Farm to table: Tour gives backstage look at eggs, wine

By January Wetzel
First Posted: September 20, 2012 - 12:03 am
Last Updated: September 20, 2012 - 12:05 am

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Employees of the Chamber of Commerce member businesses tour Rose Acre Farms Inc. with the plant's production manager Terry Anderson. PHOTO BY AARON PIPER

Chateau de Pique winemaker John McMahan pours a small sample from a winery tank into Richard Darlage's glass. PHOTO BY AARON PIPER

Natalie Harpe of Seymour has a better appreciation for a carton of eggs and a bottle of wine.

After getting a behind-the-scenes look at Rose Acre’s egg-producing plant at Cort Acres and Chateau de Pique Winery in rural Seymour, Harpe said she’ll never look at the products the same way again.

“I never really thought about it before,” she said of the two processes. “But it’s very interesting.”

She and her husband, Brandon, joined about 30 other local residents for the Greater Seymour Chamber of Commerce’s Ag Tour on Wednesday. The chamber’s agribusiness committee organizes the event, switching its focus year to year from agriculture to industry.

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