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Update on Fields of Gold Farm Trail
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Presented By: Elizabeth McCarthy & Bonnie Riedesel
Recommendation and Review
The goals of the Fields of Gold program are to market the Shenandoah Valley as a top agritourism destination, create and retain jobs on the farm, expand tourism jobs off of the farm, and nurture an environment for entrepreneurship. It is a regional agritourism program designed to collectively market and promote the region’s agritourism sites and activities. The Shenandoah Valley is asset- rich in both quantity and quality of farms and farm businesses. Four of the top five agriculture-producing counties in the state of Virginia are located in the Fields of Gold region (Rockingham, Augusta, Page, and Shenandoah). .