{"id":20754,"date":"2016-10-18T09:00:28","date_gmt":"2016-10-18T13:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/?p=20754"},"modified":"2016-10-18T09:16:58","modified_gmt":"2016-10-18T13:16:58","slug":"fall-farm-activities-taking-place-throughout-maryland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/press-release\/2016\/10\/18\/fall-farm-activities-taking-place-throughout-maryland\/","title":{"rendered":"Fall Farm Activities Taking Place Throughout Maryland"},"content":{"rendered":"

Corn Mazes, Pumpkin Patches and Hayrides Offer Fun for the Whole Family<\/em><\/h3>\n

\"agtourism2\"<\/a>ANNAPOLIS, MD<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 #Maryland #Localfarms #Localfun! Maryland\u2019s agricultural tourism farms are ready for your family this fall.<\/p>\n

Maryland\u2019s farmers offer a variety of fall activities as a way for families to spend time together outdoors. October is the perfect time to experience the fun of selecting your own pumpkins for jack-o-lanterns, getting lost in a corn maze, taking a hayride, or attending a fall festival. Depending on the farm, visitors may be able to enjoy a variety of other activities including farm stands, scarecrow-making, petting farms, pony rides, live music, decorations, fresh apple cider, home baked goods and more.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt just doesn\u2019t get better than getting the kids out to the farm on a crisp autumn day,\u201d said Maryland Secretary of Agriculture Joseph Bartenfelder. \u201cAgritourism is a booming industry here in Maryland. Visiting a farm is great fun for all ages and supports our family farmers too. On-farm tourism operations and farm stands are open and ready for visitors.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to the most recent agricultural census by the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service, there are 33,161 agri-tourism farms nationally with revenues totaling $704 million. In Maryland, there are 307 agri-tourism farms with revenues of $7.2 million.<\/p>\n

For a list of farms offering fall activities, visit marylandsbest.net<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Corn Mazes, Pumpkin Patches and Hayrides Offer Fun for the Whole Family ANNAPOLIS, MD\u00a0\u2013 #Maryland #Localfarms #Localfun! Maryland\u2019s agricultural tourism farms are ready for your family this fall. Maryland\u2019s farmers offer a variety of fall activities as a way for families to spend time together outdoors. October is the perfect time to experience the fun  Read the Rest…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":123,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20754","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20754","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/123"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20754"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20754\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20757,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20754\/revisions\/20757"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}