News - Farm and Food Discovery Centre

The Manager of the Bruce D. Campbell Farm and Food Discovery Centre says the University of Manitoba will be observing several significant milestones during 2016.

The Manager of the University of Manitoba’s Bruce D. Campbell Farm and Food Discovery Centre reports over 30 school groups have visited the facility since the beginning of this year.

Manitoba crafted beers and promotional agricultural videos will highlight the inaugural Manitoba Beer, Food and Film Festival planned for this Friday at the Bruce D. Campbell Farm and Food Discovery Centre.

Members of the public will have the opportunity learn about Manitoba’s hog industry and how food gets from the farm to their plates as the Bruce D. Campbell Farm and Food Discovery Centre observes Open Farm Day in Manitoba.

The University of Manitoba’s Bruce D. Campbell Farm and Food Discovery Centre will observe Open Farm Day in Manitoba with a host of special activities.

Next week, from Tuesday to Thursday, visitors to the University of Manitoba’s Bruce D. Campbell Farm and Food Discovery Centre will have the rare opportunity to watch the birth of baby pigs.

The manager of the Bruce D. Campbell Farm and Food Discovery Centre reports over 1,000 people have visited the centre so far this year.

As part of the summer activities planned for the University of Manitoba’s Bruce D. Campbell Farm and Food Discovery Centre the public will have an opportunity to learn about where their milk, butter and ice cream comes from.

The operations manager with the Bruce D. Campbell Farm and Food Discovery Centre says, since the facility opened in the fall of 2011, the baby pigs have remained its most popular attraction.

The visitor services manager with the Bruce D. Campbell Farm and Food Discovery Centre says the public’s interest in the story behind the production of food is building.