Heartland Acres wins the Silos and Smokestacks “People’s Choice” 2011 Site of the Year Award. Silos & Smokestacks National Heritage Area (SSNHA) hosted their annual Golden Silo Awards Luncheon, Wednesday, April 6, 2011. Regional partners gathered at the Sky Event Centre in Waterloo, IA to honor this year’s “People’s Choice” – Site of the Year – Heartland Acres Agribition Center. The Partner Site was been voted for by the public to be their favorite “Site of the Year.” Pictured left to right: Randy Blin, Board Member – Heartland Acres, Candy Streed, Program & Partnership Director – SSNHA, Craig Johnson, Executive Director – Heartland Acres, Leanne Harrison, Programs and Education Manager – Heartland Acres, Don Short, President – SSNHA, and Ron Birkenholz, Communications Director – Iowa Pork Producers Association.

Latest addition to our Machine Shed tractor display – 1973 Massey Ferguson 1085 with a factory cab. This was the first year Massey Ferguson produced a tractor with a factory cab.

Big Bud 747 – see it at Heartland Acres in 2012!

 Heartland Acres Agribition Center is an exhibition of agriculture’s past, present, and future in the National Heritage Area of Northeast Iowa. Located in Independence, Iowa and sitting on 16 acres, Heartland Acres is a premiere location to teach visitors the importance of agriculture and the overall impact it has on EVERYONE…even YOU.

Events Center, Agribition Center (barn), Machine Shed, One-Room School House

What is Agribition?

We often get asked, “What does agribition stand for?” Simply put, agribition is a combination of the major aspects of the Agribition Center. In the whole scope of things, our project will focus on the exhibition of agricultural developments from the past, present and future of farming in America.