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Uncle Leo's Barn
(uŋ'kl lē'ōz bärn): A large outbuilding on a farm used to store grain or shelter livestock |
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About the Department
The county fair is a showcase that both educates and entertains. The intent of Uncle Leo's Agriculture Competition is to exhibit the achievements of our young people and educators and to provide a tool to promote the science of agriculture as an important part of Ventura County's past, present and future.
This year four generations of family and friends are helping Uncle Leo and Rita to prepare for the 54th year of their exhibit, Uncle Leo’s Barn, where kids of all ages have the opportunity to learn a little about Ventura County agriculture. Connecting kids and agriculture is what Uncle Leo’s Barn is all about; watching the sow and piglets play, milking a very special cow and driving in the Kids’ Tractor Pull make Uncle Leo’s Barn a favorite place for the young and the young-at-heart during the Ventura County Fair. |
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WHEN & WHERE
TO ENTER
Sunday, July 29, 2012
10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Bring entries to the Youth Expo Building
WHEN & WHERE TO PICK-UP ENTRIES
Monday, August 13, 2012
9:00 AM to 1:00 PM
Pick up exhibits at Uncle Leo’s Barn. Articles not claimed become the property of the Fair and will be disposed.
Grades Kindergarten through Twelve
How Does Your Garden Grow?
Tell us about your garden. What did you grow? What did you learn? What were your challenges and your success? Try to compare and contrast your garden experience to commercial agriculture. Show us what you did and learned via digital scrapbook. Use of narratives, captions, examples of written work and anecdotes about participant’s experience are encouraged. Be creative!
Poster Displays will be accepted, one per entry, 24”x36” maximum, but can only be displayed on a space available basis.
Grades 9 –12 or 14 –18 years of age
Agriculture’s Future
DIVISION 53
Opportunity for Ventura County teen entrepreneurs to implement, promote and showcase agriculture-based projects, products or services of their own design. Exhibit entry will include: a brief business plan and complete description of project using Power Point and a video component – television commercial prototype.
This division is not open to fair market animal projects.
WHEN & WHERE TO PICK-UP ENTRIES
Monday, August 13, 2012 - 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM
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Uncle Leo and Aunt Rita Vanoni
Going to the fair is a family tradition for Leo & Rita Vanoni. Both Leo and Rita were born and raised in Ventura County, and the Vanoni family has been farming in the county for over 100 years.
At the 1956 county fair Leo and a group of other 4-H leaders put together a display of barnyard animals under an old tent. Leo saw the need to continue to provide this connection to agriculture for Ventura County families. The exhibit is now Uncle Leo's Barn and is a fair tradition. Leo and Rita received the Ventura County Fairs’ MVP Award and the Western States Fair & Exposition Association Blue Ribbon Award in recognition of their unique exhibit and years of service to Ventura County.
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The Ventura County Fair thanks those who help make Uncle Leo's Barn possible.
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