Small and part-time farmers and other interested persons will have an opportunity to learn more about alternative crops and enterprises by attending the Southeastern North Carolina Alternative Farm Tour to be held Tuesday, August 11.
Transportation will depart from the O. P. Owens Agriculture Center, Highway 72 West, in Lumberton at 8:15 a.m. and is scheduled to return around 5 p.m. Featured counties will include: Robeson, Columbus, Bladen, and Sampson.
According to Nelson Brownlee, Extension Area Farm Management Agent with North Carolina Cooperative Extension, Robeson County Center, this informative and educational tour will visit farm operations that highlight successful small farmers.
Growers will have an opportunity to visit a number of alternative systems such as utilizing plastic and drip irrigation, forestry production, a horse layover and retirement farm, roadside markets, and intensive fruit and vegetable production. Refreshments will be provided for tour participants. Lunch will be dutch.
All interested persons are encouraged to register by calling the Extension Center at 671-3276 by Friday, August 7, so that transportation can be arranged. For accommodations for persons with disabilities, contact Nelson at 671-3276 by August 7.
Detailed information concerning the tour is available from Nelson Brownlee, Area Extension Farm Management Agent with the Robeson and Bladen County Extension Centers and Jeff Floyd, Agricultural Technician, Robeson County Center.
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