Meet at the north entrance to the St. Michael's Preserve and join Rick Klevze on a walking tour of the preserve, including the land farmed by the Klevze family. Rick will explain the history of the farm, its relationship to the St. Michael's orphanage, as well has his close family link to the land. Klevze's grandfather, Charles Murphy, came to St Michael’s as an orphan in 1902. His grandmother, Mary Fish arrived between 1909 and 1920. They became caretaker and cook respectively. His mother, Catherine was raised on the farm. In 1949, his father, Frank Klevze, was sponsored by the Catholic Church and emigrated to the US where he was placed at St. Michael’s to work the farm. He operated a dairy there until 1976 and then livestock and field crops until 1997. Sponsored by the Hopewell Valley Historical Society.

Rick Klevze is a lifelong area resident who was raised on and worked the St. Michael's farm until 1997. He is currently employed by Growmark FS as a Certified Professional Agronomist and Certified Crops Advisor, where he has worked for 43 years. Klevze serves on the Farm Credit East Customer Service Council and is a member of the MidAtlantic CCA exam writing committee for the American Society of Agronomy.

The tour will meet at the north entrance to the St. Michael's Preserve, past First Street just outside of Hopewell Borough. Parking is limited at the preserve, with overflow parking at the Hopewell Elementary School, 35 Princeton Avenue.