AGRITOURISM Act

This week, Oregon's Ron Wyden teamed up with Republican senator Ted Budd from North Carolina, to introduce the bipartisan AGRITOURISM Act.

Last week, central Washington’s Dan Newhouse and Virginia Representative Suhas Subramanyam introduced legislation creating an Office of Agritourism at USDA.  They say the bipartisan Accelerating the Growth of Rural Innovation and Tourism Opportunities to Uphold Rural Industries and Sustainable Marketplaces Act, better known as the AGRITOURISM Act will represent the interests of agritourism busines

This legislation would create an Office of Agritourism at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to serve as a dedicated voice for agritourism businesses in the federal government and to consolidate federal resources to sustain agritourism businesses, such as loans, grants, and broadband connectivity programs.

Lawmakers in D.C. are trying to create an office within USDA dedicated to promoting agritourism. Dan Newhouse, chair of the western caucus, says the Accelerating the Growth of Rural Innovation and Tourism Opportunities to Uphold Rural Industries and Sustainable Marketplaces Act; or AGRITOURISM Act, looks to highlight one of the successes in modern agriculture ...