Today we are talking Shawna Hodges from Downs on the Farm.org. This unique venue combines animal therapy for kids with special needs, an animal rescue, and agritourism activities that are open to the public. Shawna discovered the need for this type of service shortly after their son Grady was born in 2008 with Down Syndrome. She tells us what it took to get a 501c3 non-profit started as well as some of the current things they have going on after relocating their family and their business from Colorado to Ohio.

In this episode, we get into the details of what it takes to start growing and selling Christmas trees as well as other related products at your venue. We also talk about the other facets of Hartland Farm's operation and how they got their start.

In this episode, we talk with Mary Jo Koehler from Vantage Vertical and Andreas Neuman from UAV-IQ on the uses of drone technology in Agritourism and Agriculture.

We talk with Rebecca and Hank about the unique things they offer at their venue near Orlando Florida. We talk about a fishing program for kids, a tree maze, corporate outings and some unique marketing ideas that have worked well for them.

In this episode, we talk with Hayden Lock who, with his father, opened up an Agritourism venue in the fall of 2015. We talk about how and why they got started in Agritourism, along with the lessons they learned getting ready to open and through their first season of operation.

We talk with Christina & Roy about their extensive horsemanship services as well as some of the other things they are doing to draw the public to their ranch in a unique way.

In this episode we talk with Scottie about her farm stay - Leaping Lamb Farm and how running out of available dates for her guests led her to start the U.S. Farm Stay Association. We talk about the value of Farm Stays as well as unique farm stays from around the U.S. and how FarmStayUS.com connects guests with farms.

On this episode we talk with Joan Allen from Long Acre Farms which is the site of the 2nd longest running corn maze in the world. We talk about their great history, about the things going on at the farm, as well as why they started a winery and are now focusing more on corporate events and weddings.

We talk with Jason about their 9 years in the Agritourism business and some of the unique things they do such as Zip Line Racers, giving away a free large pumpkin with every admission, staffing their haunted maze with volunteers and more!

Tyler & Karalee Leatherberry started their Agritourism business in 2015 in a small town in Wisconsin. We talk about the lessons they learned from their very first year in Agritourism and their plans for year two.