Arkansas Agritourism Initiative

01/02/2020

In order to streamline and reduce duplication, we will be deleting this page in a few weeks. To stay up-to-date on agritourism happenings in Arkansas, please like and follow Arkansas Agritourism Association.

12/09/2019

Agritourism and Direct Sales Survey - If you have visitors on your farm, ranch, vineyard, or fishery, you are invited to take part in a national survey about agritourism and direct sales. Whether you have a farmstand, u-pick, tastings, school field trips, events, tours, hunting, fishing, overnight stays, or open your farm to the public in any other ways, your experiences are important. This survey is confidential and should take about 10 minutes to complete. Results will be used to develop tools and resources for farmers. The survey will close January 31. Questions can be directed to Lisa Chase, [email protected] or 802-257-7967.
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04/10/2018

Check out the newly published 2018 Arkansas Grown magazine - featuring producers, farmers, ranchers, forest landowners, and agricultural programs, statistics, resources, and operations from across Arkansas's diverse industry. See: http://www.aad.arkansas.gov/aad-resources

04/10/2018

This Friday (April 13), join the AAD and partners at Arkansas Farm to School for Training and a Local Conversations event featuring NW Arkansas and vendors and programs, in Bentonville. See details: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/farm-to-school-training-and-local-conversations-event-bentonville-tickets-41250960734?utm_term=eventurl_text

04/06/2018

A PhD student at Iowa State University is conducting a research project regarding agritourism business operation toward environmental sustainability. The project is to investigate how agritourism operators engage in environmentally responsible behavior, incorporating various variables (motivation, barriers, value, etc).

If interested in responding, the survey link is: https://iastate.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_5ALYnV5P4jCS0EB.

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04/06/2018

Arkansas Agriculture Department Urges Response to Census of Agriculture. Arkansas has currently completed 50.91% of Census inquiries compared to the national figure of 54.10%. Learn more about new timesaving online survey response option:http://www.aad.arkansas.gov/Websites/aad/files/Content/6140361/Arkansas_Agriculture_Department_Urges_Response_to_Census_of_Agriculture,_April_2018.pdf

03/08/2018

USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service has opened the grant cycle for the Farmers Market Promotion Program (FMPP) and Local Food Promotion Program (LFPP). AMS will host one webinar for applicants of both FMPP and LFPP on Wednesday, March 28, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time. Applications for FMPP and LFPP must be submitted electronically through www.grants.gov by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on May 7, 2018. Links to these programs can be found on https://www.ams.usda.gov/services/grants.

Grants.gov Workspace enables you and your colleagues to fill out webforms and apply together. Create a workspace for an open funding opportunity to begin.