The Great AGventure

For over 20 years, the SLO County Educational Committee has presented “Great AGventure” – North County. Held the second Wednesday in October, at the Paso Robles Events Center, over 1200 fourth grade students from 45 classes, teachers and chaperones from the north county enjoy an educational, hands-on agriculture field day. Classes are assigned to a rotation of six 20-minute presentations covering subject areas as an arena event, farm animals, farm machinery, crops, science and an “AG-tivity”. Each presentation is provided by volunteer professionals who share their agricultural expertise directly with each class. Some presentations include butter making, owl pellet discovery, petting a calf, learning about soils, horsepower, apple grafting, water resources, grape history, weather, bees and farm machinery.