The Buffalo News had a story in the City & Region section about agricultural tourism in the Southtowns, specifically, Brant, Evans, Eden, and North Collins.
With a $10,000 federal grant and help from the University at Buffalo Regional Institute, the Southtowns Agribusiness project is looking for ways the rural region could boost revenue and jobs. . . . The project is funded by the Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education program, an arm of the U. S. Department of Agriculture.
I did a bit of googling, and found the Partnering for Tourism in the Southtowns of Erie County Project web site. They released at "toolkit" (huge file! - 9 MB and 70+ pages) in 2007 as a result of research and surveys. It's quite an interesting read for anyone interested in agriculture and development.
This made me think of the "localvore" movement, and what could be done to encourage more consumption of food from local sources. For our part, I want to expand our garden in the spring, and go for a summer without a plague of Japanese beetles eating all our plants' leaves!
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