Mission

The Lake County Heritage Farm Foundation will create a unique experience that tells the story of the transition of the Lake County family farm during the great changes that took place in the 1930's and 1940's.

The farm will provide an interactive educational experience about Lake County's farm life and heritage to a diverse audience, including the general public, school groups, families, and other organized groups.

The farm will be functional and will preserve agricultural heritage by using agricultural practices and equipment of the 1930's and 1940's. Sustainable agriculture practices and research implemented concurrently at the farm will offer additional educational opportunities for the community. The crops produced on the site will be available for consumption.

Our success and value to the greater community will be based on the authenticity of the visitor's experience. This will be achieved by recreating the daily farm life of the period and by buffering visitors from the modern world outside of the farm property. A visitor to the farm will recognize that the community life of the day was focused around the daily farming routine.