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Ferguson’s Minnesota Harvest Expands Fall Fun to More than 30 Attractions

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Ferguson’s Minnesota Harvest Expands Fall Fun to More than 30 Attractions
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Ferguson’s Minnesota Harvest Expands Fall Fun to More than 30 Attractions

2024-08-13 18:01 Last Updated At:18:11

JORDAN, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug 13, 2024--

Get ready for an unforgettable fall adventure at Ferguson’s Minnesota Harvest, where apples—America's number one consumed fruit—take center stage. Over 100,000 visitors reveled in the fun last year, and this season promises even more excitement with fresh surprises from the Ferguson family. This second-generation family-owned farm features more than 30 attractions, including several thrilling new additions. It’s also home to sprawling pumpkin patches, a giant corn maze and Minnesota’s largest pick-your-own apple orchards, making it the ultimate destination for all things fall.

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“We think of ourselves as the ‘Fall Fun Pioneers’,” said Andy Ferguson, Co-Owner of Ferguson’s Orchards. “This year, we’re turning up the excitement with new attractions for all ages. Agritourism at its best combines exhilarating fall experiences with the finest fruit in the country, and we are proud to offer both at Ferguson’s Minnesota Harvest.”

Located less than half an hour south of the Twin Cities, Ferguson’s Minnesota Harvest has been named 2024’s “Best Apple Orchard'' and “Best Fall Destination” in Minnesota by the Star Tribune, and one of the top orchards nationwide by Wide Open Country.

Visitors can enjoy either a day or a full season, for only $18 per person while children under two years old are welcome free of charge. This one-time purchase includes a season pass allowing unlimited daily entry from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. through November 3. Tickets for active-duty military, veterans, and seniors are $15 per person. Online ticket purchases are required to expedite entry, https://fergusonsorchard.com/twin-cities-home/.

"With your one-time admission fee, you can enjoy unlimited visits for 11 weeks of endless fall fun," added Ferguson. "We created this pay-once-come-all-season pass so families can take their time and enjoy every attraction. If you can't fit everything into one day, you can always return for free."

New Attractions at Minnesota Harvest – photos and b-rollavailable here

For a complete list of attractions, head to https://fergusonsorchard.com/twin-cities-home/.

Indulge in Delectable Fall Eats at the Country Store

Visitors are also invited to embark on a culinary adventure at the charming Country Store. Sweet tooths will sing when they sink into freshly made caramel apples, irresistible pies and pastries, and legendary apple cider donuts made from the apples picked on Ferguson’s Orchards’ own farm. Tucked inside the Country Store is Harvest Bistro, which offers a mouth-watering savory menu featuring famous Ferguson Mac & Cheese topped with pulled pork and apple slices, pulled pork or chicken salad sandwiches, 10-inch chili dogs, and more. A visit to the Country Store is topped off by shopping the wide selection of locally-made gifts, crafts and plenty of varieties of fresh-picked Minnesota Harvest apples for any taste.

Agritourism & Certifications

As a local leader in agritourism, Ferguson’s takes great pride in connecting locals and tourists to the land through engaging on-farm activities. Visitors connect meaningfully with nature whether it’s apple and pumpkin picking, or meeting our friendly fuzzy farm animals. Visitors often remark how the experience is a joyful contrast to their fast-paced, screen-filled lives. Minnesota Harvest is also recognized and certified by both the USDA and Tru-Earth for maintaining the farm’s highest standards of growing practices, sustainability, employee safety, and training.

About Ferguson’s Orchards

Ferguson’s Orchards is the Midwest’s premier fall “agritourism” destination and one of the region’s largest commercial apple growers between the Rocky Mountains and Lake Michigan with 400,000 apple trees. Family-owned and family-farmed, Ferguson’s has four locations in Wisconsin and Minnesota, offering best-in-class apple and pumpkin picking, corn mazes, wagon rides, and authentic farm-to-table culinary experiences, among other attractions. The Fergusons believe that knowing your farmer and seeing where your food comes from is key to a happy, healthy life and sense of community. Over the years, Ferguson’s has received many awards, including Best Apple Orchard, Best Pumpkin Patch, Best Corn Maze, and Best Family Entertainment Business. To learn more, visit www.fergusonsorchard.com.

Ferguson’s Minnesota Harvest farm features more than 30 attractions, including several thrilling new additions. (Photo: Business Wire)

Ferguson’s Minnesota Harvest farm features more than 30 attractions, including several thrilling new additions. (Photo: Business Wire)

KARTALKAYA, Turkey (AP) — As flames tore through a 12-story hotel at a popular ski resort in northwestern Turkey, friends Esra Karakisa and Halime Cetin stood helpless, paralyzed by the horror unfolding before them: people leaning out of smoke-filled rooms pleading for help and others making the harrowing decision to leap out.

The fire at the Grand Kartal Hotel in Kartalya, in the Koroglu mountains in Bolu province, on Tuesday left at least 76 people dead and 51 injured. It came near the start of a two-week winter break for schools when hotels in the region are filled to capacity.

“There was no one around. They were calling for firefighters. They were breaking the windows. Some could no longer stand the smoke and flames, and they jumped,” Cetin, an employee at a hotel adjacent to the Grand Kartal, told The Associated Press.

Her colleague, Karakisa said: “It was awful. We were terrified. People were screaming. The cries of children especially affected us. We wanted to help but there was nothing we could do. I couldn’t look it was so terrifying.”

Authorities have assigned six prosecutors to investigate the cause of the fire, which appeared to have started at the restaurant section on the fourth floor of of the wooden-clad hotel and spread quickly through to the upper floors.

At least nine people have been detained for questioning, including the hotel owner.

Flags at government buildings and Turkish diplomatic missions abroad were lowered to half-staff as the nation shocked by the disaster observed a day of mourning for the victims.

Only 45 of the 76 bodies have been identified so far, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said late Tuesday.

One of the injured was in serious condition, while 29 others were treated and released, the Health Ministry said.

The hotel had 238 registered guests, according to Yerlikaya. The fire was reported at 3:27 a.m. and the fire department began to respond at 4:15 a.m., he told reporters.

Officials and witnesses said the rescue efforts were hampered by the fact that part of the 161-room hotel is on the side of a cliff.

According to Tourism Minister Mehmet Nuri Ersoy, the hotel underwent inspections in 2021 and 2024, and “no negative situation regarding fire competence” was reported by the fire department.

Karakisa said she eventually brought clothes and water for the survivors while others rushed to bring mattresses for people to jump onto or propped up ladders against the wall to help them escape.

Among those who placed mattresses was Baris Salgur, a cleaner in a nearby hotel.

“They were saying, ‘Please help, we’re burning!' They were saying, ‘Call the fire department,' we were trying to calm them down, but there was nothing we could do, we couldn’t get in either,” Salgur, 19, said. " It was very high, we couldn’t extend a rope or anything of course. We were trying to do the best we could.”

“People jumped from a great height, I couldn’t look. There were two women at the top floor. The flames had literally entered the room. They couldn’t stand it and jumped,” he said.

Salgur described seeing a man on the top floors holding a baby and shouting for a mattress he could throw his baby on.

"We told him to be a little calmer. He waited, then the fire department came and took them (out), but unfortunately the baby had died from smoke inhalation,” he said.

Associated Press writers Suzan Fraser in Ankara, Turkey, and Robert Badendieck in Istanbul contributed to this report.

Tightened bed sheets hang from a window of a hotel where a fire broke out at the Kartalkaya ski resort in Bolu province, northwest Turkey, on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Tightened bed sheets hang from a window of a hotel where a fire broke out at the Kartalkaya ski resort in Bolu province, northwest Turkey, on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

A Turkish flag flag flies at half staff outside a hotel where a fire broke out at the Kartalkaya ski resort in Bolu province, northwest Turkey, on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

A Turkish flag flag flies at half staff outside a hotel where a fire broke out at the Kartalkaya ski resort in Bolu province, northwest Turkey, on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Firefighters and emergency teams work on the aftermath of a fire that broke out at a hotel in the ski resort of Kartalkaya, located in Bolu province, northwest Turkey, on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Firefighters and emergency teams work on the aftermath of a fire that broke out at a hotel in the ski resort of Kartalkaya, located in Bolu province, northwest Turkey, on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Firefighters work to extinguish a fire in a hotel at a ski resort of Kartalkaya, located in Bolu province, in northwest Turkey, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025. (Enes Ozkan/IHA via AP)

Firefighters work to extinguish a fire in a hotel at a ski resort of Kartalkaya, located in Bolu province, in northwest Turkey, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025. (Enes Ozkan/IHA via AP)

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