Special Study: Agri-tourism as a Strategy for Farm Economic Development in New Jersey, USA: Opportunities and Cautions for Farmers

Brian J. Schilling, Michelle Infante-Casella, Stephen J. Komar and William J. Bamka

Chapter 23 in Rural Policies and Employment:TransAtlantic Experiences, 2019, pp 373-388 from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: The expansion of agri-tourism has been a notable trend in the United States in recent decades. Inviting the public onto farms for recreational enjoyment offers the opportunity for farm economic development, particularly in the Northeastern region of the country where urban expansion and exurban growth pose significant challenges to farming. For many urban-influenced farms, agri-tourism synergizes with direct-to-consumer marketing of farm products and capitalizes on strong consumer interest in “local food”. At the same time, agri-tourism is often an entirely new business paradigm for traditional production-wholesale farms, and brings new business challenges and risks. This chapter summarizes recent statistics on the prevalence and significance of agri-tourism in the US, with a focus on this sector’s prominence in the Northeast region. Drawing from experiences in New Jersey, a leading agri-tourism state, important business risk factors associated with agri-tourism are discussed.

Keywords: Rural Areas; Rural Development; Agriculture; Employment; Labor; Jobs; Common Agricultural Policy; European Union; United States (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: P25 Q18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://www.worldscientific.com/doi/pdf/10.1142/9781786347091_0023 (application/pdf)
https://www.worldscientific.com/doi/abs/10.1142/9781786347091_0023 (text/html)
Ebook Access is available upon purchase.

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:wsi:wschap:9781786347091_0023

Ordering information: This item can be ordered from

Access Statistics for this chapter

More chapters in World Scientific Book Chapters from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Tai Tone Lim ().