Prairie Sugar Day

Prized in the mid-19th century as a homegrown sweetener, sorghum enjoyed a brief renaissance during the Civil War years when Union blockades made cane sugar a rare commodity. Join our farm hands as they make prairie sugar, also known as sorghum molasses. Help strip the leaves off the sorghum canes, press the canes through a horse-powered press to extract the juice, and stir the juice as it boils down to make a sweet, syrupy molasses. Then, enjoy a sweet treat of molasses confections such as gingerbread and molasses candy.

This event is included in regular site admission.

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• Next month, 25th October, 01:00 pm, Halloween on the Farm in Elk River
• This December, 6th December, 10:00 am, Farmers' Christmas Celebration in Elk River