This website serves Farmers and Ranchers in the Kansas AgriTourism Industry.
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Welcome to Kansas AgriTourism!

This website has been developed specifically for Kansas farmers and ranchers involved in AgriTourism, rural properties where the traveler has an opportunity to experience farm and country life far from the hustle of the city.
The site is a project of the Kansas Agritourism Advisory Council, working in cooperation with:
the Kansas Agriculture Marketing Division and the Travel and Tourism Division of the Department of Commerce
and with financial assistance from Frontier Farm Credit.
We invite you to explore this website to find a variety of articles and resources that will help you succeed in agritourism.
If you have any questions, please contact the Department of Commerce, Travel and Tourism Division, and ask for the Agritourism Liaison.
The Kansas AgriTourism
Advisory Council
 
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Email: 
RC&D Coordinator
Western Prairie RC&D Area, Inc.
350 South Range
Suite 13
Colby, KS  67701
785-462-2602

Northwest Kansas Experience: Agri-Tourism Part 2

This is the third year northwest Kansas is offering a one day workshop on agri-tourism. The name of the event is, “Northwest Kansas Rural Experience: Agri-Tourism Part 2”. The workshop will be held on April 4, 2007, at the Gateway Convention Center, 1 Morgan Drive, Oberlin, Kansas, and will begin at 8:30 A.M. CT with registration.

This workshop will be adapted to those interested in beginning and presently in the venture of agri-tourism business. Information out this workshop is open to the tri-state area as a provisional tool box for agriculture as well as rural value-added possibilities. The workshop is comprised of speakers that are in the agri-tourism field that will provide various aspects of the business to consider.

The opening keynote speaker will be Ben Allen, K-State Research and Extension Agri-tourism specialist. Richard Smalley, Kansas Department of Commerce Marketing Specialist, will provide an in depth morning workshop on marketing agri-tourism.

The afternoon will provide Darvin Strutt, F&M Insurance, speaking on liability issues. Harold Sulzman, Peoples State Bank, will provide information on financial considerations for agri-tourism. The day workshop will wrap up with a panel including three local tourism businesses and the workshop speakers.

The community of Oberlin would like to invite the participants to enjoy a self guided tour of their beautiful downtown. Come and learn from this informational workshop. Booth space for business advertisement is available. Lunch will be provided.

This event is sponsored in part by Decatur County Development, Landmark Inn, K-State, Kansas Department of Commerce, Colby Chamber of Commerce, Inc., First National Bank of Goodland, Colby Convention and Visitors Bureau, and Western Prairie Resource Conservation and Development Area, Inc.

For registration and additional information, call Thomas County Extension office at 785-460-4582 or Western Prairie RC&D office at 785-462-2602

Click for brochure and registration form: Northwest Kansas Rural Experience: Agritourism Part 2

For more information, contact Western Prairie RC&D office at 785-462-2602.