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Bloom Manufacturing, located west of Independence has evolved over the years and has manufactured items for the needs of a changing economy and customer base. The origins of the company date back to the early 1900’s. Early days of the company were focused on design and manufacture of grain elevators, corn cutters, and grain augers. […]

To honor their parents, the children of the J. Wayne Crawford family recently purchased a barn quilt from Buchanan County Extension and Outreach. The barn quilt is 8’x8′ with a color scheme representative of their fathers’ favorite tractor, a 1937 Oliver, Row Crop 70 currently on exhibit at Heartland Acres. The Crawford family barn quilt […]

Representatives from Buchanan County ISU Extension and Outreach, Independence FFA, Buchanan County Historical Society and Heartland Acres met at the Heartland Acres museum to discuss ways to build programs and activities with local youth. The opportunity to talk about this developed from a recent visit by representatives from Omega Institute in Austin, Texas. The meeting […]

Denny Vance recently stopped by Heartland Acres and noticed our schoolmarm was in need of fresh coat of stain. He approached us and offered to do the work. The wood sculpture is special to Denny as he created her almost seven years ago. When Heartland Acres first opened in 2007, Denny was identified as someone […]

Ken Kehrli with Kerhli Farms in Winthrop, brought guests to Heartland Acres representing Omega Institute. Omega focusses on developing educational opportunities, trade relations and business development with partners across American and China. The visitors where excited to see the agricultural education opportunities at Heartland Acres. Vivian is originally from Hong Kong and is excited to […]