Resources (Publications/Web Sites)

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Publications

Understanding the Farmers' Comprehensive Personal Liability Policy is a guide on personal liability policy put out by the National Center for Agricultural Law Research and Information. Cost: $15 plus $3 shipping. Contact: National Center for Agricultural Law Research and Information, 147 Waterman Hall, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 72701; (501) 575-7646.

The Direct Farm Marketing and Tourism Handbook from the University of Arizona is available on the web at http://ag.arizona.edu/AREC/dmkt/tabcontents.html, and also may be available in print in limited quantities. Check the web site or call about available hardbound copies. Cost: Web site is free; hardbound version is $25 including shipping. Contact: Shoshana Mayden, University of Arizona Agricultural and Resource Economics, P.O. Box 210023, Tucson, AZ 85721-0023; (520) 621-6264.

Cultivating Farm, Neighbor, and Community Relations is designed to help farmers and their nonfarm neighbors maintain good relationships in areas where conflicts over land-use issues may arise. Cost: $5 plus $3 shipping and handling. Contact: Cornell Instructional Materials Service, Department of Education, 420 Kennedy Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853; (607) 255-1837.

The Local Visitor Impact Model from the California Division of Tourism provides steps and sample survey forms for a do-it-yourself visitor profile and impact study. Cost: Free. Other publications available from the California Division of Tourism include the California Welcome Center Survey Report, which provides the results of a survey of visitors to California Welcome Centers. Cost: Free. Contact: Research, California Division of Tourism, 801 K Street, Suite 1600, Sacramento, CA 95814; (916) 322-2881.

U-Pick Blueberries: An Alternative Enterprise Guidebook is a short guide for those interested in setting up a u-pick enterprise. Cost: $7.50 (shipping included). Contact: Yellow Wood Associates, Inc., 95 South Main St., St. Albans, VT, 05478; phone: (802) 524-6141.

Web Sites

Australian Office of National Tourism's Bookshop
http://www.tourism.gov.au/Bookshop/index.html

California Division of Tourism
http://gocalif.ca.gov

California Trade and Commerce Agency: Business 101
http://commerce.ca.gov/business/small

Links to National Tourism Extension Faculty
http://www.montana.edu/wwwcommd/faculty.htm

University of Arizona Agricultural and Resource Economics Direct
Farm Marketing and Tourism Handbook
http://ag.arizona.edu/arec/pubs/dmkt/dmkt.html

Oregon State University Western Rural Development Center Publications
http://www.orst.edu/dept/WRDC/editor.html

Michigan State University National Database of Extension Tourism Materials
http://www.msue.msu.edu/msue/imp/modtd/mastertd.html

National Extension Tourism Conference
http://www.cas.nercrd.psu.edu/publications/ntc.html

Unique Niches: Agritourism in Britain and New England (a publication)

Tourism Policy Council
http://tpcnet.doc.gov