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Tennessee Agritourism Meeting this weekend at Pickwick Landing State Park

Monday, June 18th, 2012

The Tennessee and Mississippi Agritourism Associations will have a joint meeting June 22-23 at Pickwick Landing State Park. Farm tours and networking will be included. An If you are interested in attending, please contact Scarlett Mulligan, President of the Tennessee Agritourism Association at scarlettcm@riverviewmoundsfarm.com for more details. Members and non-members are welcome to attend this event.

Scarlett provided the following information regarding room reservations:

Please reserve your rooms at Pickwick Landing State Park by calling 1-800-250-8615. Currently, there are 25 rooms and reservations will be accepted through June 8th at which point the reserved rooms will be released for others to book. It is imperative that you say the words “Agritourism Association” when making your reservation or you will be turned away. The nightly rate is $82. If for some reason you make a reservation but, you are unable to make it to the meeting, the Inn will provide you with a refund of your deposit if you give 48 hours cancellation notice. If all 25 rooms become booked – we have a couple of choices.

1. If you are a single attendee and are willing to room with another single attendee – please let me know. I will generate a list of those who can take roommates.

2. There are multiple area hotels. I have spoken with Hampton Inn (closest), Quality Inn and Days Inn. Also, it appears as though there are a few Bed & Breakfast locations around that look really nice. Also, there is a Botel – a remodeled barge that looks especially neat (thehistoricbotel.com).

Local Farm Adds Tree Top Canopy

Thursday, May 31st, 2012

Come Soar over Robertson County’s Historic Battle Creek on Honeysuckle Hill Farm’s new Tree Top Canopy Tour. The Tour begins atop a 40 foot Sky Tower (one of three). You plunge into adventure as you zip over ponds, through the trees, and across Battle Creek. Walk through the tree tops on three Sky Bridges, and soar from tree top to tree top on 8 Zip Lines. It’s Middle Tennessee’s most Exciting New Outdoor Adventure.
We open to the public on Saturday, June 9th. Honeysuckle Hill Zip Line is a professionally installed Tree Top Canopy Tour installed by Signature Research, Inc. and accredited by the Association of Challenge Course Technology (ACCT). Our tour guides are thoroughly and professionally trained by Signature Research in accordance to standards set by the ACCT.
Honeysuckle Hill Zip Lines are located at Honeysuckle Hill Farm in Coopertown, Tennessee. We’re just 30 minutes from Nashville, Clarksville, and Hendersonville. For more information or directions to Honeysuckle Hill Farm please visit our website www.honeysucklehillzipline.com.

Marketing Workshops for Farmers

Wednesday, April 11th, 2012

MarketReady is considered a “Direct Marketing Workshop” for TAEP Producer Diversification Cost-Share Master Producer Eligibility for producers in agritourism, fruits and vegetables and value-added products.

Plans are underway to hold three MarketReady workshops May 3-5 across the state. The program helps give farmers the information and tools needed to build marketing relationships with restaurants and retailers like grocery stores. The program covers topics such as communication, pricing, delivery, invoicing and labeling. Program developer Dr. Tim Woods from the University of Kentucky will be teaching the program. Buyers from restaurants and grocery stores will discuss their local buying programs and preferences during panel presentations.

MarketReady workshops will be held from 8:30am to 4pm local time at the following locations.

May 3 – Chattanooga
May 4 – Nashville
May 5 – Memphis

Preregistration is required. Participants must submit their registration form and $25 registration fee by April 27. Sessions may be cancelled if a minimum number of preregistrations are not made. Participants will receive workshop materials, refreshments and lunch.

Brochure/registration form is available online at http://cpa.utk.edu/workshops/2012workshops/MarketReadyRegFlyer.pdf