Home Grown Farm Tour

Join the Washington County Community Partnership and area farmers for the 13th Annual Home Grown Farm Tour on this Saturday, August 27th, 2022.

The Washington County Home Grown Farm Tour is partnering with Naturally Meramec to host "A Taste of Washington County" from 10 A.M. - 3 P.M. at the Towne Square in Potosi on this Saturday. There will be booths featuring locally grown and hand crafted products. If you want a booth, vendors may still contact mperkins@meramecregion.org.

Visitors can stop at 11 venues on the self-guided 2022 Farm Tour starting at the Washington County Farmers Market at the Courthouse where maps may be picked up.

Participating venues are: Weeks Funny Farm, Chicken & the Hare, Trace Place, Old Caledonian Farm B&B, Wright Family Homestead, Jarvis Lost Creek Farm, Valley R-VI School Farm, Hillside Vineyard & Orchard, Pinery Creek Homestead and Edg-Clif Farm & Winery. 

The benefit picnic at Edg-Clif this year features a whole pig roast plus locally made cheese, wine, sausage, pickles, bread, veggies and cobblers. Picnic baskets feed 2 people and cost $80 and can be picked up at Edg-Clif Farms at 5:30 P.M. Saturday afternoon. A few basket reservations were left at press time on Tuesday.

Proceeds from the Farm Tour picnic go to small farm grants and ag scholarships. Reservations are required at 573-438-8555 and dinner is limited to 60 baskets.

Over the past 12 years the group has awarded over $14,000 to local ag students and small farms across the region. Please come out and support this great event this Saturday that's fun for the whole family!