Tuning-In to Growth: The NAFDMA Digging Deeper In Agritourism Podcast!

Angie Day  • January 8, 2026

MEMBERS ONLY PODCAST

DIGGING DEEPER IN AGRITOURISM


Why a Podcast?

At NAFDMA, our mission has always been to advance the industry by embracing the power of shared knowledge and experience.   For more than three decades we have done that through farm tours, conventions, and round-tables. The Digging Deeper in Agritourism Podcast extends that same spirit to earbuds everywhere, turning drive-time, greenhouse chores, or an evening walk into continuing education.


What You’ll Hear

  • Operator-to-Operator Conversations – Each episode pairs host Scott & Laura Skelly with a member farm that’s solved a real-world problem: taming October parking lots, pricing U-pick berries, or building a fall-lights walk-through that pays for itself by week two, and many more topics!
  • Marketing in Motion – From TikTok tractors to geo-fenced corn-maze ads, the show surfaces low-cost tactics tested on working farms.


Listen in as these informative conversations take you behind the scenes of NAFDMA farms to learn from their wealth of knowledge. Digging deeper into who they are, their unique activities and specializations, and the aspects of their operations in which they specifically excel.


How to Listen to Digging Deeper in Agritourism Podcast

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Join the Conversation

What topics keep you up at night: field-trip pricing, sunflower-field photography, mobile-ordering apps?  Email podcast@nafdma.com and tell us. Your question may shape our next episode. In the meantime, subscribe, leave a review, and—most importantly—share an episode with a fellow farm who could use a boost. The more voices we bring to the table, the stronger agritourism grows. Happy listening, and we’ll see you (or hear you!) down the farm lane.

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