May 18, 2007Last Call for June Farm Market Bus Tour
Just a few seats are still available for the first-ever Great Lakes Agritourism Experience, a farm market bus tour set for June 12-13. Departing from Benton Harbor, the tour will visit several of southwestern Michigan’s finest farm markets and agritourism operations and provide a forum to network and share ideas about the ins and outs of managing a successful and profitable farm market or agritourism business.
The tour kicks off June 12 with a welcome reception and dinner at the Lemon Creek Winery and Fruit Farm in Berrien Springs. Planned stops on June 13 are Barbott Farms and Greenhouse, Stevensville; Crane’s Pie Pantry Restaurant and U-pick, Fennville; Jollay Orchards, Coloma; L.H. Piggott and Girls Family Farm and Farm Market, Benton Harbor; the New Buffalo Welcome Center; The Chocolate Garden, Coloma; and Tree-mendous Fruit Farm, Eau Claire.
The Great Lakes Agritourism Experience trip is sponsored by the Michigan Farm Marketing and Agri-Tourism (MI-FMAT) Association, The Fruit Growers News and The Vegetable Growers News.
The tour costs $89 for MI-FMAT members and $139 for nonmembers. The registration fee includes the welcome reception and dinner, lunch, snacks and bus transportation. Tour participants are responsible for making their own lodging arrangements. To get more information or to register for the tour, call Sally Ostman at 616-887-9008, or click here to register online.
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