As a member of our agriculture and culinary community, we are excited for you to join us in celebrating Saskatchewan food and agriculture products. There are 2 ways that you can participate in the event; with a mandatory free experience and paid experiences. If you have other suggestions or ideas on how to participate, please contact us and let’s chat about it!
Free Experiences:
The one mandatory element of Saskatchewan Open Farm Days is a free experience at every location. This ensures all visitors can share in the farm experience and understand food production in our province. The free experience does not need to be too curated, but it should be intentional to tell a part or the whole story of how you do what you do.
examples of this could be:
- Garden Tour: Guests arrive and get to tour the garden space, and you explain what you’re growing, why and how you use it.
- Self-Guided Tour: Tours of the barns you have onsite. Remember to have signage up if you have animals that need extra space and create barriers if needed. This could be a self-guided experience with signage and directional arrows.
Paid Experiences:
Covering the costs of your participation is welcome. Keep in mind that most visitors will be in groups, so group activities and tickets per person are easiest to manage.
examples of this could be:
- Tractor Rides: Rides in the field on the tractor explaining how the equipment works and what it is used for.
- Market: Provide a small market of vendors in your community or surrounding farms that showcase handmade items or products that you have on site that can be sold to guests.
Interested in registering as a host?
1. Take our Quiz
Review the Host page to take our quiz and explore other Open Farm Day experiences to see if you are interested in participating.
2. Generate on farm event ideas
Brainstorm with your family about what you would like to share and how to share it. Consider what is in season in August, and potential partners you could approach to build out your event. Write these down, and head to our website to register!
Looking for inspiration? Check out our case studies:
Chatsworth Farm
Chatsworth Farm, located in Vermilion, Alberta, raises beef cattle, sheep, pigs, chickens, turkeys, ducks, and geese and also grows cereal and legume crops.
Collective Joy Farm
Collective Joy Farm, located in Kingston, Ontario, is a year-round indoor urban farm growing microgreens, herbs and seedlings. They also sell whole food products, ready-made meals and juices.
Farm 2 Table on 51
Farm 2 Table on 51, located in Sexsmith, Alberta, offers fresh organically grown vegetables and flowers. Items can be purchased through special farm-to-table garden dinners or onsite from their farm store during the growing season.
3. Register
Register your farm! Submit your details onto the website. Register here as an Open Farm Days host
4. Host portal and resources
Once registered, we will share our host portal that includes free training and resources to plan and execute your event. This includes roadside directional signs, printable posters and postcard handouts, an online profile of your farm event on skopenfarmdays.ca, planning resources and event insurance- some exclusions do apply.
Participation in Saskatchewan Open Farm Days will help promote local agriculture, tourism, and rural sustainability. We invite your farm to be a part of this exciting initiative that celebrates the richness of our province’s agricultural heritage. Together, we can create a memorable event and strengthen our communities.
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