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Agritourism

Arkansas agritourism offers stress-free vacations with U-pick farms, winery tours, hay rides and pumpkin patches!

Farmers Market, North Little Rock

Urbanites seek an escape from the city within an easy, short drive; their countryside counterparts provide unique opportunities for exploration. In the Natural State, agritourism encompasses a wide variety of activities, including farmers’ markets, U-pick farms, farm tours, eco-tourism ventures and trail rides in Arkansas. Agritourism also refers to winery tours, hayrides, pumpkin patches – anything that generates extra business for farmers while promoting education and entertainment about Arkansas agriculture. For decades there’s been a farm-to-city flow, yet many people don’t understand how food is grown. Agritourism is a way to build a bridge between rural and urban Arkansas.

Events

"Tell Me Your Story" Days at the Depot 21st Annual PurpleHull Pea Festival & World Championship Rotary Tiller Race 32nd Annual Wye Mtn. Daffodil Festival

Southern Tenant Farmers Museum, Tyronza

Arkansas’s Agritourism Initiative (AAI): University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture University of Arkansas Winthrop Rockefeller Institute Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism The National Agricultural Law Center Arkansas Agriculture Department Arkansas Farm Bureau

Farmers Market, Pine Bluff

Each of these agencies provides services to rural Arkansas. Agritourism is a way to combine strengths to help the industry organize and grow. AAI offers a way for diverse businesses to develop tourism and reintroduce Arkansans and visitors, to the rich heritage rooted in the Natural State.

For more information on Agritourism, contact AAI or Arkansas Tourism.

Rice Harvest, Hazen

Farmers Market, North Little Rock

Holstein Cattle, SAU Farm, Magnolia

Joe Hogan Fish Hatchery, Lonoke

Soybean Farming

Cotton, Scott

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