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Green Acres Farm tour celebrates 25th anniversary
BY RON MACARTHUR
May 17, 2011
Children crowd around to get a close look at baby chicks. BY RON MACARTHUR
Nikolai Ibach of Rehoboth Beach chills out while he enjoys a few licks on an ice cream cone from Hopkins Dairy Creamery. BY RON MACARTHUR
Anna Crenshaw of Milton practices milking a cow. The Hopkins milk more than 500 cows everyday, and each cow produces about 9 gallons of milk a day. BY RON MACARTHUR
Long lines of children wait for their ice cream from Hopkins Dairy Creamery. BY RON MACARTHUR
Jeffrey Rainier, a Rehoboth Elementary School kindergarten student, is all smiles as he cuddles a baby chick. BY RON MACARTHUR
What would a farm tour be without a tractor ride? BY RON MACARTHUR
Colleen Sheahan, 2011 Delaware Dairy Princess, answers questions from children about how a dairy farm operates. BY RON MACARTHUR
Youngsters are serious about eating their ice cream cones after they finished a tour of Green Acres Farm. BY RON MACARTHUR
Heather Gregoire, herd manager, explains the cow-milking process to children taking part in a tour of Green Acres Farm off Dairy Farm Road near Lewes.
The farm has been owned by the Hopkins family since 1941.
Nearly 1,500 youth attended the 25th annual 4-H Spring Farm Tour on May 11.
The event was sponsored by the University of Delaware Cooperative Extension 4-H and the Hopkins family.
