will showcase typically private farm operation data in a public display.

Mothers Room

$50,000

With the Center’s primary audience being families, this space will allow mothers the opportunity to step away from the bustle of the Center and take care of their needs.

$50,000

Take home a taste of the Heartland! The store will sell discovery kits featuring our at-home educational programming, local goods and items to commemorate your local farmers and amazing experience at the Food + Farm Exploration Center!

Pre-Function Space

$50,000

Event attendees won’t find themselves searching for a place to relax while waiting for their event to begin in this beautiful and thoughtful pre-function space. Whether a pre-reception cocktail hour or a conference registration, guests will enjoy the scenery while awaiting their next steps.

As equally important as the first impression of the building, will be the first impression of the experience. The Ticketing Desk will function as a purchasing and information epicenter for the Exploration Center. Located near the main entrance, the Ticketing Desk will serve as the welcome mat to the Center.

Exhibit Spaces

Ag Stem Gallery

$5,000,000 Available

Hands-on interactive exhibits bring visitors face to face with surprising phenomena and invite them to do things that they would otherwise never get the chance to try. The Center’s discovery-oriented experiences offer intriguing invitations to explore new perspectives on the world—as well as entirely new worlds! Delve into agriculture as you see the unseen, surmount complex challenges, and imagine yourself in new roles. Build skills in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) and discover cutting edge careers in agriculture.

Exhibit Experiences

INTRODUCTION

• Screen Media

• Wisconsin Floor Map

• Potato Seating

WATER

• Wisconsin Aquifer

• Soil Permeability IRRIGATION

• Real Center Pivot Segment

• Hi-Tech/Low-Tech

• Remote Sensing

• Center Pivot

Irrigation Model

GROWING

• Above & Below

• Roots

SOIL

• Soil Structure

• Fungus Among Us

• Augmented Reality Sandboxes

• Made by Glaciers

• Wisconsin Central Sands

• Soil Sniffers

CYCLES OF CHANGE

• Weather Roulette

• Time-Lapse Viewer

PESTS & POLLINATORS

• Pollinator Micro-Eye

• Pests Micro-Eye

• Airborne Pests Turbine

HARVEST

• Farm Equipment Inventory

• Harvest Equipment

• Equipment Models

• Marvelous Machines

• Gear Wall

• Simulators (x3)

STORAGE

• Rinsing: Keeping the Soil

• Optical Sorting

MARKET FORCES

• Global Markets

• Supply & Demand

• Mother Nature

PROCESSING

• Potatoes to Chips Process

• Time Machine Intro

• Frozen Food History

• Frozen Food Process

• Canned Food History

• Canned Food Process

• Sustainable Cans

TRANSPORTATION

• Getting Food to You

• Transport Challenges

MARKET FORCES

• Keeping Food on the Shelves

• Shop Like A...

• Check It Out

• Our Kitchen Table

Sprouts Children’s Gallery

$2,000,000

We invite our visitors to get to know agriculture by playing with it. And as they do, we activate their imaginations, their senses, their creativity and their humor. It’s not just for kids—play is a basic human impulse, and one of our most powerful forms of exploring new ideas. The Sprouts

Children’s Gallery is designed to be a dedicated space for our youngest learners to gain hands-on experience in a way that makes the most sense to them.

Exhibit Experiences

FOOD TRUCK

• Window

• Kitchen

• Flexible Seating

• PROCESSING

• Sorting Conveyor

• Processing Ramps

• Seating

GROCERY STORE

• Giant Vegetables

• Fruits & Vegetables

• Scale

• Dry Goods

• Canned Foods

• Frozen Foods

• Checkout

• Carts

BEAN MACHINE

• Window

• Kitchen

• Flexible Seating

• PROCESSING

• Sorting Conveyor

• Processing Ramps

• Seating

HOME KITCHEN

• Giant Fork

• Aprons

• Fridge

• Stove

• Table

• Sink

• Shelf/Bench

Ag Stem Gallery: Soil Cube

$1,000,000

Confirmed

The HEART of FARMING is our soil, and the Soil Cube is the heart of our Ag Stem Gallery! We’ll take you on a journey into the changing depths of this miracle that allows us to feed the world!

Exhibit Experiences

Soil Structure

Soil’s structure gives it super powers! This largerthan-life walls of balls make an appealing metaphor for the different-sizes of sand, silt, and clay particles. Don’t forget the spaces in between—soil is 20-30% air, which lets roots breathe and the water flow

WISCONSIN CENTRAL SANDS

The beauty of soil is much more than surface-deep. How does soil change as you go deeper? Why are different soils good for growing different crops? Visitors inspect real soil profiles from Central Wisconsin and compare to samples from locations around the country and the world.

MADE BY GLACIERS

Where you’re standing used to be solid ice. Using the magic of lenticular animation, see the glaciers form and retreat as prehistoric eons pass before your eyes Visitors learn about how glacial action created the unique and valuable soil that makes Wisconsin agriculture so diverse and productive

SOIL SNIFFERS

There’s nothing like the smell of fresh soil, full of life and possibility. Visitors use the beakers, squeeze bulbs, and vapor concentration cones to smell and compare soil samples from different locations. What does a healthy soil smell like? Does soil from a potato farm smell different than from a carrot farm?

AUGMENTED REALITY | FUNGUS AMONG US STOMPING OUT LATE BLIGHT |AND MORE

Available

Ag Stem Gallery: Store to Table

$500,000

Grocery shopping won’t feel like a chore in this exhibit. Visitors are invited to shop like a farmer, nutritionist, chef and more. Visitors will be challenged to consider the place of grocery stores within the overall food supply chain.

Exhibit Experiences

SHOP LIKE A:

What does a farmer buy at the grocery store? A nutritionist? A chef? It’s probably not what you think! Visitors use touchscreens integrated into grocery carts to interact with a series of media pieces, each one exploring the art of grocery shopping from the perspective of different agricultural professionals, learn some Ag insider secrets to put to use on your next grocery expedition!

CHECK IT OUT

Almost all of our food is grown on farms! This grocery checkout exhibit takes a playful look at the farm origin story behind some favorite foods. Visitors scan a food item and explore its story on the monitor— what ingredients went into making it, and where were they grown? Interactive media can also highlight the fascinating technology and sensory science that makes the food so delicious and nutritious!

OUR KITCHEN TABLE

Food brings us together! Visitors sit down for a virtual meal as they learn about Central Wisconsin farming, culture, and food. Each place setting contains a digital plate that conveys the stories, recipes, people, history, and places that make up a unique Central Wisconsin flavor.

Ag Stem Gallery: Irrigation Technology Zone

$500,000

What happens when the rain isn’t enough to meet a plant’s required water intake? When do farmers step in and how? In this exhibit, visitors will realize the importance and innovation of irrigation systems in modern farming.

Exhibit Experiences

REAL CENTER PIVOT SEGMENT

Get up close and personal with real center pivot irrigation hardware. The impressive size and elegant engineering of the equipment forms the perfect backdrop for learning more about irrigation technology and sustainability.

CENTER PIVOT MODEL

This scale model of center pivot irrigator sits atop the virtual field displayed on an interactive video monitor. Visitors rotate the irrigator to water the field. A variety of views give different irrigation insights—a 24-hour cycle, weekly cycle, seasons, and different crop types specific to Central Wisconsin.

IRRIGATION THEN AND NOW

The center pivot irrigator revolutionized how and what farmers grow in Wisconsin and beyond. At a second table, the model irrigator and video screen serve as an interface for controlling educational media about the history and current use of center pivot innovations.

HIGH TECH IRRIGATION

Farmers protect our future by innovating to irrigate sustainably. A third center pivot video table highlights the use of cutting-edge technology for sustainable irrigation, including soil mapping, yield mapping, hyperspectral imaging, and variable-rate application.

The Processing Experience

Available

$200,000 per process

Through this exhibit, visitors will be able to tour multiple processing facilities at the turn of a dial and experience the fresh, frozen, canned and more processes for a variety of vegetables. The processing exhibit will follow one product through the journey of each process. Visitors will turn a dial and the machines will whir to life. Product will digitally move up and down conveyors so visitors feel as if they’re inside a processing facility.

Exhibit Experiences

POSSIBLE VEGETABLES

• Potatoes

• Carrots

• Beans

• Cucumbers

• Mint

• Peas

POSSIBLE PROCESSES

• Fresh

• Frozen

• Canned

• Pickled

• Chips

• Bagged

Ag Stem Gallery: Frozen Foods

$400,000

From Inuit fishermen to sensory scientists and pea tycoons. Visitors manipulate interactive objects to reveal the twisty tale behind their favorite frozen foods. Objects will be displayed on oversized ice blocks.

Exhibit Experiences

TIME MACHINE INTRO

Get ready to turn back the clock and explore the history of frozen foods—or race the clock to lock in nutrition! When it comes to innovating the world’s food supply, time is always at the heart of the matter

FROZEN FOOD PROCESS

It’s a blizzard in a box! Watch the latest equipment in action. Visitors select different foods to watch the specialized machines that freeze them

Ag Stem Gallery: Sustainable Cans

$400,000

The invention of canned food changed our world, our meals, and even our bodies. Visitors walk through a stacked can room. Visitor’s pump, shake, and crank factory equipment to reveal the impactful history of canned food. Choose your favorite veggie to watch how it is prepped, chopped, canned, cooked, labeled, and shipped.

Exhibit Experiences

SUSTAINABLE CANS

From recycling to cutting food waste to busting food deserts, canned food is among the most sustainable ways of delivering nutritious vegetables to hungry people. Interactive graphics shine a spotlight on the can, the unsung hero of the food industry.

BEHIND THE SCENES

Interactive media takes visitors up close with the machines behind the magic.

Ag Stem Gallery: Transportation & Distribution

$400,000

Trucking and food logistics are an art, a science, and the world’s largest chess game. A full-sized section of a semi-truck loaded with food goods sets the stage for a touchscreen interactive. Visitors select from five programs, including logistics maps, super truck technology, a week in the life of a super truck driver, and an inside look at a food distribution command center.

Exhibit Experiences

TRANSPORT CHALLENGES

The farm-to-fork journey can have some wild twists and turns, this interactive ball maze visualizes the food supply chain as a whimsical and inviting puzzle . As visitors navigate from the field to the dinner table, they discover the many paths food can take and the many stops along the way.

KEEPING FOOD ON THE SHELVES

The food on the grocery shelf is near the end of its incredible journey. Peek into the cabinets, and into the backstory of how the food found its way to you. This realistic grocery store display lights up when visitors open the door, shining a literal spotlight on the origin of the food, including information like the mileage the produce traveled from the farm to the processor to the distributor, etc. Fresh spuds, potato chips, frozen fries, instant mashed potatoes... even cattle feed, vodka, and more! Learn about the many products that potatoes can become

Ag Stem Gallery: Market Forces

$300,000

Floods, surges, and strikes, oh my! Can you cope with the changing forces?

Three agriculture-themed pinball machines tell the story of the perils and problem-solving prowess at play in farming today. The pinballs activate unpredictable events that affect crops and supply chains, and visitors must hit targets, bumpers, and chutes to implement the appropriate strategic responses to stay financially successful and earn a new high score!

Ag Stem Gallery: Optical Sorter

$200,000 + equipment

A real optical sorter creates an entrancing veggie waterfall while delivering the cream of the crop! As visitors activate and watch the sorter—both live and through slow-motion footage—they explore the cutting-edge technology behind the miracle of sorting.

Ag Stem Gallery: The Storage Experience

$250,000 Confirmed

Visitors step inside a vegetable storage facility and learn how vegetables are kept fresh from harvest to market. Interactive media explores the clever engineering and technology that let us keep produce at incredibly precise levels of temperature, humidity, airflow, and even floor slope.

Exhibit Experiences

RINSING: KEEPING THE SOIL

When farmers rinse their produce, that muddy water is a gold mine! A giant, rotating disk full of water and particulates shows how soil separates out of rinse water. As visitors create and admire the swirling patterns, they learn about how sustainable rinsing.

STORAGE TYPE WALL

What’s that big round tower? Why is that warehouse pointy? Tap into the secrets of the farm storage that surrounds you. This supersize graphic shows the many different structures that store produce, and the specialized engineering that makes them so good at their jobs.

Ag Stem Gallery: Ag Simulator

$350,000 + equipment

Climb in the cab and take the wheel! Visitors try out three farm equipment simulator- a tractor, a windrower & a bulk truck with realistic cabs and controls. As they drive the equipment and complete tasks and challenges, they get a look into the amazing technology that makes farms work, and the special skills needed to use it.

Exhibit Experiences

• Tractor

• Windrower

• Bulk Truck

Ag Stem Gallery: AR Sandbox

$100,000

2 Available

Stick your hands in the soil and change the geographical shape of the field! This exhibit will demonstrate soil movement and patterns and how it affects the ability to grow crops. The AR Sandbox will then show on screen what the field would look like with the pattern created. For example, if a hole is dug in the soil, it will show how water could pool in the field.

Available

Sprouts Gallery: Tractor

$75,000

Grab the wheel, shift into gear, and let’s roll! This realistic play tractor is a great launchpad for imagining and enacting a day in the life of a Central Wisconsin farmer! Level, till, plant, fumigate, hill, defoliate, harvest, and more—do it all with some high-tech help from your trusty equipment!

Sprouts Gallery: Grocery Store

$300,000 Available

Sprouts visitors will pretend they are in charge of the groceries for the week. They will be able to push child-sized carts through the space, while making their selections. They will even be able to practice checking out!

Exhibit Experiences

GIANT VEGETABLES

Up in the sky! It’s a squash! It’s a zucchini! It’s... supersized veggies! This collection of giant vegetables serves as a light source and sculpture element while demarcating the space below.

FRUITS AND VEGGIES

Don’t forget to play with your veggies! Role play with all different kinds of pretend fruits and veggies, with a special focus on those grown by Central Wisconsin farmers. Visitors stock shelves, pick out ingredients for a recipe, and explore the textures, colors, and shapes of food.

SHOPPING THE AISLE

Top off the pantry, freezer, and cellar The grocery role play extends to the areas of the market where local favorites and healthy processed foods are found. Check out the immense variety of canned, frozen, and other packaged goods produced around you in Central Wisconsin.

CARTS FIT FOR A CHILD

In this grocery store, kids drive! The Sprouts area’s scaled-down carts give empower young visitors to take a turn being in charge of a grocery trip. Flex your executive reasoning and planning skills—How many boxes of cereal do we need for the week? What’s missing from the cart to make for a balanced meal?

SCALES | CHECKOUT AREA

Available

Sprouts Gallery: Processing

$100,000

In this kid-sized processing plant, visitors will have the opportunity to send vegetables through the sorting machine and experience first-hand how vegetables are processed.

Sprouts Gallery: Home Kitchen

$150,000

In the play kitchen, unleash your culinary genius or just rustle up a pretend snack . Visitors use pretend food, including produce harvested and transported from the play farm area, in their cooking-themed imaginative play—washing, prepping, chopping. Child-safe versions of kitchen tools and appliances help give a real feel to the culinary play. Cooking, including pretend cooking, is an important intergenerational bonding experience, and is among the first connections to food and agriculture that most people experience.

Exhibit Experiences

GIANT VEGETABLES

Come and get it! Once the play-food feast is ready, it’s time for the pretend chefs to present their culinary creations. Everyone is family at this dining table, which includes seating for six along with full complement of plates, bowls, cups, and utensils. As families gather around the table to enjoy, adults get in on the pretend play as dinner guests, or even play as the “hungry kids” while their children bring home the literal bacon.

CARTS FIT FOR A CHILD

Meet me at the giant fork—you can’t miss it! This giant fork elevates the humble but hard-working utensil into an object of art, and also makes a strong statement to set the scene for the eating-themed play that happens below.

PLAY KITCHEN | FRIDGE, STOVE AND SINK

Sprouts Gallery: Food Truck $100,000 Confirmed

Food trucks have become all the rage! The Sprouts visitors will explore the attraction of food trucks from both the vendor and buyer viewpoints.

Exhibit Experiences KITCHEN

Tight quarters and big dreams, a food truck kitchen is small but mighty! Ring up customers, fill orders, and keep the kitchen stocked with a run to the grocery store—or even the farm! “We need a hockey puck with bad breath, 86 the rabbit food!“ Practice your kitchen slang and invent wacky new phrases for food. A food truck soundscape kicks the immersion up a notch with the authentic sounds of a kitchen on wheels.

ORDER UP

“Could I get a burger with onions, well done, and hold the lettuce?” Role play as a food truck customer, or work the window using props like a register, usercreated menu, and order ticket system. The seating in front of the food truck makes for a great play picnic area or a spot to recharge and reflect.

Additional Opportunities

$75,000

$50,000

$50,000

$25,000

$25,000

Farm Tractor (2)

Potato Harvester (Small)

Potato Planter (Small)

Shipping & Receiving Dock Staff Offices

To make your selection, email Executive Director Andy Reitz at areitz@fftf.us.