Checklist: Types of Agritourism Activities

The following is a list of possible agritourism activities, to ❏ Swimming area

stimulate your thinking about what might best fit your skills, ❏ Trap and skeet shooting
interests and facilities. Check the ones that interest you. ❏ Wilderness experiences
❏ Wildlife viewing
Clearly, some are more complex undertakings than others;
as you continue planning, be sure to analyze liability issues Demonstrations and Displays
and the compatibility of your options with the character of ❏ Animal husbandry
your farm/ranch, as well as your values, goals and financial ❏ Antique tools and equipment demonstrations
resources. You’ll refer back to this checklist as you proceed. ❏ Barn raising
❏ Beekeeping, homeopathy
Keep in mind that Oregon land-use codes and regulations
❏ Bread-making, flour milling
can limit the frequency and types of certain agritourism ❏ Cattle roundup and branding demonstration
activities, as well as the percentage of farm or ranch income ❏ Cider pressing
derived from non-production uses on land zoned for ❏ Conservation technology
exclusive farm use (EFU). See the “Legal and Regulatory ❏ Demonstrations related to agricultural enterprise
Requirements” section of the handbook for more specific (sheep shearing, pruning, etc.)
guidance. ❏ Display gardens
❏ Food preparation (cheese-making, canning, etc.)
Direct Sales of Fresh or Value-added Products ❏ Harvest demonstrations
❏ Historic museum or display
❏ Roadside farm stand
❏ Traditional crafts (wool spinning, quilting, wreath-
❏ Farmers market making, soap-making, weaving, etc.)
❏ Sale of handcrafted products
❏ Sale of value-added food products Hands-on Experiences
❏ Sale of farm/ranch promotional items (shirts, aprons, ❏ Animal birthing
mugs, etc.) ❏ Candle-making with local beeswax
Overnight Accommodations ❏ Caring for animals (helping with feeding, herding, etc.)
❏ Children’s camps
❏ Bed and breakfast
❏ Classes in farming or ranch skills, including cooking,
❏ Cabins planting, harvesting
❏ Camping sites ❏ Classes in recreational activities (fishing, hunting,
❏ Farm stay/farm vacation wildlife viewing)
❏ Full-service farm vacation with activities and meals ❏ Classes on crafts, especially traditional crafts
❏ Classes on medicinal herbs and homeopathy
For-fee Recreation
❏ Crafting herbal remedies
❏ Archery ❏ Cutting flowers, flower arranging
❏ Bird-watching ❏ Cutting own Christmas tree
❏ Fishing ❏ Educational camps for adults
❏ Hunting ❏ Experience “a week in the life of” to learn and test a
❏ Game preserve or guided hunts new occupation
❏ Guiding and outfitting for recreation ❏ Farm or ranch work experience
❏ Hiking trails ❏ Fly fishing or tying clinics
❏ Horse stables ❏ Habitat improvement activities (native planting, tree
❏ Horseback trail riding planting)
❏ Pack trips ❏ Hay-making (moving, raking, baling, stacking)
❏ Shooting range ❏ Hay rides

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 ❏ Petting zoo Entertainment
❏ Photography/painting classes ❏ Contests (apple bobbing, corn shucking, cherry-pit
❏ Pony rides spitting, rooster crowing, etc.)
❏ Pumpkin painting ❏ Corn or tall-grass maze and related seasonal activities
❏ U-pick produce ❏ Farm-themed playground
❏ Weed identification, seed saving ❏ Gourd golf, pumpkin bowling
❏ Wine, beer, cider or other tasting ❏ Haunted barn or house
❏ Working farm stay ❏ Outdoor games
❏ Storytelling
Tours
❏ Alternative crop tours Other Hospitality Services
❏ Foraging for wild mushrooms, berries, plants, flowers, ❏ Catering services
rocks and gems ❏ Picnic baskets for sale, picnic area
❏ Forest ecology ❏ Refreshment sales
❏ Guided crop tours
❏ Habitat improvement projects
❏ Heritage buildings and heritage trails
❏ Production process tours for agriculture professionals
❏ Self-guided farm loops and specific farm product tours
(honey trail, cheese trail, food or farm trail)
❏ School tours or activities
❏ Vineyard, winery, brewery or cidery tour

Festivals and Events

❏ Casual farm-to-table events ( pancake breakfast)
❏ Crop art
❏ Gourmet farm-to-table events
❏ Historic or culturally themed festival (cowboy poets)
❏ Hunting, cattle, sheep dog training and competition
❏ Living history events
❏ Presentations on local community history, culture
or customs This list has been compiled from Oregon’s experience and several other
❏ Rodeo agritourism development manuals, including: Agritourism and Nature Tourism
❏ Seasonally themed festival (harvest, holiday) in California, 2nd Edition – University of California Agriculture and Natural
❏ Specific crop- or product-themed festival Resources; The New Agritourism – Barbara Berst Adams; Agritourism:
Cultivating Tourists on the Farm – Washington State University Extension;
❏ Square dances or other similar events
Agritourism Master Plan for Clackamas County, Clackamas County Tourism
Development Council; Creating Successful Agritourism Activities for your Farm
– Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture.

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