FOR TOUR SITES
Thank you for your interest in being a South Carolina Ag + Art Tour Site! By opening up your gate and welcoming visitors you are helping to not only strengthen the connection between producer and consumer, you are helping to grow South Carolina's ag-economy!
TOUR SITE CRITERIA
A Tour Site, for the purpose of this program, is a working farm or other agricultural settings where visitors interact with the farm landscape or participate in an agricultural process for tourism or leisure purposes.
There is no fee to participate as a tour site.
TOUR SITE PARTICIPATION CRITERIA
- Tour Sites must have proof of liability insurance.
- Tour Sites must be in production at some point during the year.
- Locations must be easily accessible by 2 wheel drive vehicles.
- All sites must be visitor friendly, clean, and able to provide ample parking.
- Tour Sites must agree to host artisans at their site during the tour.
TOUR SITE PARTICIPATION RESPONSIBILITIES
As a South Carolina Ag + Art Tour Site, you agree to:
- Host artisans at your site during the tour.
- Not charge admission to your farm or market (you can sell products and charge for activities but admission must be free).
- Contact your insurance agent to ensure you are carrying adequate liability insurance and take steps to reduce or eliminate risk due to negligence.
- Have one, clearly defined entrance where a sign-in table will be located. All attendees will sign-in and be vetted in accordance with current COVID-19 contact tracing recommendations.
- Adhere to all applicable federal, state, county, city guidance regarding event size, social distancing, and mask requirements; to regularly sanitize high-touch areas; and to maintain hand sanitizer stations and/or hand washing stations.
- Farms are encouraged to provide at least two demonstrations, guided tours or activities on Saturday and Sunday.
- Use our brand guide to promote the tour to the best of your ability through your social media, website, blogs and other marketing efforts.
- Provide 4 volunteers to serve as site greeters for the tour weekend (2 for 2 shifts each on Saturday and Sunday). County Planning Teams will do their best to help find volunteers for farms that are unable to fulfill this requirement.
- And most importantly, have FUN!
INFORMATION FOR VOLUNTEERS
APPLICATION PROCESS
Please fill out the tour site application by clicking the button below. The deadline to apply for the 2025 tour is March 1, 2025.
If you are a new site, a representative from your county planning team will contact you to schedule an in-person site visit to make sure your farm or market site will be a good fit for the tour. If you do not hear from your county planning team please contact them to follow up. Their information can be found here.
Artisan vendor applications are being accepted at the same time as tour sites. If you know of an artisan(s) that you would like at your farm during the tour weekend please let them know that they will need to complete an Artisan Application and provide your farm name when they apply.
Our Participating Counties: Abbeville County, Aiken County, Allendale County, Anderson County, Bamberg County, Barnwell County, Berkeley County, Calhoun County, Chester County, Colleton County, Florence County, Georgetown County, Hampton County, Kershaw County, Lancaster County, Laurens County, Lexington County, McCormick County, Newberry County, Pickens County, Richland County, Sumter County and York County.
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