Troy and Chris Sukalski hosted Breakfast on the Farm about 20 years ago in Filmore County, and they are hosting it again this year in LeRoy.

The 10th annual Mower County Breakfast on the Farm will take place from 8 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday at the Reiland Farm in LeRoy, owned by Troy and Chris Sukalski and in partnership with Chris’s brother, Scott Reiland, at 13698 755th Ave.

“This is an opportunity for consumers to come and actually see a real farm, talk to real farmers and get an understanding of where their food actually comes from,” Chris said.

Breakfast on the Farm is an annual event meant to help show people how their food is made and where their dairy and other products come from. There will be a full breakfast of pancakes, sausage, milk, juice and coffee, and the cost is $3 per person, ages 6 and under are free, and the family rate is $12.

Chris said there will be many activities during the morning, including a tour of the farm to see where the cows are housed, milked and fed, and a veterinarian who will do demonstrations of ultra-sounds to see if a cow is pregnant.

“That’s just something that never ceases to amaze,” Chris said.

The LeRoy Historical Society will also have a booth to show some of the farm’s history, and there will be some early copies of the “Dairy Good Cook Book,” which was recently released by the National Dairy Council and will be sold by the dairy princesses.

Other activities at the event include free ice cream, horse-drawn wagon rides, educational agriculture displays, a petting zoo, a farm scavenger hunt, an inflatable bounce house for children, Star the Cow for milking, Princess Kay of the Milky Way, the Mower County dairy princesses will be there, and more.

“There’s going to be a lot here to see,” Chris said.

Chris hoped people would leave with a new appreciation of where their food comes from and a trust for the people who work hard to farm it.

“I want consumers to be able to go to the grocery store and choose their food on price, flavor and their own likes, and not feel like they have to wonder about the farmers,” Chris said. “Farmers are about the most committed, honest, hardworking people around, and all we’re trying to do is produce [nutritious, affordable] food.”

The event is sponsored by the Mower County Farm Bureau in cooperation with the many supporting organizations and businesses throughout Mower County.

Click here for more information about Reiland farms.