Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Jessi VonHelms, 12, of McHenry and her mother, Dixie, talk to Elijah Pacheco, of Turlock Calif., an intern, in the milk barn at the Golden Oaks Farm in Wauconda during the Lake County Farm Stroll.(9/16/18)
Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media John and Dixie VonHelms, of McHenry and their daughter, Jessi, 12, (center) watch dairy cows produce milk using milk machines in the milk barn at the Golden Oaks Farm during the Lake County Farm Stroll in Wauconda. (9/16/18)
Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Visitors could see Cesar Miranda, a milker, keep the stalls clean in the milk barn before and after the dairy cows were milked at the Golden Oaks Farm in Wauconda during the Lake County Farm Stroll.(9/16/18)
Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Milk meters fill up with milk while dairy cows get milked with milk machines on a floor above at the Golden Oaks Farm in Wauconda on display during the Lake County Farm Stroll. A dairy cow produces ten gallons of milk a day.(9/16/18)
Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media A group of dairy cows watch visitors in the milk barn at the Golden Oaks Farm in Wauconda during the Lake County Farm Stroll. (9/16/18)
Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media A heifer, a young cow, greets visitors in the heifer barn as it takes a break from eating wheat grass in a free stall at the Golden Oaks Farm in Wauconda during the Lake County Farm Stroll. (9/16/18)
Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media A group of cows are seen outside at the Golden Oaks Farm in Wauconda during the Lake County Farm Stroll. There are 1500 cows raised from baby to adult on the property.(9/16/18)
Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Ethan Heinzmann, of Spring Grove, genetic manager, talks to a group of visitors in the milk barn at the Golden Oaks Farm in Wauconda during the Lake County Farm Stroll. (9/16/18)
Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media A salad mix of romaine, green leaf, red leaf, oak leaf, and arugula is grown at the College of Lake County Campus Farm in Grayslake on display during the Lake County Farm Stroll. (9/16/18)
Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Colorful Swiss chard grown at the College of Lake County Campus Farm in Grayslake could be seen during the Lake County Farm Stroll. (9/16/18)
Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Striped German heirloom tomatoes grown in a high tunnel at the College of Lake County Campus Farm in Grayslake were seen during the Lake County Farm Stroll. 250 tomato plants with different varieties of tomatoes are grown on the farm.(9/16/18)
Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Rows of celery, carrot and pepper plants were seen growing at the College of Lake County Campus Farm in Grayslake during the Lake County Farm Stroll. (9/16/18)
Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Lauren Webber, 7, of Grayslake and her brother, Ryan, 6, look at some sunflowers grown at the College of Lake County Campus Farm and sold at their market in Grayslake during the Lake County Farm Stroll. (9/16/18)
Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Deb Figura, of McHenry, a horticulturist, checks a big beef tomato plant in a high tunnel at the College of Lake County Campus Farm in Grayslake during the Lake County Farm Stroll. (9/16/18)
Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Matt DeRose, of Chicago, program coordinator, shows how he uses a broad fork to aerate the soil before planting cover crops at the College of Lake County Campus Farm in Grayslake during the Lake County Farm Stroll. (9/16/18)
Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Stephanie Schackney, of Grayslake, a volunteer, shows a bunch of Swiss chard for sale at the Farm Market at the College of Lake County Campus Farm in Grayslake during the Lake County Farm Stroll. (9/16/18)
