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Down on Green Acres Farm

Master Gardener Brent Marsh of Georgetown, aka Mr. McGregor, talks to a group of children about the importance of eating vegetables. BY RON MACARTHUR
Ron MacArthur
May 9, 2013
Ashly Greenhawk of Green Acres Farm explains what happens in the dairy farm's milking room. Cows are milked three times a day, 365 days a year. BY RON MACARTHUR
Macie Bowen, a Richard Shields Elementary School kindergarten student, enjoys the last of a Hopkins Farm Creamery ice cream cone. BY RON MACARTHUR
Grace Hopkins shows off one of her goats to people taking the annual farm tour. BY RON MACARTHUR
Emily Smith of Smyrna, the alternate 2013 Miss Delaware Dairy Princess, talks with students about different products made from milk. BY RON MACARTHUR
Green Acres Farm cows don't seem too disturbed by the large crowds that toured the farm May 8 and May 9. BY RON MACARTHUR
Olivia Smith, a Richard Shields Elementary School kindergarten student, smiles as she gets a lick from a calf. BY RON MACARTHUR
Tractor rides around the farm are a highlight of every tour. BY RON MACARTHUR
A crowd gathers around to see and touch baby chicks. BY RON MACARTHUR
Young students try their best to identify vegetables. BY RON MACARTHUR
Those taking the farm tour also find time to take advantage of the Green Acres playground. BY RON MACARTHUR

Each year, wide eyes and little hands look forward in early May to their school's trip to Green Acres Farm, Delaware's largest dairy farm located off Route 9 near Lewes, and home to the 27th annual 4-H Spring Farm Tour.

Sponsored by University of Delaware Cooperative Extension 4-H and the Hopkins family, the May 8-9 event attracted more than 1,700 young students from schools and pre-schools throughout the county. The event ended with every child getting a free ice cream cone from Hopkins Dairy Creamery.

Students took tours of the milking room, watched a puppet show, took tractor rides and got up close and personal with cows, calves, baby chicks, pigs and goats.

The Sussex County 4-H team was led by Mike Love along with extension staff and volunteers from 4-H clubs and Sussex County Master Gardeners.

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