Louisiana Agritourism: Online Agritourism Trip Planning

Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Online Agritourism Trip Planning

Tourists cannot visit you if they don't know you exist. There are many online tools devoted to driving people to you, but all require that you register your information. Special thanks to my new friend Lani Duke, a former Vermont agritourism writer, for inspiring this post today.

Let's look at two tools today.

MarketMaker is a national website that provides free listings in agritourism. If you have not registered, take a few minutes today and register. MarketMaker allows you to link your website and social media sites to the entry. Click here for more details.

AgriTourism World is another site to consider. To learn more about opportunities with ATW give them a call at 800-628-0993

Currently seven Louisiana agritourism businesses are listed.

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Agritourism Law Limits Liability

In 2008, the Louisiana Legislature expanded the limitation of liability found in La R.S. 9:2795 et seq to include certain agritourism activities. The legislation authored by Representative Andy Anders and Senators Francis Thompson and Mike Walsworth provides that the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Foresty (LDAF) will develop a set of rules and regulations and that the LSU AgCenter will define a “plan of operation” for an agritourism venture and review those plans.

More about this law can be found on the LSU AgCenter Web site: www.lsuagcenter.com/agritourism

2012 Agriculture Census Shows Increase in Farming

WASHINGTON, May 2, 2014 –There are now 3.2 million farmers operating 2.1 million farms on 914.5 million acres of farmland across the United States, according to the 2012 Census of Agriculture, released today by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

“Once every five years, farmers, ranchers and growers have the unique opportunity to let the world know how U.S. agriculture is changing, what is staying the same, what’s working and what we can do differently,” said Dr. Cynthia Clark, the retiring head of USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service, which administered the survey.

Eighty-seven percent of all U.S. farms are operated by families or individuals.
Principal operators were on average 58.3 years old and were predominantly male; second operators were slightly younger and most likely to be female; and third operators were younger still.
In Louisiana agritourism grew from 170 farms in 2007 to 361 farms in 2012.
In Louisiana onfarm agritourism sales jumped from $2,486 to $8,996 in 2012.
In Louisiana the definition of agritourism is broader than the definition in the census; meaning that numbers are greater.