NAFDMA Weekly Harvest
NAFDMA UNVEILS NEW REGIONAL
LUNCH & LEARN PROGRAMMING
OPEN TO MEMBERS AND NON-MEMBERS
Join us at Blooms & Berries Farm Market for a presentation featuring Advanced Pricing and Admissions Strategies to Grow Your Revenue in 2021.

In this session, Ticket Spice is bringing real data and strategies from hundreds of agritourism destinations to help you grow your revenue in 2021. 

Here are some of the topics they are covering:
  • Times are Uncertain, Talk Through Real Experiences in Timed-ticketing
  • PYO Reservations 
  • Adding Merchandise to Admission Tickets & Data Around the Resulting Revenue
  • Strategies For Admissions, Ticket Packages & Pricing Strategy
  • Overall Industry Data & Insights From 2020
  • Simple Implement Strategies for Social Media & Marketing

Blooms & Berries Farm Market will be sharing their marketing techniques and the power of having the skills in-house.

Lunch is included.
Join us at Lucky Ladd Farms for a panel discussion which will cover:
  • Learning the Effect of the Pandemic on Local Food Systems
  • Innovations and Impacts: What has Worked, What is Being Refined
  • The Power of Data: How to use New Technology to Market Effectively

As a bonus, you will have the opportunity to meet the key managers at Lucky Ladd Farms and learn a little bit about their agritourism operation.

Lunch is included.
SAVE THE DATE FOR THE 2021
AGRITOURISM FARM TOUR
The Date! On August 23rd and 24th, NAFDMA is offering a summer farm tour of several agritourism destinations - starting in Kansas and ending in Missouri! We are working on some final details before we open registration in a few weeks, but you will have an opportunity for some last minute ideas before the fall season starts. Mark your calendars to join the NAFDMA Agritourism Farm Tour!

Stops include:
THANK YOU TO OUR NEWSLETTER SPONSORS
ONE SPOT LEFT FOR LIVE AGRITOURISM LEARNING RETREAT
Registration closes this Friday, June 18.
A waitlist will be available for last minute openings.
Membership is not required.
The ALR will take place at
White House Fruit Farm in Canfield, OH | July 20
Maize Valley in Hartville, OH | July 21-22
VIRTUAL LEARNING RETREAT WILL BE
RELEASED THIS SUMMER
THANK YOU TO OUR NEWSLETTER SPONSORS
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For more information about NAFDMA - International Agritourism
Association, visit our website at www.nafdma.com.
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Suzi Spahr, Executive Director | suzi@nafdma.com
Jeff Winston, Education and Operations Manager | jeff@nafdma.com
Lisa Dean, Membership and Communications Manager | lisa@nafdma.com