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Flying J Farms 5329 Van Fossen Road , Johnstown, OH 43031 telephone 740-
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Regular and Special Events
One of the methods used by the Flying J Farm to promote our philosophy is through
special events and festivals for urban people. Some of these events have live music
and dancing. All of the warm-
The first regular event of the year, the third or fourth weekend in February, is the Maple Sugar Festival featuring tours of the sugarbush, demonstrations of identifying and taping trees, gathering sap, evaporating and bottling the syrup. Tastes of the syrup from the evaporator as well as in baked goods and pancakes are always a part of the festival.
Second, the fourth weekend in April is the Mushroom Hunt where we search for the exotic but elusive morel mushroom. This is the season for fresh wildflowers in the woods as well as many edible plants that can be gathered. The Flying J Farm is one place where you are encouraged to pick the flowers (except for the trilliums and creek lilies). Food is potluck featuring mushrooms.
Fall Fest
In late September or early October we have the Fall Fest, our most popular event of the year. We have educational seminars including a farm tour where we describe the various steps we have taken to be sustainable in an unsustainable country. These include solar electric, making biodiesel fuel, sawmill, oudoor wood furnace, making chicken feed from our grains, etc.
The event also includes lots of food from the farm and music and dancing.
“I am more and more convinced that our happiness or unhappiness depends more on the way we meet the events of life than on the nature of those events themselves.”
Alexander Humboldt