
Agritourism
A Manual for Diversifying Your Farm Income
Matt Stephens(Author)
New Society Publishers
Book
Paperback/Softback
224 pages
978-0-86571-935-4 (ISBN)
Description
Sow the seeds of multiple income streams and community connection on your farm.
Opening your barn doors to the people is much more than sharing holiday hayrides, farm tours, and bottle-feeding lambs with friends. It is also a means of reconnecting people with their food and diversifying your farm income.
Packed with decades of sustainable tourism experiences, Agritourism: A Manual for Diversifying Your Farm Income is an experience-based guide to connecting with the public and developing multiple, sustainable income streams on your farm. Chock-full of case studies, Q&A's, pros and cons, solutions, priorities, and actionable items from agritourism farms that succeeded and failed. Coverage Includes:
Determining whether agritourism is right for you and your farm
Types of agritourism operations, including off-farm and on-farm experiences
Ideas for product and experience scenarios, including one-time, seasonal, and holiday events
Making money, including how and what to charge, value-added products and services, and farm accommodation
Business basics, including name, accounts, legalities, taxes, and more!
If you dream of opening your farm to the public, engaging with people, and developing a diversified, sustainable income, then this A-to-Z tool kit for sustainable tourism is for you.
Opening your barn doors to the people is much more than sharing holiday hayrides, farm tours, and bottle-feeding lambs with friends. It is also a means of reconnecting people with their food and diversifying your farm income.
Packed with decades of sustainable tourism experiences, Agritourism: A Manual for Diversifying Your Farm Income is an experience-based guide to connecting with the public and developing multiple, sustainable income streams on your farm. Chock-full of case studies, Q&A's, pros and cons, solutions, priorities, and actionable items from agritourism farms that succeeded and failed. Coverage Includes:
Determining whether agritourism is right for you and your farm
Types of agritourism operations, including off-farm and on-farm experiences
Ideas for product and experience scenarios, including one-time, seasonal, and holiday events
Making money, including how and what to charge, value-added products and services, and farm accommodation
Business basics, including name, accounts, legalities, taxes, and more!
If you dream of opening your farm to the public, engaging with people, and developing a diversified, sustainable income, then this A-to-Z tool kit for sustainable tourism is for you.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Gabriola Island
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
8 Plates, color
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
367 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-86571-935-4 (9780865719354)
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Person
Matt Stephens was born into a part-time homesteading family. Growing up on a 65-acre central Texas hobby farm, Matt learned from his parents and his rural Depression-surviving grandparents while developing a love for all things that lived and came from a farmstead lifestyle. He has transformed the family farm into a sustainable agritourism business, which has been successfully running for the past decade. He regularly presents on farming and agritourism at conferences around North America and lives in central Texas.
Content
Section I: Getting Started
Introduction
Chapter 1: How Can You Do Agritourism Successfully?
Chapter 2: Is Agritourism Right for Your Farm?
Chapter 3: Does Your Location Matter?
Section II: Areas and Types
Chapter 4: What Are the Major Areas and Types of Agritourism?
Chapter 5: One-hit Wonderfuls?
Chapter 6: There Is a Season for a Reason?
Chapter 7: Time to Pick the Donuts
Chapter 8: Leaving the Farm?
Chapter 9: Come on in and Stay Awhile
Section III: The Business of Agritourism
Chapter 10: How Do You Make Money?
Chapter 11: How Do You Make More Money?
Chapter 12: How Do You Market Agritourism?
Chapter 13: What Is the Business of Agritourism?
Introduction
Chapter 1: How Can You Do Agritourism Successfully?
Chapter 2: Is Agritourism Right for Your Farm?
Chapter 3: Does Your Location Matter?
Section II: Areas and Types
Chapter 4: What Are the Major Areas and Types of Agritourism?
Chapter 5: One-hit Wonderfuls?
Chapter 6: There Is a Season for a Reason?
Chapter 7: Time to Pick the Donuts
Chapter 8: Leaving the Farm?
Chapter 9: Come on in and Stay Awhile
Section III: The Business of Agritourism
Chapter 10: How Do You Make Money?
Chapter 11: How Do You Make More Money?
Chapter 12: How Do You Market Agritourism?
Chapter 13: What Is the Business of Agritourism?