For a copy of our brochure, please click here.Evans Orchard & Cider Mill
When Kevan & Jenny Evans began selling vegetables and fruit from the family farm in the late 1990’s, they never imagined they would become leaders in Kentucky’s Agritourism industry.
““I had no desire to work in tobacco on the farm growing up," said Jenny. “That is why I convinced Dad to let me try raising a few vegetables and sell them at the local farmers’ market when I was in High School.”
Four Hills Farm
After decades of watching their numbers drop and then plateau in Kentucky, the sheep industry in the Bluegrass appears to be growing once again. In fact, Kentucky is one of only six states in the nation last year to experience growth in the sheep population.
What is it that is making this livestock industry growing in popularity again after all these years? It is a mix of factors, including the continued diversification of Kentucky farms, a renewed interest in fiber arts, and the growing market for local meat products.
Webb's Butcher Block
Marty Webb believes in hard work and dedication, traits that were instilled in him by his father as they worked side by side through the years building the family business.
“My dad moved down to Paynesville and built the grocery store in 1963 when there was nothing more than just farms in the area,” explained Webb. “He invested everything he had in the world in this store, and he and Mom raised all of us kids (five total) in two rooms in the back.”
Kenny's Farmhouse Cheese
Kenny Mattingly did not plan on becoming a cheese maker when he decided to return to his family farm in Austin, Kentucky. He just wanted to get back to doing something he loved, being a dairy farmer like his father.
Central Kentucky Custom Meats
Jerome Salyers and Neil Buck had an idea in early 2001 that they could build a slaughter facility in rural Casey County and make it succeed. There were only a few places in the surrounding area where farmers and hunters could get their animals processed and only one was USDA certified.
Stone Cross Farm & Cloverdale Creamery
Farming was in Patrick Kennedy’s blood from the day he was born on his family farm in Jefferson County. Farming with his father on his family’s operation in his teens and early 20s, Patrick learned to love the daily challenges of farm life.
In 1987 when his father passed away, the Kennedy family farm was the last working dairy farm in the Louisville city limits; when it was sold Patrick chose to stay close to his roots.
Agriculture & Rural Development
411 Ring Road
Elizabethtown, KY 42701
(270) 763-8258
Fax: (270) 763-9927