Annual Visitors Day
Saturday, June 12, 2010
9:30 am - 3 pm
FREE ADMISSION
SVF will be hosting our Annual Visitors Day on Saturday, June 12, 2010. This year we are celebrating as partners with the United Nations in the 2010 International Year of Biodiversity. We will have new educational exhibits discussing the importance of conservation and agriculture.
SVF is a non-profit organization situated on a beautiful historic farm in Newport, RI. The mission of SVF is to preserve endangered breeds of livestock used for food and fiber. In collaboration with Tuft’s Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, SVF collects germplasm – semen and embryos – from rare breeds of cattle, sheep and goats. Germplasm is cryogenically frozen and placed in long term storage using liquid nitrogen, where it may remain for hundreds of years before being thawed and used to reawaken an extinct breed.
Though SVF is typically a closed site due to biosecurity, Visitors Day allows the public to see our livestock and speak directly with the SVF laboratory, veterinary and animal care staff. In addition to a self-guided tour through the historic property of Swiss Village, several endangered breeds will be on display, along with professional sheep-shearing and cryogenic demonstrations on-going throughout the day.
Special guests this year will include Fair Food Farmstand, from the historic Reading Terminal Market in Philadelphia. Fair Food promotes local, sustainably produced food and is supporting small farmers who would like to raise and produce heritage breeds of livestock. FFF is partnering with SVF to educate their consumers about the need to support heritage breed products in the marketplace. Please visit their website for more information. http://www.whitedogcafefoundation.org/farmstand.html
This event is free to the public. Free parking and transportation will be provided from Fort Adams State Park 9:30am – 3pm.
For more information contact the main office.
Phone: 401.848.7229
Email info@svffoundation.org
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