What is Alberta Open Farm Days?
Alberta Open Farms Days is an incubator for agri-tourism and rural sustainability.
We bring Albertans together through educational and experiential agricultural-based initiatives to learn about where your food comes from.
Open Farm Days will take place August 17 & 18, 2024
Opportunity for Agricultural Societies:
We are accepting Agricultural Societies applications for this year with a grant of up to a maximum of $2,000 going to each Agricultural Society, amount is dependent on how many applications we receive.
You will be notified by no later than April 8th, 2024, if your application has been accepted. Maximum applications accepted is 10.
Some examples of what Agricultural Societies have done or could do are:
- Host a bus tour of regional farms, culminating in a communal dinner (at the host Agricultura Society) featuring foods from all the farms visited that day. The bus would transport consumers from farm to farm, hosted by a tour guide who will share and highlight agricultural stories of the region. While on the farms, guests would be toured around by the producers to learn about their products and processes. At the end of the day, bus tour participants will enjoy a dinner prepared using products from all the farms visited throughout the day. Additional tickets to the dinner could be sold to other members of the public for additional revenue
- Another example is to have demonstrations or workshops at the Agricultural Society’s facility and coordinate a self-guided tour of farms in the area
- Work with other Host farms in the Agricultural Society’s area by providing volunteers, opening the hall, assisting with marketing and promotion, looking after demonstrations, helping with parking etc.
Application Process:
OFD Agricultural Society Support Request 2024 – Fillable
To ensure your event/project is included in the Open Farm Days publications the deadline for applications is March 31, 2024.
Interested in hosting an Open Farm Days Event?
Register to be a Host Farm today!
Register before April 30th to be a part of the 12th Annual Alberta Open Farm Days.
REGISTER NOW
www.albertaopenfarmdays.ca