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Walk-About Acres
Located just outside of  Columbia, Missouri, Walk-About Acres offers fun school field trips as well as honey products from their own bees and native plants from their greenhouse. Each year, several t housand school children will visit Walk-About Acres in C olumbia, Missouri. Field trips include learning about and seeing peacocks, rabbits, llamas, and goats, visiting the apiary (home for honey bees), rolling a beeswax candle, potting a plant and eating a honey stick. The kids get to take the honey stick, candle and plant home. It is a great value! The next time your school or group is looking for a fun, yet, educational field trip, check out Walk-About Acres.
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2009 Agritourism Conference |
At the 2009 Missouri Agritourism Conference you can explore everything from running school tours, retail shops, safety regulations, direct marketing, taxes and more. Everyone from the beginning agritourism operator to the seasoned veteran should attend to network, visit the trade show and gain new ideas.
The conference will take place January 16-17, 2009 at the Lodge of the Four Seasons in Lake Ozark, Mo. A special room rate of $69/night has been established for the conference. To reserve your room, call
1-888-265-5500 and ask for the Agritourism January 2009 Conference room block.
Below are links to the full conference program and trade show information.
Conference Brochure
Trade Show Invitation
Trade Show Registration Form
The Missouri Farmers' Market Association will be holding their Annual Meeting in conjunction with the Missouri Agritourism Conference. To register for their meeting, visit the Farmers' Market page.
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Agritourism, what is it? |
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Webster.com defines agritourism as “the practice of touring agricultural areas to see farms and often to participate in farm activities.” AgriMissouri shortened that definition to “any agribusiness or farm that provides an agricultural experience.” Basically, when you visit a pumpkin farm, dairy, u-pick berry patch or orchard, winery, corn maze, Christmas tree farm or take a school trip to a farm, you are an agritourist.
Agritourism has been around for many years but it has become very popular in the last five to ten years. Why is that? According to Jane Eckert, Eckert AgriMarketing, “People want to have their children see a cow first-hand, rather than in a book,” Eckert said. “They want to see where their food comes from and who grows it.”
Years ago most of people had grandparents or a cousin that lived on a farm who they visited every summer. Today, more of people live in urban areas and so do their grandparents or relatives. As this trend has developed so has the need for the farm experience or agritourism. In addition, visiting an agritourism destination is a great day trip or weekend family activity
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