Visit us

Come explore the Discovery Centre to learn about how food is produced and processed in Canada! Whether you're dropping in for a self guided tour, booking a private tour for your group of friends or family, joining us for an educational program or birthday party, or booking our versatile meeting space, the Farm and Food Discovery Centre welcomes you with open arms and a smile on our faces. 

A group of adults are touring the dairy barn while wearing masks.

Hours of operation

  • A child and adult sit inside the model swather cab at FFDC.

Operating hours

Now open for walk-up visits!

Tuesday: 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Wednesday: 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Thursday: 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Friday: 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Saturday: 10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Closures

We are closed on long weekends and all holidays observed by the University of Manitoba. Upcoming Closures: 

  • April 15 - 18 for Good Friday & Easter
  • May 21 - 23 for Victoria Day
  • July 1 - 4 for Canada Day
  • July 30 - August 1 for Terry Fox Day
  • September 3 - 5 for Labour Day
  • September 30 for National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
  • October 9 - 10 for Thanksgiving
  • November 11 for Remembrance Day

Admission

FFDC Admission - $7.00

All access pass - $10.00

(All access includes: FFDC, Dairy Farmers of Manitoba Discovery and Learning Complex and Egg farmers of Manitoba learning and Research Centre)

Guided tours can be added to your admission rate for groups of 15 people or more.

Note, these prices reflect drop-in rates only. Additional rates may apply for specialty tours.

For prices on educational programming, meetings, team building, facility rentals, or birthday parties, follow the links on the right to their webpages.

 

Guided tours

  • A groups of seniors learn about laying hens while on a tour of FFDC.

    Tour of the Discovery Centre

    The standard admission price could include a free guided tour of the Farm and Food Discovery Centre including the view into our operational hog barn. You can even ask when the pigs are expected to give birth to plan your visit for when there are brand new piglets! To guarantee your free guided tour, be sure to pre-book your visit and request a guided tour!

    Note: guided tours must be booked in advance to ensure our staff are free and available to guide you.

  • Families with kids look at the dairy calves during a barn tour at FFDC.

    Tour of the Dairy Farmers of Manitoba Discovery and Learning Complex

    For an additional charge, you can request a tour of the state-of-the-art dairy barn when you pre-book a visit at FFDC. You will get a close up look at cows and calves in the barn, learn about how cattle are cared for in Manitoba, see some of the fascinating technology in action, and best of all play with the brand new interactive exhibits!

    Note: dairy barn tours must be pre-booked.

Upcoming events

The Farm and Food Discovery Centre hosts a wide range of family fun events throughout the year. Some crowd favourites include Ice Cream Party, Breakfast with Santa, Pumpkin Carving Party, Open Farm Day, and Pizza Party. Make sure your crew doesn't miss out on all the fun at the Discovery Centre!

Check out some of the action from previous family fun events!

A parent is wearing a mask and holding a young child pointing towards Santa, who is standing to the left of them. They are standing in front of one of the hog barn viewing windows in FFDC.
Showing Santa the pigs in the hog barn viewing windows during FFDC's Santa on the Farm event in December 2021.
A young child is thrilled to meet Santa during FFDC's Santa on the Farm event.
Two adults smile gleefully at a young child between them as they pose for photos with Santa at FFDC. The guests are sitting on a hay bale to the right of a large decorated tree with wrapped gifts underneath. On the left of the tree, Santa sits on a green chair looking at the child with a smile.
A photo with Santa taken at FFDC's Santa on the Farm event in December 2021.
A young child is thrilled to meet Santa during FFDC's Santa on the Farm event.
Meeting Santa during FFDC's Santa on the Farm event in December 2021.
A parent watches as their two young children roll out pizza dough to make fresh pizza at FFDC while wearing masks.
Rolling out a crust during FFDC's Pizza Party in August 2021
A child enjoys a bite of pizza made during FFDC's Pizza Party.
Enjoying the handmade pizza during FFDC's Pizza Party in August 2021.
A family carves jack-o-lanterns while wearing costumes during FFDC's Pumpkin Carving Party.
Making the first cuts in the jack-o-lanterns at FFDC's Pumpkin Carving Party in October 2021.
A young child smiles gleefully while pulling out the guts of a pumpkin while carving a jack-o-lantern. The child is wearing a swat costume while their parent stands behind watching.
Pulling out the pumpkin guts during FFDC's Pumpkin Carving Party in October 2021.
Three jack-o-lanterns that were carved at FFDC are glowing in a dark room. In the background there are halloween decorations and a youtube playlist displayed on the TV.
Three of the jack-o-lanterns carved during FFDC's Pumpkin Carving Party in October 2021.
2 children sit at a wooden table wearing masks. One is mixing pizza dough in a metal bowl with a wooden spoon while the other watches.
Making dough during FFDC's Pizza Party in August 2021

Find us

Bruce D. Campbell Farm and Food Discovery Centre
1290 Research Station Road
Glenlea Research Station | University of Manitoba
Glenlea, Manitoba, Canada, R0G 0S0

ffdc@umanitoba.ca
1-204-883-2524
1-204-883-2532