University of Kentucky College of Agriculture

Agritourism Resources

Here are several links to resources on Agritourism:

Resources from UK:

Community Resources
Agritourism Physical Planning. 2012. Jayoung Koo, Assistant Professor, Landscape Architecture

Community Tourism Development Preparedness Scale. 2012. Lori Garkovich, Professor, Community and Leadership Development

Individual Enterprise Resources
Successful Agritourism Enterprise Development. 2012. Lori Garkovich, Professor, Community and Leadership Development

Ag Tourism Asset Evaluation Worksheet. 2013. Lori Garkovich, Professor, Community and Leadership Development

Direct Marketing Strategies for Agritourism Sites. 2012. Jason Swanson, Assistant Professor, Hospitality, Management, and Tourism

Food Systems Innovation Center

Kentucky Farm Business Management Program

Kentucky Farm Start Program


Resources from the web:

Kentucky Department of Agriculture

KDA's Kentucky Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) Program

Kentucky Farms are Fun Resource Page

Governor's Office of Agricultural Policy, Kentucky Center for Agricultural Development and Entrepreneurship Funding Opportunities Page

The Kentucky Center for Agriculture and Rural Development (KCARD)

Kentucky Farmers' Market Association

Agricultural Marketing Resource Center

Evaluating the Potential of Value-Added Agricultural Ideas: A Series of Worksheets to Assess Feasibility by Rob Holland. 1998. University of Tennessee Extension.