Posts Tagged: agritourism

Stay the night in a peach orchard?

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Seeing the milky way clear and bright in the night sky wasn't anything special to Dinuba peach growers Nori and Mike Naylor, but they noticed that it was a simple treat enjoyed by visitors to their new farm stay in the organic orchard. So Nori is...

Posted on Tuesday, May 24, 2011 at 1:26 PM

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Author: Penny Leff

Tags: agritourism (9), farm stays (1), peaches (3), Tulare County (1)

Apple time!

Remember that snow on the foothills back in May? That cold spell delayed the apple harvest in El Dorado County about 10 days, but the ranches of the Apple Hill Growers Association are now open for visitors. Gravensteins are already ripe and the first...

Posted on Tuesday, September 7, 2010 at 6:59 AM

Comments: 2

Author: Penny Leff

Tags: agritourism (9), apples (2), farm trails (1), fruit (28), harvest festival (2), U-Pick (7)

Looking for a farm or ranch experience?

This weekend, you're in luck. You can bring your favorite children to Kids Day on the Farm in San Luis Obispo County to churn butter, plant sunflowers, press cider, make a cornhusk doll and lots more. You can learn draft horse driving, go on a calf...

Posted on Wednesday, August 11, 2010 at 7:09 AM

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Author: Penny Leff

Tags: agritourism (9), farm tours (2), U-pick (7), UC Small Farm Program (4)

Bellydancing with your blueberries?

How about looking at Saturn through a telescope, picking your own cherries and blueberries, learning from UC Merced scientists how they estimate snow pack and water flow, taking a dip in the river, tasting local olive oil, wine and cheese, painting a...

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