Field Fest

People attending Field Fest
Photo by Katie Knapp

Experience the harvest season at the Farm at the Arb with this annual family-friendly festival, complete with hands-on harvesting sugar beets, corn and potatoes; a beer garden and food trucks; live entertainment and activities for all ages.

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KWS seeds logo in orange and green
  • New this year, we will feature a special celebrity baking showcase with Minnesota’s own Zoë François in the Myers Education Center kitchen and book signing in the Red Barn
  • Visitors can learn directly from Minnesota food growers and producers while exploring interactive exhibits, games and hands-on activities in the KWS Family Tent
  • Tour the crop plots and orchards
  • Help harvest our Minnesota sugar beets, corn and potato
  • Beet-weighing contest
  • Make bouquets with flowers you can grow at home
  • Learn about the cut-flower industry
  • Learn how sugar beets move from seed to sugar in the store
  • Live entertainment from TC Road Crew
  • Big Ideas Learning Lab Trailer will offer demonstrations and Career Exploration VR (agricultural trades)
  • Tastings in the kitchen with harvested foods

Field Fest Tickets

Additional ticket information coming soon!

For this event, visitors can enter the Arboretum at the Farm at the Arb entrance gate or the main entrance by following the scenic Three-Mile Drive and Peter C. Moe Drive to reach the farm. Have your admission ticket ready to scan at either entrance. 

People picking sugar beets at Field Fest
Women leading a cooking demonstration in the Myers Kitchen
Kids activities at Field Fest
Food trucks in front of the Red Barn