Missing the excitement of the summer Olympics? As these Vermont farmers show, any determined and organized group can have their own “Olympics” and have a lot of fun.
Jessica Rinaldi writes at the Boston Globe, “With the world’s attention focused on the Olympic Games in Brazil, a decidedly different type of competition was held in a small corner of New England, as farmers took to the field for the second annual Farmer Olympics in Vershire, Vt.
“After taking part in warm-up events that included a hay bale toss, the crowd gathered for an opening ceremony where a quartet performed the Olympic theme song on kazoo. When the competition began, 60 farmers sprinted up a hill, empty bins and shovels in hand, for the manure relay. The event was sponsored by the Northeast Organic Farming Association of Vermont. In the end it was a team from Cedar Circle Farm in East Stepford who took the gold. Their team’s name? Soil’d.“
Click here for a terrific collection of photos from the second annual Farmer Olympics.
Photo: Northeast Organic Farming Association of Vermont
Competing in the Farmer Olympics, Vershire, Vermont.
Now THAT’S an Olympics! I love these fun celebrations of quirky jobs and skills. There’s an annual Woodsmen’s Day in the Adirondacks where the competitions are all around lumberjacking. Their theme this year was “Life’s a Beech!” http://www.tupperlake.com/events/woodsmens-days-tupper
I’m checking it out now.