Many people are growing more interested in how their food is produced, or how the population of a foreign country produces food. Agritourism is a style of vacation that normally takes place on a farm, either domestically or abroad.

Agritourism farms in Poland offer tours to allow a person to view the growing, harvesting, and processing of locally grown foods, such as corn, coconuts, sugar cane, pineapple, cherries, apples…. Often the farmers provide a home-stay opportunity and general education on the workings of the farm.

Children who visit the farms often have not seen a live duck, or pig, and have not picked an apple right off the tree. This form of expanded agritourism has given birth to what are often called entertainment farms. These farms cater to the pick-your-own crowd, offering not only regular farm products, but also food, mazes, open-pen animals, train rides, picnic facilities, and pick-your-own produce. In the United States, dude ranches offer tourists the chance to work on cattle ranches and sometimes include cattle drives.

In Polish farmhouses tourists can eat and live with the owner , do some work in the field, watch the livestock process and the cultivation of plants. In addition to the ecological recreation you can also be actively engaged in summer and winter sports. Also the owners of the estates can offer all kinds of festivals, exhibitions devoted to the agriculture and the dishes of the local cuisine.

agritourism – agroturystyka

farm – gospodarstwo

farmers – rolnicy (singular – rolnik)

harvest – żniwa, zbiory

local food – lokalne potrawy

Do następnego razu… (Till next time…)