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San Joaquin Co. Stanislaus Co. Merced Co. Madera Co. Fresno Co. Kings Co. Tulare Co. Kern Co.

Alameda Contra Costa Marin Napa San Mateo Santa Clara Solano Sonoma Vince Trotter, Agriculture Ombuds, UCCE Marin, (415) 473-4204, tvtrotter@ucanr.edu Julia Van Soelen Kim, North Bay Food Systems Advisor, UCCE Marin, (415) 473-2708, jvansoelen@ucanr.

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Agritourism is a completely new business for most farmers and ranchers. Starting an agritourism operation means entering the hospitality industry while maintaining agricultural production. This requires new skills and new partners and involves new regulations and new risks.

Farmers and ranchers often turn to UC Cooperative Extension advisors and other agricultural educators for help navigating agritourism challenges. Agritourism operators partner with tourism and hospitality professionals and are assisted by community and economic development people.

This page is under construction - More soon. California counties bear the primary responsibility for regulating agritourism operations on agricultural land within their boundaries, often working with stakeholders to revise policies and zoning ordinances.

To investigate the political, social, and economic characteristics of agritourism in California researchers from the University of California have studied California agritourism operators and agritourism visitors, have mapped California agritourism, and have participated with other researchers on mu...

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Del Norte Humboldt Mendocino Lake Alex Farnum Mendocino County UC Cooperative Extension Mendocino County Rachel B. Elkins (707) 263-6838 rbelkins@ucanr.edu Hannah Bird, Community Educator, ANR Hopland Research & Extension Center (707) 744-1424 ext 105 hbird@ucanr.

Santa Cruz San Benito Monterey San Luis Obispo Santa Barbara Santa Cruz UC Cooperative Extension Small Farm Advisor Aparna Gazula Country Cossroads Map (Santa Cruz County, Santa Clara, San Benito Counties Farm Trails) - organized by the Farm Bureau (831) 724-1356 or (831) 688-074 Santa Cruz County P...