Agricultural tourism provides a way to blend farming enterprises and attract community residents to learn about farming, enjoy nature, and build family relationships. In addition it also provides another way for a farm enterprise to gather income. The popularity of agritourism has increased in recent years. A major concern with ag retail and agritainment is with the addition of visitors on the farm there is an increased inherent risk of liability and potential safety issues.

It is the goal of this document to minimize risk associated with your operation. The following is a list of supportive practices that could potentially be implemented to improve safety in your operation. The following guide provides a scale of safe operations to achieve safety levels at farm activities. All documents and information is for educational purposes.

Note: All documents listed below are PDFs.

• Definitions & Terms
• Legal Issues - Landowner / Operator
• Safety Risk Management
• Insuring Agritainment

• Scale of Safety Fact Sheets & Risk Audit Sheets
      Click here for the Risk Audit Sheets general instructions.

• Agri-Retail
  • Christmas Trees Sales:
         Click for Safety Fact Sheet - - - - Risk Audit Sheet
  • Christmas Tree Parking/Lighting:
         Click for Safety Fact Sheet - - - - Risk Audit Sheet
  • Roadside Market Parking/Lighting :
         Click for Safety Fact Sheet - - - - Risk Audit Sheet
  • U-Pick Parking Area/Lighting :
         Click for Safety Fact Sheet - - - - Risk Audit Sheet
  • U-Pick Tree Fruit :
         Click for Safety Fact Sheet - - - - Risk Audit Sheet
• Agri-Tourism
  • Corn Maze Parking/Lighting :
         Click for Safety Fact Sheet - - - - Risk Audit Sheet
  • Corn Maze Supervision :
         Click for Safety Fact Sheet - - - - Risk Audit Sheet
  • Farm Exposures :
         Click for Safety Fact Sheet - - - - Risk Audit Sheet
  • Hay Ride Equipment:
         Click for Safety Fact Sheet - - - - Risk Audit Sheet
  • Hay Ride Operations:
         Click for Safety Fact Sheet - - - - Risk Audit Sheet
  • Hay Ride Passenger Safety:
         Click for Safety Fact Sheet - - - - Risk Audit Sheet
  • Intensity of Activities :
         Click for Safety Fact Sheet - - - - Risk Audit Sheet
  • Farm Ponds:
         Click for Safety Fact Sheet - - - - Risk Audit Sheet
  • Trampolines:
         Click for Safety Fact Sheet - - - - Risk Audit Sheet
• Other
  • Vegetation/Trees:
         Click for Safety Fact Sheet - - - - Risk Audit Sheet
  • Liability Off-Road All-Terrain Vehicles:
         Click for Safety Fact Sheet - - - - Risk Audit Sheet
  • Off-Road Golf Cars:
         Click for Safety Fact Sheet - - - - Risk Audit Sheet
  • Off-Road Utility Task Vehicles:
         Click for Safety Fact Sheet - - - - Risk Audit Sheet
  • Ag Buildings Fire Detection/Suppression:
         Click for Safety Fact Sheet
  • Ag Buildings/Fire Extinguishers:
         Click for Safety Fact Sheet

Material adapted from the Hazard Analysis Tool (FARM-HAT) by Pennsylvania State University ™

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Additional Resources

• Liability for Visitors to Farm Property
• Rural Research Report - Agritourism: An Economic Opportunity for Illinois
• Farmstead Security Audit Form
• HACCP Critical Control Points
• Agritourism Health and Safety Guidelines for Children (40 pages)
• Crop Insurance
  • For Northeast Nursery and Greenhouse Crops
  • 2010 Commodity Insurance Fact Sheet PA Apples
  • 2010 Commodity Insurance Fact Sheet PA Cabbage
  • 2010 Commodity Insurance Fact Sheet PA Fresh Market Sweet Corn
  • 2010 Commodity Insurance Fact Sheet PA Fresh Market Tomatoes
  • 2010 Commodity Insurance Fact Sheet PA Grapes
  • 2010 Commodity Insurance Fact Sheet PA Pears
  • For PA Field Crops
  • For PA Fruit Crops
  • PA Crop Insurance Facts by RMA
• RMA (Risk Management Agency) Fact Sheets:
  • Adjusted Gross Revenue (AGR)
  • Adjusted Gross Revenue (AGR) -Lite
  • Apiculture Pilot Insurance Program
  • Nursery Commodity Insurance
• Risk Management Checklist

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