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Volunteers Gather to Spruce Up Historic Strong Farm

Volunteers swept, washed and even tossed some hay in an effort to get the grounds ready for the next step toward transforming Vernon's Strong Farm into an agricultural education center.

Volunteers came to Strong Farm on Saturday armed with rakes, brooms, mops, saws, shovels ...

OK, you get the picture.

It was cleanup day - all part of an ongoing effort to establish complete non-profit status for the historic grounds and turn them into an agricultural education center.

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The farm is located at the corner of Petrson Road and West Street. It has been around since the mid-1800s. Portions of the grounds are already in the state's Farmland Preservation program.

Check out the Patch video on what was done.

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