Fourth-graders take in 27th annual expo

Photo/ Travis Pearson - Students gather in close to watch Ellen Preston spin thread at the Goshen County Ag Expo on Thursday in Torrington. Preston uses classical techniques to spin and dye thread.

TORRINGTON – Goshen County fourth-graders were treated to a day of interactive, hands-on agricultural education at the Goshen County Fairgrounds on Thursday as part of the 27th annual Ag. Expo.

Fifteen stations offered the students a chance to learn about aspects of agriculture from sheep shearing to livestock depredations to thread spinning and various activities in between. The kids also received a beef lunch.



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