Slater, Iowa
June 17, 2002

Garst Seed Company and Left & Center Field of Dreams officials announce this year's corn maze design will be the Farm Safety 4 Just Kids logo in honor of the organization's 15th anniversary. "Farm Safety 4 Just Kids is honored to have the corn maze created in our logo. It has been through the generosity and support of sponsors like Garst Seed Company and Left & Center Field of Dreams, that Farm Safety 4 Just Kids has been able to spend the past 15 years educating children, youth, and farm families about farm safety. The corn maze is the ideal way to celebrate the advancements that have been made in the childhood farm safety movement," said Marilyn Adams, President and Founder of Farm Safety 4 Just Kids. As the tradition holds, a portion of the proceeds received at the maze will be donated to the Farm Safety 4 Just Kids. Farm Safety 4 Just Kids is a non-profit organization working to promote farm safety for kids. Adams, Spokesperson, Founder, and President started the organization after the death of her eleven-year-old son, Keith, in a gravity flow wagon of shelled corn on the family's Iowa farm. Today, the organization produces and distributes educational materials for farm safety. A chapter network of nearly 3,000 grassroots volunteers has also been established throughout the United States and Canada. For more information, contact your local chapter or call (800) 423-5437. More information is also available at www.fs4jk.org.

"I feel that what Farm Safety 4 Just Kids does is just tremendous. Anything they can do help reduce accidents on the farm is great," said Keith Rahne, Manager of the Left & Center Field of Dreams. "We're extremely happy to be associated with such a class act operation." The Left & Center Field of Dreams first teamed up with Garst Seed Company to create a corn maze in 1999 to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the popular baseball movie "Field of Dreams." Now in its four year, the corn maze's August 1st grand opening will again feature 15 informational areas within the maze to test visitors "Field of Dreams" and baseball knowledge. Answering all 15 questions correctly will win the quest a prize at the souvenir shop. At various resting spots, maze goers will also find information regarding the importance of corn to Iowa's economy and other facts telling of the wide range of consumer goods produced from corn. Garst is the "Official Seed Corn" for the maze. The maze will be cut from 9 acres of Garst 8349 RR, which was planted May 10th. The seed for the field was provided courtesy of Tom Helle of Farmer's Shipping in Dyersville, IA.

"Farmer's Shipping in Dyersville has been a long time supporter of Left and Center Field of Dreams and the corn maze," notes Jeff Lacina, Public Relations Manager for Garst. "This project, including Farmer's Shipping, Left and Center Field of Dreams and Garst is just a great example of how we
can work together for a fun project that benefits a greater cause." In order to create a maze of corn, the corn must be planted in such a way to make a "forest" for the designer and cutters to create in. To do this, the corn was planted in rows going both east to west and north to south. A crew will then cut the design into the field when the plants reach eight to 12 inches high.

The magical corn maze surrounds the Left & Center Field of Dreams, which is located just 3.3 miles northeast of Dyersville, Ia., and is open seven days a week from 9 AM to 6 PM August 1st through the end of October. "We're really happy with the corn maze," said Rahne. "It is really family oriented and a great time for all. We even have some corporate entities use the maze as a teambuilding experience."
The corn maze is an added attraction to the popular Left & Center Field of Dreams. Visitors to the maze continue to return year after year and many wait in anticipation for the time when the corn is finally ready to venture through.

In the movie "Field of Dreams", the corn plays an integral role. It is in the corn that baseball fan and farmer, Ray Kinsella, played by Kevin Costner, first hears the dream-like suggestions, "If you build it...he will come." Following his hunch, Kinsella then transforms part of his cornfield into the serene "field of dreams", complete with outfield "fences" of high-as-an-elephant's-eye Iowa corn. It is from this same magical corn the "ghost players", members of the 1919 Chicago White Sox and Joe "Shoeless
Joe" Jackson appear and play ball on Kinsella's cornfield creation. Today, on special occasions and on the last Sunday of June through September, the Field of Dreams "Ghost Players" make their magical return through the cornfields surrounding the field. Many of today's ghost players did appear in the movie and still enjoy playing ball on the "field in the corn" and meeting and greeting fans from around the world.

While no appointments are needed to visit the corn maze, group events can be organized to the maze. The Left & Center Field of Dreams staff can handle special groups, class outings, corporate events and tours with a few days notice. To schedule a time or get more information please contact the Left
& Center Field of Dreams office at (800) 443-8981 or visit their web site at www.leftandcenterfod.com.

Roswell Garst founded Garst Seed Company in Coon Rapids, Ia. in 1930. Today the corporate and research headquarters reside in Slater, Ia. As the largest member of the Advanta Group, Garst Seed Co. is dedicated to providing quality performance, commitment and technology in the seed corn
industry. For more information visit www.garstseedco.com.