Most people in the city don t get out on the farms. The tours let people from the city see life on local farms, he says, and in recent years farmers who have gone on the tour have gotten to see parts of the city, such as the Cultural Center and Rogers House.
Every year there are different farms or businesses they go to.
The Farm-City tour included a trip to Ruark Farms about 15 years ago, according to Mark Ruark. At Ruark Farms, visitors will get to see both the cotton gin and harvesting in their sod grass field. The gin is housed in a huge silver building out in Bostwick, and the machinery takes seed and trash out of the cotton. Pat DeMas owns the 80 acres that encompasses Four Seasons Farm, and her daughter Kat DeMas owns the business which opened July 1, 2000. The visitors will also have the opportunity to see demonstrations of these horses jumping.