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Living in a city, it is hard to understand the role agriculture plays in the state you live in beyond the stands at the summer Farmer’s Market. But while agriculture is not Utah’s main source of income, and you may not think “Where did this come from?” before purchasing produce or eating at a restaurant, farming still plays a larger role than you may imagine.

One thing that has been established in our many years of analyzing courage is that it is not the absence of fear but acting in the midst of it. Being courageous does not necessarily vanquish your fears, but it does help manage them. In the end, it’s all about management.

Though dinosaur bones are what most people think of when they hear the word fossil, fossils can be several different things - including the shells and teeth of animals that lived long before the dinosaurs existed.

At Farm Country, there are plenty of animals that result in plenty of chores, and the farm is always cleaner and safer for the animals and guests once they are all done.

The weather outside is frightful, but there is one prehistoric animal that would have loved this ice and snow: the Woolly Mammoth.

It is estimated that 25 percent of our population is intensely afraid of insects and spiders, with even more people falling somewhere along the spooked spectrum. There are thousands of insects, but only 1-3 percent of those are harmful to humans. So why are people so afraid of them?

Whether they are spook-ified villains like in Batman or naïve and lovable travel companions like in the Wizard of Oz, scarecrows are a staple of the autumnal harvest season.

There is a fear associated with tarantulas, all spiders really, that is generally unwarranted. What are we afraid of? That they will bite us, and their spider venom will cause our demise?

Thanksgiving Point places such an emphasis on curiosity because it does more than just help gain a stronger desire to learn.

In the 18th century, Paleontology was a like piecing together a puzzle without being able to see the full picture on the box. How far have we come since then?