PHOTO GALLERY: South Farm Showcase educates visitors about the environment

September 22, 2012 | 9:02 p.m. CDT

The South Farm Showcase, a free event sponsored by the MU College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, was organized to educate visitors about the environment.

Fox Hudson can't contain his excitement as Kris Simpson shows off a Madagascar hissing cockroach to a group Saturday at the South Farm Showcase at MU's South Farm. Simpson is the collections manager of Enns Entomology Museum and hosted the cockroach races during the showcase. "They aren't hissing much today," Simpson said, which is probably due to the cooler temperatures. | Emma Kessinger

Volunteer Marissa Spencer bottle-feeds a water buffalo while Heidi Baillos and Charlotte Struckhoff pet the animal Saturday at the South Farm Showcase at MU's South Farm. The 4- to 5-month-old water buffalo has been bottle-fed so it could be in a petting zoo. "They're not normally this friendly," Spencer said. | Emma Kessinger

Danny Shilling speaks before he demonstrates dog-herding at the South Farm Showcase on Saturday. The free event was sponsored by the MU College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources to educate visitors about the environment. | Emma Kessinger