A farming family in Flagler County is teaching about Florida agriculture in an “amazing” way.
Their efforts are found just beyond the sunflowers and the pumpkins on the Cowart Ranch and Farms.
When cars and trucks race pass along State Road 100, drivers barely notice the 6-acre patch of sorghum.
However, birds and anyone in the air can see what this field reveals.
It's Flagler County's first crop maze and it's about to go public.
The Cowart family wants to turn a visit to their property into an educational trip.
“I think there's a lot of people that really want to see what's going on with farms and want to get outside and get their kids attached to the land,” Brittany Cowart said.
According to a 2009 University of Florida study, agriculture creates more than 25 percent of the jobs in Flagler County and brings in a quarter-billion dollars in revenue.
The Cowarts' maze and others like it fall under a new term called agri-tourism.
Once the Cowarts began researching agri-tourism they realized they've been a part of if for years. Brittany Cowart's father first opened a u-pick-em blueberry farm back in 1986.
“My dad did the blueberries, where people would come and pick their own berries. That was an agri-tourism operation. We didn't know that," Cowart said.
The maze opens Friday.
Cowart's boyfriend, Dalton Kinney, prepares the maze for visitors.
“There's still quite a bit of stuff that needs to be done. We'll get it done,” he said.
The farm will have have extension agents on hand to teach about agriculture in the region.
Visitors can also enjoy hayrides and a pumpkin and sunflower patch.
Farmers normally use sorghum between cash crops to help control weeds and renourish the fields.
For more info on the maze, click here.