During the Lakehead Harvest Show, eventgoers were given the chance to take a trip back to the past. The event ran from August 23rd through August 25th in Esko and showcased agricultural practices of old.

“So, Lakehead Harvest Show are an agricultural nonprofit. So, our mission statement is keeping alive agricultural practices of past, you know, stuff that they did 100 plus years ago,” said Ryan Hansen, president of the Lakehead Harvest Show.

The event showcased a wide variety of historical farming equipment, along with interactive activities like a petting barn, vintage craft activities and more.

“It’s a chance to see a lot of stuff you’re not going to see anywhere else. There’s a lot of steam traction engines, stuff like that, that you don’t see every day anymore. But they were the predecessor to what we all use each and every day. It’s a very family-friendly event, a lot of kids’ activities. The barrel train runs on for kids. There’s a kid’s corner, a kid’s corral, all kinds of stuff for a lot of younger kids to do. We do have kids’ pedal tractor pulls; regular tractor pulls. There’s just a ton of activities to do that we cram into three days,” said Hansen.

And while the event is in its 63rd year, it is still finding fun ways to teach the community about food production, and how it has made it this far.

“It gives you an idea of where we came from, how food got to the table back then, how food gets to the table even now. I mean, we grow produce here that we sell not only to as wholesale, but we also serve some of it in our diner. So, you can come here and get literally fresh-picked potatoes. We just dug them out of dirt a couple days ago, so as fresh as they get,” said Hansen.

The next event for the Lakehead Harvest Show will be their 2024 Winter Hayride event, which is set to run in December.

To learn more about the Lakehead Harvest Show, go to Home | Mysite (lakeheadharvestshow.com)