Liability and Risk Management
Inviting the public onto your farm, whether for the day or overnight, adds a new level of liability, requires new actions to ensure the safety of your guests and your employees, and most often requires additional insurance on top of your farm insurance.These resources can help you understand and manage the new risks associated with hosting visitors.
- Agritourism Liability - overview presentation from Extension Training to Support Agritourism Development in the Northeast, Rutgers University
- Agritourism Best Practices: Safety & Risk Management - one of many guides created by the University of Vermont Extension and the Vermont Agritourism Collaborative
- Agritourism Best Practices: Risk Management, from AFRI project #2014-68006-21842, Colorado State University
- Integrating Safety into Agritourism - a website created by the National Children's Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety, including walk-throughs, checklists and resources to implement safety best practices
- Agritourism Health and Safety Guidelines for Children a guide by the National Children's Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety
- Insurance Discussion Sheet - from Integrating Safety into Aritourism.
- Webinar: Protecting Your Farm and Your Guests - Insurance and Liability considerations, from Farm Stay USA
- Agritourism risk assessment checklists from Iowa State University Extension, compiled by Kendra Meyer, Visit Iowa Farms program coordinator at ISU Extension and Outreach. The checklists cover bio-security, emergency preparedness, food safety, pesticide safety, play area safety and negligence mitigation.
More Risk Management Resources
- UCCE Foothill Farming Risk Management website with an emphasis on risk management for small farms and ranches
- National Agriculture Law Center - Agritourism
Emergency Preparedness - because there will be emergencies and you need to be ready in many ways; the time will come that this is not a drill
- Agritourism Ready: A One Stop Shop website for preparing your emergency management plan, created by Ohio State university Extension
- Handout: Emergency Preparedness Resources