A popular draw for visitors to New York’s Westchester County, Stone Barns Center for Food & Agriculture is a farm laboratory devoted to creating a healthier food future through education and innovative farming techniques. The center’s annual fundraiser, Sheep Shearing Fest, returns April 27 for a day of family-friendly fun benefiting the center’s initiatives. Guests can interact with farmers as they demonstrate sheep shearings. To learn to card, comb, spin and weave wool; dance around a Maypole. Also and help herd the sheep back to pasture. Live music, crafts and seasonal fare round out the event.