in this section: Buy your tickets, Tour brochure, Google Map, Volunteer
NEW THIS YEAR! Beginning Farmers Special Tour and NC 10% Campaign

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Check out 2011 Farm Tour photos on Facebook!
And, if you took any great shots you'd like to share, please send them to amy@carolinafarmstewards.org. Thanks!



2011 Piedmont Farm Tour:
America's Largest Farm Tour!

Saturday and Sunday, April 16th and 17th
Farms open from 1-5pm
Come learn about the Triangle's local and organic farm & food scene. Meet local farmers & tour their farms!

With 6 new farms and 40 farms in all, the 2011 Piedmont Farm Tour is has something for everyone! We are pleased to add to the tour this year, beautiful Lindale Organic Dairy, a 5th generation farm, an exciting new permaculture-style farm up in Hillsborough  -  Ever Laughter Farm, and Cozi Farm, which is raising animals near downtown Saxapahaw!  And, Suki Roth will be opening up her Herb Haven!  These farms, plus lots of your favorites, will make a great tour!


To Take the Tour:
Load up a car with your friends and family , choose the farms on the map you'd like to visit and get out in the countryside! The tour is self-guided and farms and sites are located throughout the Triangle in Alamance, Chatham, Durham, Orange, and Person counties.. Visit any farm in any order. And, don't forget to take a cooler so that you can take home some of the farm fresh products for sale at many farms!

Tour Brochure with Farm Descriptions and Map

Google Map

1. Advance tickets are $25 per car for ALL farms.
Sorry, advance tickets are no longer available.
Buy your tour buttons at the farms on the tour on April 16 and 17.


Buy your Farm Tour Button!

Buy your Combo Farm Tour Button and CFSA Membership!

> You can also purchase your tickets at our tour co-sponsor, Weaver Street Market, at their locations in Chapel Hill, Carrboro and Hillsborough, and at the Durham Farmers' Market, Chatham Marketplace in Pittsboro, and Harmony Farms in Raleigh.

2. DAY OF THE TOUR TICKETSare $30 for all farms, $10 per farm
(Buy buttons at the first farm you visit.)

To Volunteer:

Volunteer one afternoon and attend the whole tour for FREE! Volunteers get an insider
view of farms, have lots of fun and get a free T-shirt!

Email Fred to volunteer!

New This Year!

Special Tour for Young and Beginning Farmers
The Young Beginning Farmer VIP Tours, as a part of the Piedmont Farm Tour, have sold out.  We are excited to be hosting 40 beginning farmers and several outstanding experts, as we tour six wonderful farms in the Triangle over two days.  Thanks so much to the National Center for Appropriate Technology which arranged funding through the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, USDA, and our other sponsor, the farm-friendly cooperative Organic Valley.

SATURDAY'S SPECIAL VIP TOUR IS SOLD OUT - GENERAL ADMISSION TICKETS STILL AVAILABLE!
Saturday's VIP Tour has been cancelled due to severe weather. If you were registered for this tour, please check your email for more details.
Saturday's tour will explore horticulture topics at Maple Spring Gardens, Ever Laughter Farm and Whitted Bowers biodynamic fruit farm. Your guides will be Robin Kohanowich, Director, Sustainable Farming Program, Central Carolina Community College, Fred Miller, organic farmer, Hilltop Farm (invited), and Dr. David Orr, Associate Professor, Entomology, NCSU.

Sunday's Special VIP Tour is Now Sold Out, too! General admission tickets still available.
Sunday's tour is still happening!
Sunday's tour will explore livestock issues at Braeburn Farm (NOT on this year's regular tour), Cozi Farm and Cohen Farm. Your guides will be Dr. Steve Washburn, Professor, Animal Science, NCSU and Tim Holmes, Lead Auditor, Animal Welfare Approved.

Note that this will be a technical training event and is not open to children or non-farmers. One tour event max per person. Tour is from 1 PM to 5:30 PM and leaves from Fifth Season Gardening in downtown Carrboro. Generous funding from the National Center for Appropriate Technology and the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, USDA. Questions: Contact the CFSA office at 919-542-2402 or email Fred.


10% Campaign Partnership
This year the tour is featuring the 10% Campaign, organized by the fabulous Center for Environmental Farming Systems (CEFS).  Pledge to buy 10% of your food from NC sources and track your progress.  We are challenging everybody who goes on the tour to sign up with the Campaign.  Our goal is to have 4,000 people signed up by April 22nd (Earth Day.)  If we meet this goal, CEFS has agreed to award some special prizes to some lucky 10%ers!  Our participation gives a stronger voice for local foods.  www.nc10percent.com

Questions?
The tour is both an educational event and a fundraiser for CFSA, a 32-year old a non-profit organization that educates, inspires and organizes farmers and consumers to build a sustainable food system for the Carolinas.  Weaver Street Market has been an essential partner in building the Piedmont Farm Tour into a Triangle institution.

Learn more about last year's tour: download 2010 farm tour map.

Also, check out the WRAL website for video and a great slideshow.

Questions? Call CFSA 919.542.2402.

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