2 DAYS • 41 FARMS • COUNTLESS POSSIBILITIES
Saturday & Sunday, June 25 & 26, 1 - 6 pm
Photograph by Patrick Cavan Brown
For one weekend every summer, the gates and barns of WNC farms open to the public for the Family Farm Tour — even
those farms that don’t normally allow visitors! The self-guided driving tour is your chance to learn how food grows, taste farm-fresh
treats, interact with farm animals, and meet the community’s food producers. How does it work?
Buy an ADMISSION BUTTON,
pack your car with your family or a group of friends, grab a tour guide (or download one
HERE),
and set off to celebrate the region’s agricultural heritage and enjoy our beautiful rural landscape!
Admission Information:
Buying Your Farm Tour Button
Pack your car with a group of friends or family; the more people in your vehicle, the better the deal.
One button admits an entire carload!
Online button purchasing is now closed to ensure that buttons can be mailed prior to the tour. You may still purchase buttons at the advance price at any of these
button vendors through Saturday morning. Or, purchase a button at the first farm you're planning to visit Saturday or Sunday. Pricing below.
Get your carload into all farms:
$25 pre-purchase
$30 at your first farm Saturday or Sunday
OR
$10 per carload to visit individual farms.
This year, your Family Farm Tour button gets you into the Polk County Farm Tour, too!
Get the full Polk County Farm Tour Map at Mills Spring Ag Center,
4 School Rd Mill Spring, NC 28756, or at any of the participating farms. While ASAP's Family Farm Tour happens on Saturday and Sunday,
June 25th and 26th, Polk County farms will be open ONLY on Saturday the 25th.
Photo Contest!
For the 2011 Tour, ASAP has created a Family Farm Tour Photo Contest. Take your camera with you on the tour. That stunning image you capture could
win one of three top Photo Contest prizes: a day pass to Biltmore
and $15 in Asheville City Market Bucks. Read how to enter your photos on the Photo Contest
page.
Volunteer
Want to support a farmer the weekend of the tour? Sign up to volunteer and attend the farm tour for FREE!
Working with an organization, business, or club committed to supporting local food and farms? Recruit a volunteer team!
For more information on volunteering as an individual or as a team contact
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Many thanks to the following organizations, businesses, and institutions currently forming volunteer teams:
Asheville City Schools Teachers
Collaborative Regional Alliance for Farmer Training
EarthFare
French Broad Food Co-op
Greenlife
NC Cooperative Extension – Madison County
NC Cooperative Extension – Yancey County
North Carolina Center for Creative Retirement
Warren Wilson College
Western North Carolina Alliance
Tour Tips
We want to help you make the most of this year's event. Click
HERE
for our tips for a fun, successful local food and farm adventure.
2011 Participating Farms
This year, there are 41 participating farms — that's the most that have ever participated! What's more,
18 participants are NEW stops! Find a list of all 41 farms below, and click
HERE
to learn more about what you'll find and experience at each location.
About ASAP and the Family Farm Tour
The Family Farm Tour is coordinated by Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project (ASAP).
Over the last decade, ASAP has spearheaded a Local Food Campaign to support those in the
Southern Appalachian region on a journey to reconnect with their food. This Family Farm Tour
is a large part of that campaign.
Friends of the Family Farm Tour
BB&T
Bouchon
The Market Place
Rosetta's Kitchen
ScreenDoor
Slow Food Asheville
Sunny Point Cafe & Bakery
West End Bakery
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The Family Farm Tour 
