| ="body"> | | | | chicken coop, apple orchard, garden, tractor shed and |
| For ten days each September you can find the Utah | | | | sheep barn. At each point they perform an activity |
| State Fair packed with over 300,000 people in the | | | | representative of what farmer's do and pick up a |
| town of Salt Lake City. The fair features Grandstand | | | | product to take with them. For instance, at the grain |
| entertainment, exhibits, a PRCA Rodeo, and a new | | | | silo they pick up a small amount of grain to take to the |
| 'Utah's Own Food Court' where visitors can eat some | | | | chickens, from there they gather an egg for their |
| tasty carnival treats all grown or made in the state of | | | | basket. By the end of the path they reach a farmer's |
| Utah so come down and check it out. | | | | market where they can drop off their products and |
| The Grandstand entertainment at the fair comes at a | | | | get paid for them. From there the kid's get to go to the |
| good price. Depending on the musician or group playing | | | | 'store' and use their 'money' to buy a real agricultural |
| your admission ticket may include a free concert. Or if | | | | product. |
| you are purchasing a ticket to see a musical group | | | | Children and adults both will enjoy the Giant Yellow |
| that concert ticket includes free admission to the fair. | | | | Slide, the western railroad express where you can |
| All regular fair admission prices include free admission | | | | catch rides around the fair, and the annual ice cream |
| to see the rodeo and demolition derby. | | | | festival held one day close to the start of the fair. It |
| For the little ones the fair occasionally sets up the Little | | | | includes all the ice cream you can eat for a minimal |
| Hands on the Farm exhibit. This is an interactive exhibit | | | | fee. |
| that teaches children the connection between food | | | | Other food centered activities at the fair include a |
| grown on the farm and food that can be bought in the | | | | Competitive Sausage Eating Contest and the Beef |
| grocery store. Children begin their farming journey in | | | | Feast, including a Dagwood sandwich and chips for a |
| the start barn, where they put on aprons and get | | | | small fee. |
| baskets. From here they follow a path to a grain silo, | | | | |