Heights Farm is preparing to tell its story of five generations of sheep and beef farming in the Horowhenua when it hosts visitors during the 2022 Horowhenua Taste Trail on Saturday, November 26.
"We're excited to show urban people what a farm is like, as not many people get to go on a farm these days," owners Anna and Blair Robinson said. "It is also pretty unusual to be fifth-generation farmers, so we are proud of that and are looking forward to sharing our story."
Siutated on the Tararua foothills, the 2200-acre farm is one of seven new producers joining this year's trail and will also host Emoyeni Products, producers of a range of chutneys, sauces and jams from fruit and vegetables grown at Tokomaru.
Anna Robinson said visitors will be able to go inside their woolshed and view a video of the shed in action, touch wool on display and learn why sheep are shorn. There will also be livestock on display, old-fashioned gumboot throwing, and other facilities open to view, such as the farm's yards and original woolshed.
"The woolshed was here when my great-great-grandfather bought the farm in 1907, and I am told it was the only woolshed in the locality at that time."
