Market Outlets and Tools
AGRI-TOURISM
Refers to the act of visiting a working farm or any agricultural, horticultural or agribusiness operation for the purpose of enjoyment, education, or active involvement in the activities of the farm or operation. Agri-tourism is increasingly popular in farming communities near urban areas.
On the Web
- Western Profiles of Innovative Agricultural Marketing: Examples from Direct Farm Marketing and Agri-Tourism Enterprises, by Russell Tronstad. (Publication, AZ1325) Western Extension Marketing Committee/University of Arizona, CALSmart, 2003. 128p. Full text: http://cals.arizona.edu/AREC/wemc/westernprofiles.html
- Agritourism a web-based resource for farmers, by Stephen Searl, UVM Masters student in Natural Resources at the University of Vermont and Outreach Coordinator for the Vermont Tourism Data Center. The site features a number of different resources rangeing from agritoursim "how-to" guides and economic benefit studies to state-wide and/orregion-wide agritourism associations. http://www.uvm.edu/tourismresearch/agritourism.html
- Entrepreneur's Guide to Starting a New Agricultural Enterprise: Managing Risk, by the University of Delaware Cooperative Extension (2005).
- www.nefarmways.com - check out the people, places and things along New England FarmWays to help make your farm experience more satisfying and enjoyable.
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Ginger S. Myers
Regional Marketing Specialist
Western Maryland Research and Education Center
18330 Keedysville Road
Keedysville, Maryland 21756-1104
Phone: 301.432.2767 x338
Fax: 301-432-4089
gsmyers@umd.edu
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