Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Tourism in which tourists board at farms or in rural villages and experience farming at close hand.
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- noun A form of
tourism in whichtourists stay infarms oragricultural villages , either to experience farm life, or as a base for exploring the countryside
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Examples
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Also known as agritourism or agriturismo, farmstays can encompass a range of accommodations from rural bed and breakfasts to working ranches and cattle farms.
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Amid increasing global competition in agriculture, farmers are expanding their so-called "agritourism" or "agri-tainment" operations.
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Looking to diversify their sources of income, small farmers are expanding their "agritourism" or "agri-tainment" operations beyond the traditional pumpkin-picking, hayride and petting zoo.
Farm House to Haunted House: Making Hay With Horror Sarah E. Needleman 2010
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According to MSNBC, "agritourism" is on the rise this year as travelers sweetly yearn to get back to the land.
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In a letter written by the village's attorney, Scott Puma, officials expressed concern that the county doesn't have an "agritourism" permit or zoning district.
News 2010
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Touchette estimates 50,000 to 60,000 of the nation's approximately 2.1 million farms engage in some kind of agritourism, although no one has done a definitive count.
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A critical challenge for pumpkin farmers promoting entertainment agriculture, or "agritourism", is maintaining fields that are weed-free, attractive, and safe for consumers.
Peak Oil News 2009
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The farm now will shift its focus to "agritourism," which includes guided tours of the property; produce stands in the summer; and hay rides, haunted walks and corn mazes throughout autumn, Norz Jr. said.
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A critical challenge for pumpkin farmers promoting entertainment agriculture, or "agritourism", is maintaining fields that are weed-free, attractive, and safe for consumers.
Spero News 2009
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But even among these SBA earmarks, we see allocations that seem only tangentially related to small businesses, such as $712,500 for Appalachian State University to study the economic effects of "agritourism" in western North Carolina.
U.S. News 2009
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Agritourism—in which urban dwellers, many of whom were women, visited local farms and picked apples and pumpkins for fun—experienced a boom in postwar America and continues to stimulate farm economies to this day.
How America Invented the White Woman Who Just Loves Fall The A.V. Club 2020
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It’s a central seasonal activity among many American farms’ so-called “agritourism” or “agritainment” offerings, including hayrides, corn mazes, and petting zoos; between 2012 and 2017, the total US agritourism industry grew 35 percent to nearly $950 million a year.
Apple picking is a bizarre imitation of hard work Dan Greene 2021
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