I’ve worked on a farm for free before, but this is ingenious.
From Emily Biuso’s “Down on the Farm With Your Sleeves Rolled Up” in the New York Times:
The arrangement at Maverick Farms is simple: vacationers pay $120 a night to stay in a room in the hosts’ beautiful two-story, 125-year-old farmhouse, and they are also invited to work at harvesting, seeding and other chores. For each hour of labor, $7 is deducted from the bill. Up to 25 percent of the bill can be worked off. At night, the farmers cook dinner from food they grew, and the guests/laborers are encouraged to join them. At the end of the stay, visitors can, if they like, leave a donation for the food they’ve eaten.
(photo by author, Channel Rock, Cortes Island BC)
If people will pay for the experience of connecting to the source of their food (and I can think of many reason why this is a reasonable way to spend your money, if you have enough of it), what other experiences will they pay for? How about urban agritourism?
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