HONESDALE, Pa. — Farmers and agriculture companies replaced students inside the gymnasium at Honesdale High School for Wayne County's Ag Day.
Each year, the event brings several companies, products, and groups focused on agriculture to one place.
Penn State Extension helps host the event.
Livestock educator Chelsea Hill says farmers have a limited window of time to step away.
"Sometimes it's a really busy time during the summer when they're actually doing their jobs out in the field. So, this is their opportunity to ask any and all questions that they have maybe an issue they had last summer that they want to improve on for this year," Hill said.
Wayne County has a large population of farms that go back generations, including Robinson Family Farm near Waymart. Tim Jaggars runs the farm and says they love coming to this event to learn about the future of farming and do some networking.
"It's more than just farming. It's all together as a whole circle farming, feeding America, and eating some good nutritious food," Jaggars said.
"You get to see every age group; there's young kids to elders, and I think it's really cool to see all the aspects of agriculture within our county," said Honesdale senior Gillian Goldstein.
Ag Day is open to the public, bringing in agricultural groups to teach different aspects of farming, whether you're a generational farmer or just an enthusiast.
There is a budding interest in agriculture with people growing and raising their own food.
"We have our new agronomy educator in Wayne County. He's talking about soil health from anybody with a backyard garden all the way up to those producers that have a couple-hundred-thousand acres," Hill said.
"Everybody with their backyard chickens selling their eggs on the side of the road, like there's so many things to learn from coming here, from feeds to different feed stores to different tractors. There's so many things," said Honesdale senior Aurora Dutton.
Attendees also received a free lunch made with locally sourced items.