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Agritourism Conference
July 25 - July 27
$60 – $125
Agenda for the 2021 Agritourism Conference
Host Hotel: Comfort Suites || Address: 1650 Old Wire Outer Rd.; Rolla, MO; 65401 || Phone: 573-368-4300
Sunday, July 25
4:00 – 6:00 p.m. — Registration
6:00 p.m. — Dinner (Welcome from MOFB/MDA, Lt. Governor Mike Kehoe, Program: “What Flew, What Flopped”)
Monday, July 26
7:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m. — Bus Tour (Departs from Comfort Suites, Rolla)
— Pete’s Pumpkin Patch (Rolla)
— Same Blue Sky Ranch (Rolla)
— Pine Rock Farm (Rolla)
— The Village at the Dabler Place (Rolla)
— Countryside Farm and Market (Cuba)
— Oak Hill Meats and Processing (Cuba)
— Ozark Berry Farm (Leasburg)
— Heartland Farm (Bourbon)
Tuesday, July 27
8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. — Agritourism Presentations by Industry Experts (Comfort Suites, Rolla)
— Agritourism Legal Considerations // Rusty Rumley, National Agricultural Law Center
— Missouri Agritourism Research Update // Jibin Baby, University of Missouri
— New Tourist Oriented Directional Signage Update // MoDOT
— Mental Health: What it means, How it affects us in Ag, What can we improve // Jason Medows, Ag State of Mind
— Naturally Meramec // Mark Perkins, Meramec Regional Planning Commission
— Agritourism Venue Safety // Gary Kukal, Safety Consultants
— Missouri Grown Program // Missouri Department of Agriculture
— Missouri Division of Tourism Resources // Missouri Division of Tourism
Contact Kelly Smith (kelly.smith@mofb.org // 573-893-1416) for additional details.
