Organizations sponsor Farm Harvest Fun event

CANFIELD — Levi Smith’s face lights up when he ticks off the long list of projects his organization has taken part in — and the many life lessons he likely will glean as a result.

“People see only so much of this at the [Canfield] fair. There is a lot more to it,” the 17-year-old Berlin Center teen said, referring to the numerous Mahoning County Junior Fair Board and 4-H Club offerings.

Levi, the Junior Fair Board’s president and the 2014 Canfield Fair 4-H King, had a handful of 4-H projects at today’s first Farm Harvest Fun event at the Mill Creek MetroParks Farm, 7574 Columbiana-Canfield Road (state Route 46).

The free, three-hour family-friendly gathering also was a collaborative between the park system and the Mahoning County Junior Fair Poultry Club. A main purpose was to better educate people on the connection between farming and Thanksgiving while helping them understand where their holiday food originates, noted Kim Moff, an agriculture educator who also manages the fair board.

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