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Save the Dates for the 2021 Virtual Agritourism Summit
NAFDMA
These uncertain times keep us physically apart, so we will come together virtually this winter in lieu of meeting in Atlanta, Georgia, for our Annual Convention. NAFDMA will host our first ever Virtual Summit online this coming Feb. 4-6, 2021 starting at 11am ET/8am PT each day. Join business owners from across the agritourism industry for inspiration, education, and engaging conversations.
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Handmade Goatmilk Lotions Soaps and Creams
Please contact by phone or email for more info. Contact info: Bates Family Farm, LLC 276-880-1017
joseph.bates46@yahoo.com and NAFDMA members receive discounts
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NAFDMA announces Member Savings Program
NAFDMA
Beginning October 15, additional value will be added to NAFDMA membership benefits through a new program which will save you, your company, staff and family members significant time and money.
The new Member Savings Program was developed in response to member feedback and offers collective buying power through a 150,000 business buying group alliance. Suppliers include Hewlett Packard, Ace Hardware, Sherwin Williams, Sunbelt Rentals, WEX Gasoline Cards, Staples, UPS, HotelEngine.com, Unifirst, Office Depot as well as over 25 other companies. These suppliers offer significant savings for members on their day to day business purchases. Members in the group purchasing alliance save an average of 20% on many expenses.
To get you off to a quick and easy start, when you express interest in any of the many savings programs, NAFDMA MSP Representatives will contact you and help you connect to the preferred pricing program with the vendors and assist if there are any forms or needed information (such as when credit is extended).
NAFDMA Members as well as their staff and family members can also save on their personal travel, insurance, entertainment, clothing, sporting goods and dining with over 1,100 supplier offers through the NAFDMA MSP Consumer Portal.
Details will be emailed to members on October 15. Please contact lisa@nafdma.com with questions.
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NAFDMA Supplier Member Highlight
NAFDMA
NAFDMA is proud to share supplier partnerships designed just for you. Our newest supplier member has developed tools specifically with your online presence needs in mind. As you might remember from last week, Agritourism.Life is here to "ring your collective bells" and share your story. Click HERE for more details.
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.INDUSTRY HEADLINES
Pumpkin picking is a popular pandemic pick-me-up
The New York Times
U-pick farms — the choose-your-own-fruit-and-vegetable patches that draw droves each summer and fall — have been especially busy this year. Some farms have been so picked over that they've had to close their fields for a day or longer to let new fruit ripen.
With apple-and-pumpkin season in full swing, that popularity is continuing, and u-picks have adapted accordingly.
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Comfort levels going to public places creeping up
White Hutchinson
The percent of adults who most recently said they are very or somewhat comfortable going to different out-of-home public activities is now creeping up since lows around in August. Going out to eat currently has the highest comfort level for adults at 40%. Going to a museum ranks the highest of different entertainment and art venues at 28%.
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Dry weather, brisk sales for pumpkin growers
Lancaster Farming
If Alan Ard had a choice, he would pick dry weather over wet conditions every time.
But that matter is out of Ard's hands, and that's why he feels lucky that this year's pumpkin crop didn't suffer from the dry summer.
The owner of Ard's Farm in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, Ard plants 16 acres of pumpkins that are used for a pick-your-own business, his family's farm market and for wholesale distribution.
The growing season in central Pennsylvania was extremely dry, Ard said, and if it wasn't for irrigation, his crop would've been in trouble.
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Family owned Valley Road Woodworks manufactures all
types of wagons and tricycles, even ones for adults! They are
heavy-duty and low maintenance, and will give your farm and
customers years of enjoyment. The wagons and trikes are
especially useful and popular at pick-your-own farms!
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SC farms pivot agritourism model during pandemic, but pumpkin patches still on
The Post and Courier
A skeleton scales the wall of an Egyptian pyramid as echoes of howling monsters looped on a sound system wail through the forest.
It's one of the scenes set up along Boone Hall Plantation's hayride trail, which will be followed by visitors' own vehicles instead of the traditional tractor-pulled wagon with a guide this year.
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Corn mazes haven't gotten lost amid the pandemic
Concord Monitor
The pandemic might be upending trick-or-treating but another tradition of Halloween season, the corn maze, is still going strong.
It appears that most farms around New Hampshire which hosted corn mazes last year are holding them again his year, taking advantage of the dry weather and people being more comfortable outdoors.
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Ohio Court of Appeals confirms decision not to allow weddings on hay farm as 'agritourism'
Ohio's Country Journal
When does the business of hosting weddings on a farm qualify as "agritourism" under Ohio law? That was the question faced by Ohio's Second District Court of Appeals in a legal battle between Caesarscreek Township and the owners of a farm property in Greene County. The answer to the question is important because local zoning can't prohibit the hosting of weddings and similar events if they fall under Ohio's definition of "agritourism."
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Anne Arundel, Maryland, council passes farm alcohol production bill, considers agritourism legislation
Capital Gazette
The Anne Arundel County Council passed a bill Monday night combining existing farm alcohol uses, including farm wineries and breweries, as alcohol production facilities and reestablishes they are exempt from paying admission and amusement taxes and changing other finance and taxation regulations.
The new regulations and permissions for farms that produce alcohol was supported by several residents who said they farm in Lothian and other areas of the county, and was passed unanimously after a brief discussion among the council and members of County Executive Steuart Pittman's administration.
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Crisp air and apples: Pandemic-weary folks flock to pick-your-own farms
The Christian Science Monitor
Elizabeth Kotoulis and Rachel Smith are wandering among the fruit trees at Brooksby Farm, enjoying a reprieve from Boston, where they both live. To enter the orchard and pick your own apples, you have to get in long lines, and everyone gets a squirt of hand sanitizer or uses the hand-washing station. Masks are required.
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Agritourism farms take precautions during fall season
The Caswell Messenger
Agritourism farms take precautions during fall season
With fall's arrival, many families will be looking to visit local farms for apple picking, pumpkin patches, corn mazes and other agritourism activities. While things will look a little different this year due to COVID-19, the state's farms offering agritourism are ready to greet visitors.
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After 34 years, Northeast's biggest farm trade show returns to Onondaga County
NYup.com
The largest annual farm and agriculture trade show in the Northeast will make its home in Onondaga County, New York, starting in 2021 after an absence of 34 years.
Empire Farm Days will be held at Palladino Farms (along with its Heritage Hill Brewhouse) on Sweet Road in Pompey Aug. 3, 4, and 5, 2021. That will remain its location through at least 2029, and possibly longer.
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'When people come to Wisconsin, they want to see cows.' Mother-daughter farm duo provide tours
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Wisconsin's dairy industry generates $46.5 billion in economic impact and 154,000 jobs for the state annually, constituting nearly 50% of the total Wisconsin agriculture contribution, according to the Dairy Farmers of Wisconsin.
Notably, they're also seeing a rise in female farmers in the state. Mother-daughter duo Tina Hinchley and Anna Hinchley Skadahl are among the female farmers leading the way.
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