Carpet farming on home-turf

Company makes custom rugs for kids to play-farm on their home ground

Amy Hadachek
Dec 12, 2022
Dec 12, 2022

Aerial RUG 1.png — Zeke Stroud of Missouri plays with a made-to-order rug designed with farm satellite images. They give younger famers a chance to play on their home fields.
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Amy Hadachek

Kids love pulling toy tractors across fields of carpet, but now they can “carpet farm” on their home ground.

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Aerial RUG 2.png — Satellite imagery of a farm gets re-created onto a rug, as a unique gift.
Submitted photo

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Aerial RUG 3.png — “Carpet farming” comes to life with aerial rugs made from satellite imagery of actual farms.
Submitted photo

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Reporter Amy Hadachek is a two-time Emmy Award winning meteorologist and a storm chaser who earned her NWA and AMS Broadcast Meteorology Seals of Approval. She and her husband live on a diversified farm in Kansas. Reach her at amy.hadachek@midwestmessenger.com.