What is your liability when conducting an "agritourism" event

Source: National Agricultural Law Center

With fall approaching, many farms are preparing their pumpkin patches and corn mazes for upcoming autumn agritourism activities. Agritourism, the commercial enterprise that links agriculture production and tourism by inviting visitors onto the farm for educational or entertainment purposes, can be a unique way to generate income for the farm business.

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However, by inviting visitors to the farm, a farm owner can also invite potential legal complications. To learn more about the legal issues that might arise from agritourism, click here to visit NALC's Agritourism reading room and here to visit NALC's Agritourism state law compilations.

A number of legal issues can also arise when animals are involved in an agritourism operation, click here to learn more about the limited liability that exists for equine activities through NALC's Equine Activity Statues state law compilation.

Webinar opportunity (October 16): Dr. Tim Potter, Equine/Animal Scientist and Rusty Rumley, NALC Senior Staff Attorney will present "Equine Activity & Agritourism Statutes: Strategies For Risk Management." To register click here.