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1-800-872-6648
301 Frontage Road
Lafayette, IN 47905
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| Benton County Wind Farms |
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www.bentoncounty.in.gov
765-884-2080
706 E. 5th Street
Fowler, IN 47944
Contact: Benton County Economic Development
Home of Indiana’s first wind farm! Learn about how the wind farms were developed and built, the turbines, how the power is generated, collected and distributed and more!
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| Clay Critters |
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www.claycritters.com
800-327-5893
4866 N. 9th Street
West Lafayette, IN 47906
Hours: Tours must be scheduled in advance. Weekdays only, preferrably in the morning or early afternoon.
Clay Critters was created in 1978 when a hobby was turned into a business. Today, handcrafted, unbreakable ‘critters’ including marine life, wildlife, reptiles, fruits and flowers are made into magnets. Come see the magnets come to life from the beginning sketches to the final personalization process. Everyone goes home with their own magnet and there is the opportunity to purchase more.
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| Fair Oaks Dairy Adventure |
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www.fofarms.com
877-536-1194, ext. 321
856 North 600 East
Fair Oaks, IN 47943
Note: Fair Oaks is on Central Time
Enjoy an “Adventure of a Lifetime” at Fair Oaks Farms Adventure Center complete with four Exhibit Halls, 3D/4D Movie, Interactive Area, Mrs. Cowhoun’s Cowculus Class, Birthing Barn, Mooville and a 45 minute bus tour out to the working dairy. We’ll make sure you and your group have an Extraordinary Day!
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| Historic Prophetstown |
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www.prophetstown.org
765-567-4700
3549 Prophetstown Trail
Battle Ground, IN 47920
Hours: open Daily April-October. Guided tours are available when scheduled in advance.
Historic Prophetstown is dedicated to showing, sharing and teaching about agriculture and horse powered farming. Discover the Native American Settlement and the Farmstead where valuable lessons are uncovered.
We are a real working farm. Although we use horse drawn farming, we practice modern day farming techniques.
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We hope to educate, encourage and promote animal power combined with the latest equipment innovations in an effort to support sustainable small scale farming.
Explore the barn, barnyard, outbuildings, Indiana prairie and Native American Village. Meet the farm animals and maybe even milk a cow!
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| Inspired Fire Glass Studio & Gallery |
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www.inspiredfire.com
765-474-1981
2124 State Road 25 S.
Lafayette, Indiana 47909
Hours: Demonstrations must be scheduled in advance. The studio is open Tuesday through Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Glass blowing studio of flame work that showcases a gallery not only of glass but other art mediums as well. Demonstrations may show how to blow a glass ornament or create glass beads or maybe a small sculpture. Demonstration times vary and can be tailored to the group.
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| Lafayette Brewing Company |
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www.lafayettebrewingco.com
765-742-2591
622 Main Street
Lafayette, IN 47901
Tours and tastings available for groups.
A family restaurant with several different ales and lagers as well as root beer brewed on site. Restaurant can also accommodate large groups for lunch or dinner.
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| People's Brewing Company |
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www.peoplesbrew.com
765-714-2777
2006 N. 9th Street
Lafayette, IN 47904
Brewery tours and tastings available. Tasting room open to the public Wednesday through Friday from 2 to 8 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday from 12 to 8 p.m. Brewery tours by appointment.
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| Purdue University Campus Tour |
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www.purdue.edu/vic
765-494-4636
Walking or riding tours of campus can be arranged in advance through the Purdue Visitor Information Center. Call them or visit the center’s website to schedule a tour.
Purdue University was established in 1869 as Indiana’s land-grant institution. Classes began in 1874 with 39 students; enrollment today totals over 39,000 students. In addition to exponential growth in enrollment, the university has expanded in its campus amenitiesart collections, campus buildings and grounds, musical programs and convocations to name a few.
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| Subaru Indiana Automotive |
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www.subaru-sia.com
General Information: 765-449-1111
Tours: 765-449-6250
5500 State Road 38 East
Lafayette, IN 47905
Step onto the production floor and learn how the Subaru Tribeca, Subaru Outback, Subaru Legacy and the Toyota Camry are made with robots and people in this zero landfill production facility.
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| Two Cookin' Sisters |
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www.twocookinsisters.com
765-563-7377
210 South Prairie Street
Brookston, IN 47923
Located in Downtown Brookston, Indiana, Two Cookin' Sisters, a small specialty food company is co-owned by sisters, Kristi Robinson Rensberger and Kim Robinson. They are known for their “Big Sister Salsa”, jams and jellies, pickles and Relishes, gift baskets and Indiana made specialty foods sold in the store.
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| WISER (Western Indiana Sustainable Energy Resource) Clean Energy Tours |
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www.wiserindiana.org
219-207-1155
Mailing Address:
PO Box 196
Reynolds, IN 47980
Secondary Contact: White County Economic Development 574-583-6557
Take a tour of the Meadow Lake Wind Farm in White County or take a Clean Energy Tour and select 3 of the following 4 locations to visit:
· Meadow Lake Wind Farm
· EnviroWatts Gas Generation Plant at Liberty Landfill (where they are turning biomass gas into electricity)
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· An anaerobic Digester at the Bio Town Ag Energy Center (where they are turning manure and other organic products into methane gas which is then used to power internal combustion engines to generate electricity)
· Algaewheel at BioTown USA (where they are growing algae in a greenhouse at the Reynolds Waste Water Treatment Plant) |
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