Friday, June 25, 1:30-8:00 pm

Tours conclude approximately 6:00 pm at North Point State Park for a traditional Maryland Crab & Chicken Feast on the shores of the Chesapeake Bay.  North Point is a 1,310 acre park surrounded by beautiful scenery and fascinating historical resources.

 Farmland has been in continuous production for 350 years. The Defenders Trail, used during the War of 1812, passes through the park. It is an official stop along the Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail. It was once the site of the historical Bay Shore Amusement Park, a popular destination for summer visitors in the early 1900's. Visitors will be seated in the original trolley shelter for the crab & chicken feast, as they hear tales of Captain Smith and enjoy the scenic views overlooking the water, at the wading beach or fishing pier, or hiking trails through protected wildlands.

Lesson Plans

New this year for many of the tour stops will be lesson plans or links with lesson ideas that are related to the tour stops.  Regardless of your tour, these resources will be made available to all traveling workshop tour participants. 

#1  Wegmans, Baltimore Coffee & Tea Company
    & Valley View Farms

• McCormick & Company Research and Development tour finds us behind the scenes with those that research, develop and taste test a myriad of new products.  Come with us to visit the Creative Room, the test kitchens, and experience how new products are “taste tested” by consumers at the world's largest spice company. (www.mccormick.com)
• At Baltimore Coffee and Tea Company you will
explore a coffee roasting, wholesale and retail operation that has been a family business since 1895.  Learn how they created a business to last generations, working with growers and brokers from around the globe, to then market their products throughout North America and Europe.  (www.baltcoffee.com)
• Valley View Farms began as a produce stand and has expanded to become a premiere garden center with year-round seasonal departments.  The shopping experience includes a complete selections of trees, plants, water gardens, garden accessories and expert advice. We will tour the facility and meet with their staff for a classroom friendly planting project and tips on how to create the perfect hanging basket.  (valleyviewfarms.com)

#2  Cancelled

#3  Living Farm Heritage Museum &
     Shamrock Equine Farms

• Living Farm Heritage Museum  will present five hands-on stations of historical significance to both agriculture and domestic life practices over the years.  This tour will culminate in a group activity that "ties" the total experience together.  (www.farmheritage.org)  
• Shamrock Equine Farms is a thoroughbred and standardbred operation in Maryland, a state rich in horse history and home of the Triple Crown Race, the Preakness.  This tour will touch on breeding, foaling, birthing and standards.  

#4  Sauder's Egg Packing Plant, Seller's Dairy Farm
     & Lippy Brothers Farm

• Sauder’s Egg Packing Plant provides a behind-the-scenes trip as fresh eggs move into the plant, are washed, candled, graded and packed for shipment.  The machinery and processing are amazing and guarantee the visitors will never again look at a carton of eggs in the same way.
• Seller’s Dairy Farm provides participants an up-close and personal visit with a local dairy farmer and his cows.  Discover the entire milking process, grain production and storage aspect, and waste disposal methods of a dairy operation.
• Lippy Brothers, Inc. is one of the region's largest and most diverse agricultural operations producing grains, vegetables, livestock and eggs using sophisticated technology and management tools.  We will visit their large, automated, egg-layer operation.

#5  Brooms Bloom Dairy & Mobile Science Labs
     at Swan Harbor

• Broom’s Bloom Dairy is an interesting mix of ancestral history and new beginnings. The farm dates back to the early 1700's and is supporting its 9th generation of the Dallam family. In 1997, David and Kate Dallam started milking 65 cows on the farm and even more recently they started making and selling old fashioned ice cream, farmstead cheese and pork sausage.  Meet the family and learn about their experiences in engaging in a new venture.  You will definitely want to purchase an ice cream cone from their incredibly varied menu. (www.bbdairy.com)
• Mobile Science Labs have been part of MD Agricultural Education Foundation’s education program for 16 years.  This tour stop enables you to visit all three labs (Ag Products, Food, Fiber & You, and Aquatic) and experience some hands-on activities and lessons employed as part of this unique elementary level teaching and learning environment.  The Maryland Agriculture Showcase (a traveling ag awareness exhibit) will also be available to tour.  Participants will also get a quick peek at the MAEF headquarters located along the uppermost part of the Chesapeake Bay.  (www.maefonline.com)

#6  Pepsi Bottling Company &
     Weber's Cider Mill Farm

• Pepsi Bottling Company beverage business was founded in 1898 by Caleb Bradham, a North Carolina, druggist, who first formulated Pepsi-Cola. This rare behind-the-scene tour of the bottling plant will delight even Coke drinkers!

• The Weber’s Cider Mill Farm traces the history of a small fruit and vegetable farm from 1908 to today’s 10 month medium-sized roadside market that has added “agri-tainment” events along with an Olde Barn Gift shop and “scratch” bakery.  This tour provides new venues to old standbys as folks with two incomes and leisure time make this stop a destination.  From Jelly Tasting Pancake Breakfasts to Hillside Slides, Weber’s showcases it all! (www.webersfarm.com)

#7  Fort McHenry & Hampstead Hill Academy

• Fort McHenry, a national landmark, is a star shaped fort best known for its role in the War of 1812 when it successfully defended Baltimore Harbor from an attack by the British navy in the Chesapeake Bay. It was during this bombardment of the fort that Francis Scott Key was inspired to write "The Star-Spangled Banner," the poem that would eventually become the national anthem of the United States.  Visitors will view a short orientation film and then tour the fort.  (www.nps.gov/fomc)
• Hampstead Hill Academy, an urban elementary school, has created a unique gardening (can we also say nutrition and cooking) opportunity for its students amid concrete sidewalks, roadways and row houses.  This green oasis sports a pollinator section, an aroma therapy area, a Native American spot, as well as plants native to specific countries. Visit this school and then join the school garden's teacher to experience some of the program’s activities first hand.

#8  Fort McHenry & John Smith Trail

• Fort McHenry, a national landmark, is a star shaped fort best known for its role in the War of 1812 when it successfully defended Baltimore Harbor from an attack by the British navy in the Chesapeake Bay. It was during this bombardment of the fort that Francis Scott Key was inspired to write "The Star-Spangled Banner," the poem that would eventually become the national anthem of the United States.  Visitors will view a short orientation film and then tour the fort.  (www.nps.gov/fomc)
• John Smith Trail at North Point – North Point State Park is an official stop along the Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail. After founding the first permanent English settlement on Jamestown Island in 1607, Smith and his fellow adventurers spent two years exploring, mapping, and recording nearly 3,000 miles of the Bay and its rivers. Interpreters will help you learn about the native cultures and natural environment of the 17th-century Chesapeake and the rich diversity of this national treasure.  (www.nps.gov/cajo)