There are several tools to help you evaluate your farm's assets when it comes to hosting visitors. Use these resources to consider personal characteristics and skills, target markets, market potential, land and property resources and characteristics, individual and family goals, time and labor considerations, and financial needs and resources.
"Many people express pleasure that we are a farm and I am a farmer — they want the true experience, not so much a 'tourist' stop. What's the difference? Not overcommercialized, really getting to learn about how the product is produced, not a lot of things for sale that we don't make... Love your life on the farm, love your products, enjoy meeting people, or don't bother." — Bette Lambert, Silloway Maple, Randolph, VT
Fact Sheets & Guides
- Are You Ready to Welcome Visitors to Your Farm? (PDF), Vermont Fresh Network & Dig In Vermont
- , University of California Cooperative Extension Small Farm Program
- , University of California Cooperative Extension Small Farm Program
- Is Agritourism For You? (PDF), University of California Cooperative Extension Small Farm Program
- Checklist: Are You Ready to Host Visitors at Your Farm? (PDF), University of Vermont Extension
- ,, 2006, Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education