The
Family Farm Tour, organized by ASAP, is your invitation to visit doezens of farms and gardens throughout
the counties in Western North Carolina. The
region is home to agriculture of all kinds, ranging from century farms
cultivated by the same family for generations, to certified organic farms, to
urban gardens. Tour your choice.
The 2010 Family Farm Tour will be held June 26 and 27,
from
1:00p.m. to 6:00p.m.
*Check back for updated details on this year's Family Farm Tour. The following information is about 2009's tour.*
Admission
Purchase a button. One button admits everyone in your car.
Button are offered for sale for $20 at these locations .
You may also purchase buttons at farms on the day of the tour for $25. If you only wish to visit one farm, pay $10 on-site.
* Buttons are no longer available online.*
Volunteer
You can support the Family Farm Tour and get free admission by volunteering. Sign up.
About the Tour
Here's how it works: Get a farm tour map and
button. Gather your friends, fill a car, choose the farms you want to visit,
and plan a route. There are more than enough choices to fill a schedule for
Saturday and Sunday.
Come with a cooler and your appetite. A
variety of vegetables and fruits, trout, beef, pork, lamb, eggs, artisan
cheeses, herbs, mushrooms, honey, garlic, preserves, and much more are available
to sample or for sale. Products including yarn, soap, and crafts are offered as
well.
Watch animals such as bison, llamas, baby
lambs, and bunnies. See traditional skills in practice—and even try them out
yourself—during demonstrations of border collie shepherding, outdoor apple
butter making, milking, the maple syrup tapping process, and wool spinning. Or,
learn about new ideas during a tour of renewable energy systems, see a
hydroponics system, visit an edible landscape, or explore a garden labyrinth. Eat
bread fresh from a wood fired oven and artisan ice cream, and stop for a picnic
at one of the many beautiful farms along the way.
This map is intended to give you an idea of the general location of the farms in relation to each other. Do not rely on internet mapping and driving directions. The
information about rural areas on these maps is often incomplete. Use the
driving directions in the tour guide (above), and contact the farms for clarification if needed.
More Information
Check this site for updated information. Or,contact Libby.
The 2009 Family Farm to is organized by ASAP.
This project is supported by an award from the Blue Ridge National Heritage Area and the following partners and sponsors. Greenlife Grocery is the major sponsor.
Each month, ASAP, farmers, chefs, and diners will be celebrating the changing
seasons by focusing as a community on one great locally grown
ingredient. Read more.
The Family Farm Tour 
