Agritourism/Ecotourism

Keown Orchards
9 McClellan Rd
Sutton, MA  01590  
Phone: 508-865-6706
Email: mail@keownorchards.com
   

Growers of Quality Fruit Since 1924

A great place for family fun! Keown Farms is a 4th generation family business located on 175 acres of pristine farmland in Worcester County. Open daily from April through Christmas, the farm offers a wide variety of apples as well as pears, peaches, and many other fruits and vegetables. The farm hosts birthday parties, wagon rides and conducts tours by tractor or trailer by appointment only. Keown Farms makes their very special brand of apple blossom & wild flower honey from the farm's hives. The farm grows herbs, annuals & perennials and has fresh-cut flowers daily in season and, Pick-Your-Own apples and pumpkins in the Fall.

Liberty Hill Farm Bed & Breakfast
511 Liberty Hill Rd.
Rochester, VT  05767  
Phone: 802-767-3926
Fax: 802-767-6056
Email: beth@libertyhillfarm.com

Stay at a working dairy farm with 150 head of cattle and generous amounts of kittens! This farm vacation offers lodging with meals (both dinner and breakfast) served with Vermont charm at the family table. Guests can visit the barn, swim or fish in the river, hike or snowshoe in the woods. Trails start right at the front door. Our 150-year old house has seven guest bedrooms and four shared baths. Sitting areas throughout the house provide plenty of space to relax. Great place to schedule a family reunion or find new best friends! Featured in Family Fun, Yankee Magazine, Gourmet, VT Life, and Travel and Leisure.

Morse Farm Maple Sugarworks
1168 County Road (Upper Main Street)
Montpelier, VT  05602  
Phone: 802-223-2740 In state
Toll-Free: 800-242-2740
Fax: 802-223-7450
Email: maple@morsefarm.com

We’re Vermont’s oldest maple family and invite you to our eight generation maple farm and sugarhouse, just 2.7 miles up Montpelier’s Main Street. Pull up a stump in our famous Woodshed Theatre and watch the wonders of maple on our humorous and educational video. Then taste the four grades of Morse Maple Syrup—all for free! Take a short walk on our Maple Trail to see where it all begins and then go visit our loveable barnyard critters. Relax—there’s no hurry at Morse Farm Maple Sugarhouse. See the unique forest folk art created by seventh generation sugarmaker, Burr Morse. Our gift shop is the area’s biggest and most unique. It’s bursting with everything maple and so much more. We’re the home of the original maple creemee ice cream and maple kettle corn which you’re guaranteed to love. We’re open 7 days, year ‘round, 9-5. (Summer hours, 8-8).

Newport Vineyards
909 East Main Road (Route 138)
Middletown, RI  02842  
Phone: 401-848-5161
Fax: 401-848-5162
Email: info@newportvineyards.com

Newport Vineyards is a family owned winery, founded in 1978. Paul and John Nunes, whose local roots date back to 1917, purchased the winery in 1995. Since that time, the winery has grown to 50 acres of varietal and hybrid grapes. Visitors are offered public tours at 1 and 3 pm, seven days a week. These include a tour in the vineyards, a behind the scenes look at the winemaking process and a tasting of five wines. The winery features an art gallery and retail shop with wine accessories and signature clothing. Private tours and tastings for groups of ten or more are available. Newport Vineyards specializes in rehearsal dinners, corporate affairs and custom labels. The winery hours are Monday thru Saturday 10-5 and Sunday noon-5 year around. Receive a $2 discount off the admission price, valid for up to two adults by presenting this web page.

Green Mountain Sugar House
820 Route 100 North
Ludlow, VT  05149  
Toll-Free: 800-643-9338
Fax: 802-228-2298
Email: gmsh@tds.net
   

Our red roofed sugarhouse, just steps away from the water's edge, is where we make everything from maple syrup to mouth-watering maple fudge. It's also a Vermont country gift shop. Make the Green Mountain Sugar House a planned stop whenever you're in the area... you'll be glad you did! Browse through our well stocked gift shop full of fine Vermont products. During the months of March and April watch some of Vermont's best maple syrup being made in our sugarhouse, or drop in for a self-guided tour. We are open year-round, daily 9-6. If you are unable to visit, you can order our famous maple products via our catalog.

Harlow’s Sugar House
563 Bellows Falls Road (Route 5)
Putney, VT  05346  
Phone: 802-387-5852
Fax: 802-387-4303
Email: harlows@sover.net

The Harlow Family has been a part of the New England tradition of sugarmaking since 1927. If you are in Vermont, stop by to visit. The farm sales room and Vermont gift shop are open daily, from March 1st 'til late December. During the sugaring season, the Harlow’s are happy to have you stop in to watch the process. You might also enjoy visiting during the summer months, when you can pick-your-own or purchase ready-picked strawberries, raspberries and blueberries. In September when the maple trees display their brilliant colors, the apple trees are laden down with crisp red fruit. You can pick your own apples in our orchard or visit our cider mill to watch fresh cold apple cider being pressed.

Hollister Hill Farm Bed & Breakfast
2193 Hollister Hill Road
Marshfield, VT  05658  
Phone: 802-454-7725
Fax: 802-454-0197
Email: Hhfarmbb@aol.com

Wonderful 1825 farmhouse on a 200 acre diversified farm. Barn with animals, sugarhouse, fields, woodlands. Three very friendly Golden Retrievers that love visitors. Common room and 2 bedrooms with woodburning fireplaces, one with a sauna. Private baths. Country-style breakfasts featuring our own farm raised products. Easy drive to all Vermont Attractions. Year round outdoor activities.

Audubon Society of Rhode Island
Environmental Education Center
1401 Hope Street, Route 114
Bristol, RI  02809  
Phone: 401-245-7500
Email: eec@asri.org

The Audubon Environmental Education Center is a state-of-the art natural history museum and aquarium that puts fun and excitement into experiencing nature. Look inside a 33-foot life size Right Whale. Discover life in a tide pool. Observe Narragansett Bay’s marine life. The Center’s interactive exhibits feature local habitats. Situated on the 28-acre McIntosh Wildlife Refuge the Environmental Education Center has walking trails with a ¼ mile boardwalk that winds through fresh and saltwater marshes leading to a majestic view of Narragansett Bay. The refuge is along the East Bay Bike Path allowing bikers and walkers access to the refuge’s natural beauty. The Center offers guided tours, nature walks, special family programs and much more throughout the year. The facility and trails are handicapped accessible.

Billings Farm & Museum
Route 12N & River Road
Woodstock, VT  05091  
Phone: 802-457-2355
Fax: 802-457-4663
Email: info@billingsfarm.org

Open: May–October, daily, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. and weekends November - February 10 a.m- 4 p.m. and December 26 - January 1 10 a.m.–4 p.m.

Enter the gateway to Vermont’s rural heritage and explore one of the finest Jersey farms in America, featuring interactive farm programs & activities and award-winning historical exhibits. Explore the barns and calf nursery and stop by for the afternoon milking. The restored farm house, engaging farm life exhibits, and visitor center featuring the Academy Award nominee film A Place in the Land, showcase this model farm, a Woodstock landmark since 1871. Hands-on activities each day, a variety of seasonal events, museum shop, dairy bar. Handicapped accessible. Route 12, Woodstock, VT.

Bolton Orchards
125 Still River Road, Jct 110 & 117
Bolton, MA  01740  
Phone: 978- 779-2733
Fax: 978- 779-6844
Email: customerservice@boltonorchards.com
   

A fifth generation farm in Bolton Massachusetts, Bolton Orchards is much more than a country store. Today, 250 acres are in active production, yielding many varieties of apples, peaches, pears, nectarines, plums, sweet corn, tomatoes, squash and pumpkins. The Orchard also produces two unique varieties of fresh pressed cider. A full line of groceries, baked goods, and a deli compliment the produce. The deli offers daily specialties, a variety of prepared foods, meats, cheese and salads. Bolton Orchards also offers fruit baskets, shippable gifts, fresh flowers, seasonal bedding plants, Christmas Trees and in season potted plants. We are now serving, Bliss Dairy’s old fashioned hard scooped ice cream. Open year round 8 – 6, seasonal extended hours for Ice Cream Window (please call ahead).

Carlson Orchards
115 Oak Hill Road
Harvard, MA  01451  
Phone: 978-456-3916
Toll-Free: 800-286-3916
Email: fcarlson@carlsonorchards.com

Carlson Orchards was founded in 1936 by Walter and Eleanor Carlson. In the late sixties, the farm specialized in fruits with apples being the main crop. Carlson Orchards is a 140 acre working farm run by the second generation of Carlsons. The Carlsons are dedicated to growing the best tree fruits, blueberries, raspberries, and pumpkins as well as producing the best tasting apple cider available anywhere. Carlson Orchards now grows fruit on 140 acres producing 40,000 bushels of apples, 5,000 baskets of peaches and nectarines and over 500,000 gallons of apple cider annually. Pick your own fruit offered to the public seasonally. The retail store is open 10 to 5 daily. "Pick Your Own" closes promptly at 5 pm.

Rhode Island FarmWays

Phone: 401-592-0209
Email: ricape@cox.net

Discover Rhode Island’s Farm Destinations

Our farms come to life for you to enjoy the scenery, excite the senses or soothe the soul. This is your gateway to local foods and greenery, verdant fields and pastures, waterways and wildlife. Visit our vineyards and orchards, beautiful landscapes and settings, the inspiration for art and photography. There’s fun for young and old, things to learn and buy and keep, places in the heart, revealing and restorative. And there is history here — agriculture's history, New England's history, America's history. The stone walls, barns and buildings along Rhode Island FarmWays frame famous landmarks and heritage attractions — authentic places and real people with stories to tell. Best of all, you can visit several FarmWays destinations in a single day.

Vermont Farms!
Locations throughout Vermont

Phone: 866-348-3276
Fax: 802-223-4257
Email: info@vtfarms.org

From end to end of the Green Mountain State are Vermont farms that welcome your visit and even offer overnight accommodations! You can tour farms, maple sugarhouses, take hay and sleigh rides, navigate corn mazes, watch sheep shearing, and enjoy many other pastoral pleasures. There’s no better getaway for families. Children will delight in petting and feeding farm animals. And there’s no better getaway for city and suburban dwellers. Many Vermont Farms! members welcome overnight guests and serve you a true country breakfast. These farms welcome visitors every season of the year. Be sure to visit Vermont Farms! on your travels.

Vermont Maple Outlet
3929 Vermont Route 15
Jeffersonville, VT  05464  
Toll-Free: 800-858-3121
Fax: 802-644-5038
Email: info@vermontmapleoutlet.com

A Family Tradition Since 1910!

Vermont Maple Outlet is a country store owned and operated by the Marsh family in the true Vermont tradition. Our family has been producing award winning pure Vermont maple syrup for over 85 years and we are now in our 6th generation. We also make our own delicious pure maple candy, maple cream & maple sugar right here in our candy kitchen. At our country store you will also find a large selection of Vermont products, handmade crafts & clothing. Our year-round onsite sugarhouse is always open so drop by for a self-guided tour. We are open year-round, daily 9-5. Stop by if you are in our area and get a FREE taste of our maple syrup or order our award winning maple products via our catalog or visit our website.