Field Fest

Experience the harvest season at the Farm at the Arb with this annual family-friendly festival, complete with hands-on harvesting sugarbeets, corn and potatoes; a beer garden and food trucks; live entertainment and activities for all ages. Afterward, take home your harvest — and a deeper knowledge of Minnesota agriculture. 

Activities:

• Explore the crop plots and harvest sugarbeets, field corn and potatoes; Pick the biggest beet and win a Yeti cooler or count the corn stalks in our new "Yield Contest" and win a Yeti cooler!
• Meet food growers and producers and explore interactive exhibits;
• Check out local food trucks and a beer garden;
• Visit the Flower Bar and learn tricks to make the perfect summer bouquet;
• Catch performances from the Black Storytellers Alliance and Twin Cities Road Crew in the Family Tent;
• Visit the Beer Garden featuring Luce Line Brewing and the Minnesota Hobby Beekeepers Association
• Hunt for pollinator hangouts with the digital Farm Crawl: Pollinator Power scavenger hunt;
• Enjoy baking demos in the Myers Kitchen and meet Minnesota cookie experts Rick Nelson and Lee Svitak Dean;
• View "Sustainability," a film proudly presented by Minnesota Corn.