Photo by Ann-Marie Gariepy Warren County Farm Bureau Ask A Farmer event will be held Saturday October 18th from 10am - 2pm at Tops Market.

No farmers, no food. Those who want to know more about why that’s the case can learn more today at the Ask A Farmer event.

The Pennsylvania Farm Bureau is an organization representing farm families engaged in all types of agriculture from farms of every size and commodity to craft breweries, distilleries, wineries and cideries to farm-to-table restaurants and agritourism experiences.

With the objective being to educate consumers about agriculture, the state Promotion and Education in Agriculture committee and Warren County Farm Bureau have teamed up with Tops Market, 74 Market St., to bring their first event, Ask A Farmer, to the public from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. today, Oct. 18.

Ask A Farmer is free and open to community members of all ages, participants of the event will visit five stations. At each station there will be two farmers providing agricultural information and answering any questions guests may have. Stations include produce, honey bees, butchering and beef and eggs and milk. All stops will be clearly and easily identified. Free giveaways will be available at each station.

After answering the posed question the farmer will initial each guest’s contact slip. Completion of asking a question at each farm station and receiving initials from all five stations will result in entry in a drawing for one of ten $20.00 Tops gift certificates.

Farmers participating in Saturday’s event are Dave Martin – Russell, Carol Sauers- Irvine, Barry and Tammy VanOrd – Sugar Grove, Fred and Debbie Lucks – Sugar Grove, Mark Lawson – Spring Creek, Michelle McMinn- Ridgway, Cathay Voriseck – Centerville and Pennsylvania Farm Bureau Promotion and Education committee member Ruth Morrision – Warren.

The Warren County Farm Bureau brings volunteer readers to each grade school in the Warren County School DIstrict, including St. Joseph’s Catholic School, Warren County Christian School and Tidioute Community Charter School. The book is then donated to the classroom’s library. The bureau also funds each public school for scheduling the Mobile Ag Lab each spring. Questions received at the Ask A Farmer event will serve to provide ideas for future educational programming.

Visit www.pfb.com for further information on the Pennsylvania Farm Bureau.