Annual Whatcom County Farm Tour Reaches its 6th Year

BELLINGHAM, Wash. - July 17, 2013 - PRLog -- Sustainable Connections announces details for the 6^th annual Whatcom County Farm Tour set for Saturday September 14, 2013. A premier event of September Eat Local Month, the self-guided tour highlights diverse family-owned farms and provides exciting educational activities at each of the 11 tour stops.  Tour goers can mingle with local farmers and learn about growing food, raising animals, making wine, and growing flowers.

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/event/421326) or on the day of the Farm Tour at any of the stops.

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: http://sustainableconnections.org/events/whatcom-county-farm-tour-2

Cost: Free or $25 donation for VIP package

The Whatcom County Farm Tour is made possible by:
Farm Tour underwriters: Whatcom Farmers Co-op & Haggen
Farm Tour Lead sponsor: Curt Maberry Farm
Additional support from Whatcom County Tax Lodging Fund