FARM TOURS
Farm Tours will include every aspect of the farm: gardens, greenhouse, orchard, animal operations, compost piles, irrigation systems, (the list can go on and on). Or it can be tailored specifically to your interests. We'll explain what the term "sustainability" means to us and explain the steps we take to make our farm as sustainable as possible.
- We offer a tractor-pulled hay ride or walking tour
- May through September is the best time to see the farm in full production
- We suggest groups of 20 or smaller
- We can suit the tour to any age group
- We have hosted homeschool groups, high school students, students in college ag courses, garden club members, and environmental groups, just to name a few
- Please contact us at least two weeks in advance to make arrangements.
- A small fee (usually $3/per person) will be charged for our time
- Snacks or meals with local food can be provided for an extra fee
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Our goal is to show visitors a small family-owned farm operation and its daily practices as it changes from season to season, including the organic garden and orchard, livestock and crop rotation systems, and land and water conservation methods. We hope that by observing small-scale, sustainable food production and tasting fresh food people can reconnect with the earth, appreciate where their food comes from and learn why we must support our local farmers.
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By educating the public about the economic and environmental impact of their food choices we hope to demonstrate to them that a local, community-based food system is beneficial to the consumer because it provides healthier food at lower costs and it is economically beneficial to small family-owned farms and their communities. A local food system also helps protect the environment by lowering transportation fuel use and supporting smaller farms which tend to be more environmentally-friendly than large-scale industrial farms.
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