Hot '09 Travel Tip: Farm Vacations

So check it out. MaryJane Butters and her organic farm in Idaho have piqued the interest of Travel + Leisure Magazine and the Today Show, which are suggesting that Farm Vacations will be a trend in 2009.

The Travel + Leisure Mag editor notes that agriturismos, in which tourists are put to work on an actual farm, have long been in operation in Italy.

But U.S. farmers are only just beginning to take advantage of agritourism opportunities.

At MaryJane’s Farm, visitors can stay for as little as $139 a night. Oh and I love the this characterization of Mary Jane: “the Martha Stewart of the milkmaid set.”

Five others caught the magazine’s eye for its Farm Stays piece, including Michigan’s Inn at Black Star Farms and one of VFG’s favorites to watch, Maverick Farms.

Here’s the segment:

Hat tip Alpaca Farm Girl.