The 18th annual Farmland Preservation Festival will take place April 11 at the Stirrups ‘n Strides Therapeutic Riding Center at 4246 W Highway 318, between Orange Lake and Citra.
The event is organized by the nonprofit Save Our Rural Areas group, or SORA. It will run from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. It will include family-friendly fun, cottage and traditional farm crafts, farm animals, tractors and farm equipment, food vendors, live music and plants for sale.
“SORA is a 501(c)(3) that is concerned about the future of Marion County’s farmland and its future land uses,” said Jerome Feaster, the longtime lead organizer of the festival…