Gain a whole new appreciation for the beauty, bounty and entrepreneurship of our region.
More than 20 farms will be open for you in Sullivan, Greene and Washington counties to visit, pet farm animals, see beautiful places, purchase local products and learn how your food, fiber and flowers (and more!) is grown & raised.
After the Tour…. wind down the evening with refreshments, food trucks and music, a benefit concert for the Appalachian RC&D Council at Whispering Oaks Farm, Gray, with The Barefoot Movement!
June 21: All Day Best Value Car Pass: $70
Load up your car with friends and family, includes everyone in your car for the Farm Tours and the evening Concert.
farm tour
$25 car pass
Fill your car with friends, family and a cooler. (Leave your pup at home.) Build your self-guided tour choosing from ~20 farms across Greene, Washington and Sullivan counties. Meet your farmer, learn where your food comes from and how its grown and raised, and enjoy the beauty and bounty of our region. Rain or shine!
Farm List will grow as we confirm final details– here is a sampling! We expect upwards of 20 farms.
FARM TOUR
a sample of locations
Green Pasture Farm & Hatchery, Chucky,tour their hydroponic greenhouses and chicken hatchery
Alethia Fields, Bluff City,flower farm
Horse Creek Farm & Little Lou’s Cream Dairy, Chucky,see their cattle and sample ice cream
Gnome Hollow, Chucky,baby goats and a myriad of animals to visit with
Spade & Spoon, Johnson City,how to grow intensive-spaced gardens
Serenity Knoll Farm & Kitchen,Jonesborough, see their mountain-top gardens, learn how hydrotowers work
Stickley Farm, Kingsport,corn maze and agritourism games
evening concert
$25 ticket
Continue the Farm Tour spirit with a peaceful evening beneath the trees of Whispering Oaks Farm, Gray, with refreshments and Farm Concert from The Barefoot Movement.
Music, refreshments, food trucks, and fun on the grounds.
About The Barefoot Movement:
Since 2011, progressive acoustic band The Barefoot Movement has been recording and touring internationally, winning the 2014 IBMA momentum award, and releasing multiple albums. Tommy Norris and Noah Wall met in high school in Granville County, North Carolina, where the original barefoot movement was born… and the band was catalyzed through their years together at East TN State University’s Bluegrass, Old Time, Roots Music Program!
Their new album also sees the band’s songwriting turn inward, revealing more vulnerable aspects of the couple’s relationship. There often comes a time when one has to choose to either bend or break, to find a new path, or to give up. “There’s a lot of songs on this record that I didn’t feel ready to share before,” says Wall, “but I think we’re finally ready now to let ‘em out.” Let It Out is the name of their recent album.
Calling new songwriters! We are holding a songwriter contest on the theme Love For Land, for the opening act on June 21.
http://arcd.org/farmtour/loveforland