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Boost Team Spirit with Culinary Team Building
Boost collaboration, creativity, and connection with our new team-building culinary sessions. Fun options that can be hands-on or demonstration style, fresh flavors, and unforgettable experiences await.
Greenhouse Update: Growing with Partners & Planting
Our new greenhouse is growing fast thanks to the help of dedicated volunteers and local business partners. See what we’re planting, our plans for hands-on learning, and how you can help us bring it to life.
What’s Growing in Our Demonstration Fields This Season
Another great year of growing in the demonstration fields is underway! Find out what we planted this year and how we’ve been preparing for our U-Pick Harvest Days.
Spud of the Month Cooking Club
Enjoy a new recipe, snacks, cocktails (or mocktails) plus great company in this new social club: Spud of the Month! Celebrate the potato, a delicious Wisconsin commodity. Foodies will meet the first Friday of the month for a cooking workshop and a chance to win a gift basket!
New Educational Greenhouse is Growing at Food + Farm Exploration Center!
Discover how we’re planning for our new greenhouse! Lots to enjoy soon like tours, farm-to-table dinners, family fun, and hands-on agricultural education.
Summer 2025 School Outreach
Newly released summer educational outreach visit programs! We’ll bring agriculture to the classroom for your students with these unique lessons.
Summer Camps 2025
Come explore the world of weather, cultural cooking and predictable plants! Kids are invited to enjoy some extra fun this summer with these unique mini-camp experiences in June, July & August.
Our Founding Family Inspired the Lay’s 2025 Super Bowl Commercial
Our founding family inspired this year's Lay's Super Bowl Commercial. Their dedication to agricultural education resonates with our nonprofit's mission to ensure future generations stay connected with how food goes from field to fork.
Spring Break 2025
Visit in March to enjoy these amazing programs that will keep kids learning over the school break while having a blast learning how their food is grown!
Winter Break & Noon Year’s Eve
Visit December 26th, 27th and 31st for special activities that are free with admission! Enjoy your winter break and Noon Year’s Eve with programs suited for all ages in our Makerspace and Kitchen Lab.
Our 1st Year in Review
Food + Farm Exploration Center started with a mission to reconnect people to the food they eat the people involved in the process of bringing it to their tables. Check out our highlights and see all that we've accomplished!
A Very Special Birthday Party!
Join us in celebrating our one year anniversary with a birthday celebration December 3-7. Enjoy free hot cocoa and cookies, fun science activities in the Makerspace, & dessert decorating in Kitchen Lab!
A Summer Full Of Activity!
A summer full of activities - Tractor Safety Courses, U-Pick events, programs & more!
Spring Break 2024
Are we the only ones counting down the days to Spring Break? We are so excited for all the amazing programs we will be offering during Spring Break!
A Potato’s Journey from Seed to Table
Come explore the journey a potato takes from seed to your table!
Farming is Community
"Farmers understand the value of cooperation; together they cultivate fields of possibility, nourishing not just the land, but the bonds that sustain communities." - Tamas Houlihan, Executive Director of the WPVGA
Wisconsin Crop of the Month - Potatoes
Wisconsin Crop of the Month - Potatoes
Wisconsin is proud of the potatoes they produce, ranking third in the nation for production!
Where does your food come from?
Where does your food come from?
The grocery store. The refrigerator. A restaurant.
All a “correct” answer, but how does our food get there?
Wisconsin Crop of the Month – Snap Beans
Wisconsin Crop of the Month – Snap Beans
Would it surprise you to learn Wisconsin produces the most Snap Beans in the nation? It is true!
What food comes from central Wisconsin?
What food comes from central Wisconsin?
Wisconsin is known as the “Dairy State”, but do you know about all the vegetables grown in Wisconsin?