{"id":9950,"date":"2024-04-18T15:04:51","date_gmt":"2024-04-18T19:04:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/?p=9950"},"modified":"2024-04-19T10:51:06","modified_gmt":"2024-04-19T14:51:06","slug":"traveling-agritourism-workshop-offers-lessons-directly-from-farm-proprietors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/connections\/traveling-agritourism-workshop-offers-lessons-directly-from-farm-proprietors\/","title":{"rendered":"Traveling Agritourism Workshop offers lessons directly from farm proprietors"},"content":{"rendered":"
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UMES Extension is offering an opportunity to learn about successes and challenges directly from agritourism operators in a follow-up to its Maryland Agritourism Conference. A Traveling Agritourism Workshop<\/a>, slated for June 10<\/strong>, will visit agribusinesses in Dorchester and Caroline counties in Maryland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The bus will depart at 8 a.m. for tours of Blades Orchard in Federalsburg and Emily\u2019s Produce in Cambridge, returning to the University of Maryland Eastern Shore campus at 5:30 p.m. Pre-registration is required. The $50 fee includes breakfast at UMES and lunch at Emily\u2019s Produce. Participants must be checked-in by 7:30 a.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hear how Blades Orchard<\/a> reimagined its farm and orchard U-pick into a Community Supported Agriculture model. It now offers online ordering and pick-up at area farmers markets year-round or on-farm by appointment for items including apples, value-added apple products, honey, cheeses and other seasonal fruit. Blades Orchard is also available for event rental and professional fruit tree consultation services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Emily\u2019s Produce<\/a> markets itself as featuring \u201cFood, Flowers and Fun.\u201d The seven-generation family farm offers U-pick strawberries, blueberries, wildflowers and pumpkins, along with a full-service kitchen and farm stand selling Maryland produce, grass-fed beef, wine, beer and ice cream. Seasonal events, corn mazes and youth activities are part of its agribusiness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Register at www.umes.edu\/extension\/events<\/a> by May 31. For more information, contact pbbhandari@umes.edu<\/a>.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n


Gail Stephens, agricultural communications and media associate, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, School of Agricultural and Natural Sciences, UMES Extension, <\/em>gcstephens@umes.edu<\/em><\/a>, 410-621-3850.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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