Go to the Indiana State Fair for FREE!!

August 19, 2011

That’s right, tomorrow, Friday, August 19, you can go to the great Indiana State Fair for FREE!!! You know you want a picture with Bennie!

I am sure by now you have heard about the heart wrenching events that occurred on Saturday night. But sometimes it is in times of pain and tragedy like we involved with the state fair have experience, that we should come together and remember what a blessings we still have within our community.

In Indiana we are so lucky to have a State Fair still. Many state have had to cut or downsize their state fairs due to budgetary reasons. But, not in Indiana.

Indiana still celebrates it strong agricultural base. Yep, event thought many people think of the concerts and midway, the fair is about so much more to the people who make the fair happen. The fair is really about being able to touch and learn about how food is grown. Like the activities in horticulture building do for the kids.

The fair is about showing animals to many. And this week many youth were in place and ready to show their animals on Sunday. However, another lesson was going to be learned for them. Sometimes things don’t happen as planned. For some 4-H members who were showing for their final time in 4-H loaded up their animals and headed home without ever showing. I am sure they were teary eyed but yet they understood that their loss didn’t even compare to the loss others had experienced the day prior. But that doesn’t mean the fair still isn’t all about the animals still.

Calves in the cattle barn.

A sow with her litter of pigs in the swine barn.

A cow statue in the Pioneer Our Land Pavilion.

But, sometimes we in agriculture get too focused on what we see as the most important part of the fair. We forget that their are lots of fun things to do at the fair besides just the ag parts. Like can creations in the horticulture building. Isn’t it sort of cool to see the Lombardi trophy made from cans!

And in the Home and Family Arts Building you can see the Lucas Oil Stadium made from Lego pieces. That’s right Legos!

And let’s nor forget the royalty you will see. You have the State Fair Queen and…

Buttercup!

But, most importantly, the fair is one more way to just exhaust your kids so they will sleep in on Saturday. These quick pictures were taken at lunch time when I went with the kids!

So, what are you waiting for? Go out to the State Fair! And don’t forget to download your BEANGO app on your phone. Free food if you get BEANGO courtesy of your Indiana soybean farmers.

What did you expect? Of course I am going to put a plug in for the Year of Soybeans!!

Comments

Lana says:

August 19, 2011 at 7:42 pm

We are going to have to try a bit harder to get to the fair next year. These weeks in Augsut were just too crazy, and then school started. Looks like you all had fun! My bacon in frying so I can at least assemble my poppers for tomorrow. May have to bake just a few to see how they are.