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almost always has a session on school tours: http://www.nafdma.com/

The United Kingdom has the National Farm Attractions Network which may have some useful information for you: http://www.farmattractions.net/ regions.htm

On Line Registration Sources

Providers of programs that offer on-line registration include:

• AgPro Marketing in Madera, CA, sell on-line reservation software for feld trips and special events: www. agprobookit.com They also offer ag-tourism consulting: http://www. agpromarketing.com/

• Maize Quest of New Park, PA, has a on-line reservation program called BookMy Groups: www. bookmygroups.com as well as corn maze games, designs, attractions and audio safety products: http:// www.mazefunpark.com/

Safety Resources

Managing Risk on Farms Open to the Public factsheet: http://www. omafra.gov.on.ca/english/busdev/ facts/06-087.htm

Hand washing poster: go to http:// http://www.health.alberta.ca/health-info/infuenza.html. Scroll down the page and under Infuenza Poster choose Hand Washing Sign – Do Bugs Need Drugs.

Suppliers

Megaphone/Loudhailers: http:// talkietooter.ca/html/tktr2007.htm

Toilets-Portable (to rent) is the wording you use to fnd them in your local phonebook, or use this link to YellowPages.ca: www.yellowpages. ca/search/pv/1/toilets-portable/ab

Hand washing stations are for sale from:

• Rama Plastics , Orillia, ON: http:// www.ramaplastics.ca/

• All Safety Products , Lakewood, CA: http://www.allsafetyproducts. com/site/323655/page/875173 • Quadal Industries, Oregon, USA: http://www.quadel.net

For managing your mail list, you’ll need to print labels, and perhaps e-mail potential customers. Some of the farms that have turned school tours into a major business for themselves manage their mailing list using some kind of software. There are lots to choose from. Benchmark is just one. Their rates start at $108/ year: http://www.benchmarkemail. com/

Now that you have the background information, proceed to the Questionnaire and fll it in to create your own budget for hosting school tours.

The mentioning of certain companies or websites in this publication does not constitute an endorsement or suggest that they are in any way superior to others.