The Funny Farm February 19, 2009

Drive down any road in Queen Creek and sooner or later, you are bound to see a wide expanse of land, usually covered with crops or an orchard. While this may be exciting at first, by the fifth or sixth one you come across, they all start to look the same. As a result, the kids may get bored and lose interest.

If you want to keep their agricultural enthusiasm alive, head on over to Vertuccio Farms. They have a lot of the same, fun stuff that most farms do–pick your own produce, take a gander at some farm animals, enjoy a barrel train ride, etc.–but the one thing that sets them apart? Their Pizza Farm.

This unique crop setup is a half-acre circular garden designed to look like a giant pizza; the ‘pizza’ is divided into eight ’slices’ where produce that makes up a pizza is grown! Children will get to see where the dairy cows that produce milk for the cheese graze, where the wheat is grown for the crust or where the tomatoes grow for the sauce, among other things. Not only is this educational, but it’s fun too! 

The farm also has seasonal events and coming up in May is the U-Pick Peaches event where you and your family can choose your own juicy peaches! And don’t miss out on the Fall Festival coming up in October; you can pick out a pumpkin to carve for Halloween in the farm’s Pumpkin Patch, watch your kids live it up in the bounce house, or munch some kettle corn all for $7 a person. (Children 4 and under are free, too!)

Also, be sure to take a stroll through the Corn Maze during the Fall Festival. In the past, these 10-acre mazes have been made to look like Sparky the Sun Devil, Chicken Little and even the Statue of Liberty!

So take advantage of this beautiful weather and gather the kids for a fun trek to the farm!

 

If You Go…

Vertuccio Farms

4011 S. Power Road

Mesa, AZ 85212

(480) 650-6611

 

And after you come home, keep the spirit of the farm alive by creating your own pizza by following this video:

 

*Thanks to Jodie S. for the Vertuccio Farms suggestion!