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Hammond Agritourism Workshop Agenda
Hammond Research Station
21549 Old Covington Hwy., Hammond, LA
Thursday, October 30, 2014
8:00 a.m. Registration and coffee
8:30 a.m. Welcome and Introductions
Dr. Regina Bracy, regional director
Sandra Benjamin, county agent, Tangipahoa Parish
8:45 a.m. Agritourism-A Growing Industry
Dora Ann Hatch, LSU AgCenter agritourism coordinator
9:00 a.m. If You Build It Will They Come?
Jeff, Kuehny, resident director, LSU AgCenter Botanic Gardens at Burden
9:30 a.m. Louisiana Agritourism Limited Liability Law
Dr. Carrie Castille, Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry
Steps to Becoming a Certified Agritourism Operator
Dora Ann Hatch, LSU AgCenter agritourism coordinator
10:00 a.m. Break
Sponsored by Tangipahoa Master Gardeners
10:20 a.m. Marketing Your Agritourism Business
Using Social Media to Grow Your Business
Tanya Ruffin, LSU AgCenter information technology coordinator
Tapping into MarketMaker
Todd Cooper, extension associate, LSU AgCenter Department of Agricultural Economics
and Agribusiness
11:15 a.m. Agritourism Success Story
Mrs. Heather Hughes, Mrs. Heather’s Strawberry and Pumpkin Patch
11:45 a.m. Lunch
12:30 p.m. Field Trip
1:00 p.m. Mrs. Heather’s Pumpkin Patch
31458 Hwy. 43, Albany, LA 70711 (21 min. from station)
3:00 p.m. Wrap-up
The LSU AgCenter and the LSU College of Agriculture