And On Your Left, Folks, Check Out The Artichokes

The New York Times reports that some tourists are flocking to California and other states to view, touch, and taste the produce. The papers stays there is "a national trend toward agricultural tourism." In the Salinas Valley, tourists can board a bus for a ramble through the nation's salad bowl. Other states have their own destinations. In Vermont, travel destinations include maple sugar farms and wool-spinning operations. Other states feature you-pick Christmas tea lots and afternoon tea on the farm. Brainerd, Minnesota, offers a beef and pork tasting room. " The interest in agricultural tourism represents the convergence of several major cultural trends." As an agricultural economist from the University of California, Davis, reminded the Times: "Agriculture is basically cultivated nature."

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