Tour #2 - Boise to Idaho Falls

 

     
 

Boise to Idaho Falls participants

Ag Issues Panel updates tour participants on Idaho agriculture

Attorney, Bill Ringert, shares about the family vineyard operation

Idaho's growing wine industry explained by Bill Ringert

Tour participants get up close and personal in the vineyard

Understanding the wine-making process

AITC staff member, Benjamin, presents gift to the winemaker

Susan Ballard preparing samples for tour participants

BBQ with LIA Alumni in Twin Falls

Jim & Afton Patrick and Bill Lickley - 2009 Advocates for Agriculture

Chuck Brockway, Jr. explaining the importance of Idaho water

Dairyman, Mike Aardema, leads the tour on his dairy

Greenworks of Pocatello explaining about turf production in the Gem State

Watching the harvest of turf 

Rick Phillips of Simplot explains about Idaho fertilizer

Wonderful lunch provided on the tour by Simplot

James Hoff talks about potato production in Eastern Idaho

Tour participants take a close look at Idaho malt barley 

Gaining more information about Idaho's 167 commodities

So this is how peas get their original start

Inside the potato cellar at Hoff Farms

Graduation dinner at Hoff Farms inside the airplane hangar

Tour participants receiving graduation certificates from AMG staff and AITC Board member, Carol Guthrie

Dessert to top off the evening

Idaho spuds being prepared for fresh packing

Potato processing at Wada Farms in Pingree

Tour participants anticipating another bag of Wada potatoes coming off the line

A new appreciation for the Idaho farmer and what he puts on our dinner plates

 
     
 
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