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The BigE WebsiteAlmost 100 years ago Joshua Brooks, a farmer in Massachusetts, had a vision. Over the years he saw that agricultural and farming in the Northeast was declining and the cost of production was going up. He wanted to start a fair that has become the Eastern States Exposition to showcase the newest technology and provide a forum where people could learn and showcase their prized animals and crops. For 17 days every September, over one million visitors from 15 states in Eastern United States and and around the world now come to the fair in West Springfield, MA. In addition to the New England States: Massachusetts (MA), Connecticut (CT), Rhode Island (RI), Vermont (VT), New Hampshire (NH) and Maine (ME); the BigE participants from New York (NY), New Jersey (NJ), Pennsylvania (PA), Ohio (OH), West Virginia (WV), Delaware (DE), Maryland (MD) and Virginia (VA). Participants include owners of all types of agricultural enterprises as well as those in ancillary industries. Members of the 4-H, agricultural secondary schools and FFA (AKA the Future Farmers of America) also attend. Through the years the fair has added food concessions and exhibits that showcase the newest inventions that people can purchase at the Better Living Center. You can also go to ride the Ferris Wheel or listen to popular entertainers at band shells and venues all around the park. As the two term President of the Suffield Chapter (Suffield, CT) of the FFA and one of Connecticut's recipients of the State Farmer Degree in the FFA and the DeKalb Agricultural Accomplishment Award in 1970, I spent many hours and years working at the Farm-A-Rama building on the fair ground each year. The Farm-A-Rama is one building all families with young children should visit to see the hatching chicks and other animals in the petting zoo. The Storrowton Village is also on the fair grounds of the BigE. It is fully staffed for the Eastern States Exposition but is also open the balance of the year. Helen Storrow moved the first building to the oldest Olde New England Village over 50 years ago. In addition to the Sturbridge Village in Sturbridge Massachusetts it is the only way that people can see and experience how our ancestors lived over a hundred years ago. The Mallory Complex is a venue for farms and students to showcase their prized livestock. Here you can see where your milk and woolen sweaters come from. The buildings house many of the farm animals that are entered in various contests at the fair. You'll see everything from horses to sheep and cows. Finally, the Avenue of States has buildings sponsored by each of the 6 New England States. Each provides a showcase for the industries and agricultural products still being grown or produced there. Three of the broadcasts on the 'Cruise with Bruce' radio program provide you a walking tour of the the buildings for Rhode Island and Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine. Please listen in below to all of the broadcasts and visit the BigE website for more information and an up to date schedule of the activities. News
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