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Follow on Google News | Annual Whatcom County Farm Tour Reaches its 6th YearA premier event of September's Eat Local month highlighting family-owned farms
Attendees can also enjoy train rides, tastings and samplings, compost demos, spinning & weaving demonstrations, winery tours, and more. Visitors are encouraged to bring cash for farm products, and a cooler to keep purchased foods fresh throughout the day. Tour goers can also bike to the farms, but are asked to keep dogs at home. The self-guided tour is free, but attendees this year can become a Farm Tour VIP. For a donation of $25 or more, tour goers will receive a Farm Tour VIP bag filled with coupons and freebies available from each of the farm stops, a Sustainable Connections ‘Where the Locals Go’ Coupon Book and more. VIP packages can be purchased on Brown Paper Tickets (http://www.brownpapertickets.com/ For farm descriptions and a map, pick up the free Farm Tour/Eat Local Month Guide, available starting mid-August at EatLocalFirst.org, in local papers, and at participating restaurants and businesses. What: Whatcom County Farm Tour When: Saturday, September 14, 2013, 10:00am - 5:00pm Where: 11 Whatcom County Farms -- pick up Farm Tour maps and the September Eat Local Month Guide starting Aug. 15 at Co-op stores, area farmers markets, visitors centers and at eat localfirst.org For more information: Cost: Free or $25 donation for VIP package The Whatcom County Farm Tour is made possible by: Farm Tour underwriters: Farm Tour Lead sponsor: Curt Maberry Farm Additional support from Whatcom County Tax Lodging Fund End
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