Our Love of the Family Farm
A third generation family farm, it is the invaluable help of family and friends that keeps the operation, originally a dairy farm, going strong. "Many people have strong ties to this property", says Mr. Knox, "and by everyone pitching in day after day, we're able to offer the public a glimpse of life on a farm, as it was a century ago, as it is today, and as it will hopefully be a century from now".
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Nestled into the countryside just north of Courtice, this historic farm offers lots of fun for the whole family. Young and old alike delight in the offering of fall activities, which include a corn maze, farm animals, a straw jump, a story reading room, wagon rides out to the pumpkin patch, a photo station, scarecrow making, face painting and pony rides. "The genuine farm atmosphere, coupled with century old trees that frame a property filled with hundreds of orange-hued pumpkins and fall activities all add up to the ideal family outing" says Jennifer Knox, who manages the farm along with her father Kenneth and husband Ian Kruis.
Indeed, many families visiting the farm come back year after year - and they have been spreading the word! Many new visitors to the farm have heard about it from their own friends and family, and quickly become repeat visitors themselves after this special farm steals their heart.
Just who is running this farm anyway? Well, there are almost too many people to list! Farmer Ken has lived on the farm forever and has wonderful memories of helping his parents John and Jean develop their dairy farm. Daughters Elizabeth, Jennifer and her husband Ian are the other residents of the farm. Jennifer spends some days doing public relations and teaching children science, while Ian is a French teacher at a nearby school. The Purdy and Rowsell families finish off the regulars, and you can usually see some or all of us around the Knox farm dinner table. For more information about your farm staff and teachers, click here.
The Knox farm belongs to and supports many groups and organizations within the Ontario agriculture and Durham Region/Clarington communities, such as the Ontario Federation of Agriculture, OATI, Ontario Farm Fresh Marketing Association, Durham Farm Fresh Marketing Association, Ontario Corn Producers Association, and the Clarington Board of Trade. Please visit our links page to visit these excellent resources for agriculture and food information.