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Northshore October 2025
Anyone who’s ever seen dozens of kids crowded around the incubator at the Topsfield Fair, transfixed by the little miracle of baby chicks pecking free from their eggs, knows the powerful effect animals and farms have on children. Kids will drop what they’re doing to feed a sheep, to scatter corn among a flock of chickens, or to put their little hands on a bunny’s soft fur. Things are no different at Appleton Farms in Ipswich and Hamilton, which regularly welcomes kids and families for educational programs that bring them closer to the farm, its people, and its animals. “I think every step we take on the farm ther
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