News Release
For Immediate Release — June 24, 2008
Educational Tour Planned for Agritourism Entrepreneurs
Tennessee agritourism entrepreneurs are invited to pack their bags and join a classroom on wheels.
Visiting existing businesses and hearing from the owners is one of the best ways for entrepreneurs to learn how to improve their own businesses, says Megan Bruch, marketing specialist with the University of Tennessee Center for Profitable Agriculture. Operators have asked us to develop an educational tour, and we are able to make it happen thanks to assistance from the Tennessee Department of Agriculture.
The Agritourism in Action Bus Tour will be held November 11-13 and will start and end in the Nashville area. The tour will make stops at various types of agritourism operations in Tennessee, Kentucky and Indiana.
The number of participants is limited, so interested operators must submit an application. Only operators from existing Tennessee agritourism enterprises are eligible to apply, and applications will only be accepted for one person per enterprise.
The application process will help us spread the benefits of the tour across as many enterprises as possible and match the needs of applicants with what we think the tour can provide them, says Bruch.
Applications can be found on-line at http://cpa.utk.edu or an application can be requested by contacting the Center for Profitable Agriculture at (931) 486-2777. Applications must be returned to the Center by August 4, 2008.
Applicants will be notified of their selection and then must confirm their participation and remit a registration fee of $200. The registration fee is an eligible expense for cost-share reimbursement under the Tennessee Agricultural Enhancement Program (TAEP) with an approved TAEP Producer Diversification Cost-Share Application.
To learn more about the tour, visit http://cpa.utk.edu or contact Megan Bruch with specific questions at mlbruch@utk.edu or (931) 486-2777.
The Center for Profitable Agriculture is a partnership of UT Extension and the Tennessee Farm Bureau Federation.
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Contact: Megan L. Bruch, Center for Profitable Agriculture, mlbruch@utk.edu (931) 486-2777
On the Web at Center for Profitable Agriculture (http://cpa.utk.edu)