Sierra Foothills

• Agritourism examples
• Agritourism groups
• Support & training
• Regulations, permits
• Marketing
• Articles
• Planning history

Some local agritourism

• Presentation: Paloma Pollinators; Farm Stays and Workshops - by Sean Krilletich
• Presentation: Cedar Ridge Apple Ranch - by Jay Watson
• Slide show: J-K Ranch - by Jim and Karen Hagan
• Presentation: Agritourism with the Apple Hill Growers - by Ann Wofford, Wofford Acres Vineyards

Agritourism Associations

• Apple Hill Growers Association
  (530) 644-7692
• Calaveras Grown
  (209) 754-6477
• El Dorado County Farm Trails
  (530) 903-8250
• El Dorado County Quilt Trail Project
  (530) 903-8250
• El Dorado Winery Association
  (800) 306-3956
• Farms of Amador County
  (209) 223-6482
• Farms of Tuolumne County
  (209) 928-3775
• Nevada County Grown
  info@nevadacountygrown.org
• PlacerGROWN
  (530) 889-7398

Business planning, risk management support & resources

• UC Cooperative Extension Foothill Farming website
• Calaveras County Economic & Community Development

Regulations and permitting

• Presentation: Calaveras County Rules and Regulations - by Peter Maurer and Lisa Medina
• Nevada County adopted ordinances that went into effect in April 2018, clearly defining and allowing "ancillary and accessory uses" to include agritourism activities.
  • View final ordinances adopted March, 2018
• Handout: El Dorado Co. Produce Sale Regulations
• Handout: El Dorado Co. Ranch Marketing ordinance
• Handout: El Dorado Co. Winery ordinance
• Placer County winery ordinance is from Chaper 17 of Placer County’s municipal code.
• Mariposa county: Zoning Amendment 2009-87, Agritourism and Nature Tourism Amendments to County Code
  Karen Robb, Consultant to Mariposa County
• Amador and Calaveras' Agritourism (457 kB)
  Sean Kriletich, UC Cooperative Extension Amador County

Marketing and Tourism Collaboration

• Presentation: Agritourism Marketing - by Lisa Boulton, Go Calaveras
• Presentation: Social Networking - by Kaedence Eaton, Go Calaveras
• Making the Connections; Adding Agritourism to the Visitor's Itinerary, Sierra Nevada Geotourism Website
  Mandy Vance, Sierra Nevada Conservancy
• Farms of Tuolumne County Start-up Story, by Marian Zimmerly
• Presentation: Agritourism in Placer County, Lessons & Challenges Cindy Fake, UC Cooperative Extension Placer & Nevada Counties

Articles and research

• El Dorado - From Gold Rush to Agritourism: The Search for Sustainable Development in California

Planning and regulating agritourism - historical documents

• Calaveras County specifies that the "definition of agricultural operation shall be broadly construed."
  • Excerpt: Pages 9-10 of the draft Agriculture and Forestry Element for Calavaras County’s general plan, updated May 20, 2009
  • Entire document
• El Dorado County allows ranch marketing, winery, and visitor-serving uses on agricultural parcels, specifies conditions and percent of acreage allowed for these uses.
  • Excerpt: Pages 8-10 of El Dorado County General Plan Agriculture and Forestry Element, adopted March 12, 2009
  • Entire document
• Mariposa County Board of Supervisors organized the Mariposa Agricultural Nature Tourism Advisory Committee in 2009 "to develop the definitions, thresholds, standards and regulations for an agriculture tourism ordinance forMariposa County."
  • Resolution establishing committee includes notes from Board of Supervisors meeting discussion about need for the committee, composition of the committee, goals and timeframe of committee, authorization to hire consultant to coordinate the committee.
  • Meeting notes from the committee spanning six meetings, March–May 2009, with discussions about road maintenance, traffic, water use, spread of diseases and invasive plants by tourists, compatibility of agritourism uses, the need for agritourism to maintain ranch sustainability, scalability of permitted uses based on size of parcel, what products should be allowed sold from a roadside stand or from a winery, deciding on permitted agritourism uses and defining levels of permits needed for each, etc.
  • Committee website
  • Zoning amendment proposed by the committee defines as permitted uses in agriculture zoning: seasonal and permanent on-site sales, tasting rooms, u-pick operations, agricultural home-stays, special events and other agritourism activities, but clearly defines the size and number of these activities that are permitted, those that require an administrative use permit, and those that require a conditional use permit. The proposed amendment defines the percent of land permitted to be used for the agritourism operation and defines "glamping."
• Guidelines for Placer County Farm Stays
  Three-page guide, updated in 2009, includes zoning information, along with what issues may need to be addressed with which departments.