Third-graders from Galena Elementary School visit St. Brigid's Dairy Farm in Kennedyville on a field trip June 8.
Elementary school students here got to enjoy a day on the farm — actually a couple of farms — in early June.
Students at Galena, H.H. Garnet and Rock Hall elementary schools hopped on buses June 7 and 8 to visit Rocky Mount/Hill Haven Family Farm and St. Brigid's Dairy Farm in Kennedyville.
Beth Hill, who leads the local chapter of 4-H, talks to Galena Elementary School students on a farm visit about the nutritional value of milk.
On their trips, students learned about farming and dairy operations, including getting up-close encounters with livestock and getting to check out equipment like a robotic milker for cows.
Galena Elementary School student Jaclynn Kruegel pets a calf on a June 8 farm visit. Also seen here are classmates, from left, Weston Fuller, Zahya Thomas and Mackensy Shirey.
Also on hand for the trips was Elizabeth Hill, who heads up Kent County's 4-H chapter, to talk to students farming and nutrition.
Lunchtime was spent at the scenic Turners Creek pavilion.