Agritourism programs in the Extension and Sea Grant systems

The NET Design Team and the Regional Rural Development Centers carried out a national survey process from 2017 to 2019 to catalog current tourism and recreation programming being conducted by U.S. Extension professionals. They found that the Cooperative Extension and Sea Grant systems offer agritourism programming in more than half of all U.S. states. Links to these programs’ websites, where available, are listed below. (The complete report is available here.)

The NET Resource Library is a single repository for resources relevant to Extension and Sea Grant professionals working on agritourism programming. Those resources are available here.

Northeast states offering agritourism programming:

• Connecticut – https://heartctgrown.extension.uconn.edu/
• Maine
  • Downeast Fisheries Trail (www.DowneastFisheriesTrail.org)
  • Oyster Trail of Maine (http://seagrant.umaine.edu/maine-oyster-trail)
  • Maine Sea Grant also offers workshops and educational programs to foster collaborations between fisheries, aquaculture and tourism industries, develop shellfish farm tours, lobster boat tours etc. http://www.seagrant.umaine.edu/fisheries-tourism
• Maryland
• New Jersey – https://agritourism.rutgers.edu/training/
• New York
• Pennsylvania – https://aese.psu.edu/outreach/agritourism
• Rhode Island
• Vermont
  • Opening Your Farm to Visitors: https://www.uvm.edu/extension/vtagritourism
  • Webinar series http://go.uvm.edu/sellvtfood
• West Virginia – https://extension.wvu.edu/agriculture/farm-management/agritourism

Southern States offering tourism programs:

• Alabama
• Arkansas – www.uaex.edu/agritourism
• Florida
  • Big Bend Shellfish Trail: http://shellfish.ifas.ufl.edu/big-bend-shellfish-trail/
  • Florida Shellfish Trail: http://www.floridashellfishtrail.org/
• Kentucky
• Louisiana
• North Carolina – https://tourism.ces.ncsu.edu/
• South Carolina  – https://www.clemson.edu/extension/agribusiness/programs/index.html
• Tennessee
• Virginia – https://ext.vt.edu/agriculture/agritourism.html

Western States offering agritourism programming

• California
  • http://sfp.ucdavis.edu/agritourism/
  • http://asi.ucdavis.edu/programs/sarep/research-initiatives/fs/agritourism-1/agritourism
  • http://www.calagtour.org
• Colorado – https://agritourism.localfoodeconomics.com/
• Idaho
  • https://2dnw.org
  • https://communityreview.org
  • https://idahofoodworks.org/eat-local-month/
• Montana – http://aeromt.org/agritourism-routes-in-montana/
• Oregon – https://extension.oregonstate.edu/community-vitality/agritourism
• Washington

North Central states offering agritourism programming

• Iowa – www.visitiowafarms.org
• Michigan – https://www.canr.msu.edu/tag/agritourism
• Missouri
• Minnesota – tourism.umn.edu
• Ohio
• South Dakota