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A culinary event… highlighting fine food and family farms

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A culinary event…

highlighting fine food and

family farms

Hosted by a 4th Generation

Farm Family

AGRITOURISM

Why a Feast and Not a Corn Maze?

Fits our operation:

FEAST OF THE FIELDS

brings guests to the source of foods –

a Kansas farm.

OUR GOAL

Provide participants with an

authentic culinary/agriculture

adventure that leaves them feeling

positive about Kansas

farms and foods

Recreation/Education/Entertainment

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Emotional Experience

Our Clientele

• Urbanites

• Adventure Seekers

• Foodies

• Influencers

Making it Official:

• Registration with the Kansas Department

of Wildlife, Parks, and Tourism

• Procurement of “Warning” Signs

• Adequate Liability Insurance

WarningUnder Kansas law, there is no liability for an injury

or death of a participant in a registered agritourism

activity conducted at this registered agritourism

location if such injury or death results from the

inherent risks of such agritourism activity. Inherent

risks of agritourism activities include, but shall not

be limited to, the potential of you as a participant to

act in a negligent manner that may contribute to

your injury or death and the potential of another

participant to act in a negligent manner that may

contribute to your injury or death. You are

assuming the risk of participating in this registered

agritourism activity.

OUR EVENT

Cornfield Edition

Barn Edition

Barn Edition

How We Publicize Event

• Press Release

• Manhattan Convention & Tourism Bureau

• Wabaunsee Economic Development

• Flyers/Posters

• Chef

• Word of Mouth

• Social Media (Facebook/Web Page)

KANSAS! Magazine

CHEFS

Ken Baker

Owner of Pachamama’s

Scott Benjamin

Owner of 4 Olives

Noah Reagan

Owner of Della Voce

Chef Scott Benjamin

RECEPTION

Wines from:

Highland Vineyards

Smoky Hill Vineyards

Somerset Ridge Vineyards

Dr. David Littrell

Conductor for

KSU Orchestra

Konza Wind PlayersKaren Large and Susan Maxwell

Sharing what we do:

• History

• Crop information

• Cattle production

• Farm Technology

Dinner

Groups that We Support

• High School Culinary Team

• KSU – Restaurant and Hospitality Dept.

• Future Farmers of America (FFA)

• Farm Bureau Collegiate Chapter

• We can accommodate 64 in barn – unlimited in cornfield

• $100 per person

• It runs from 5:30pm until dusk.

Every

event is

unique

thanks to

Mother

Nature

Unexpected Challenges

We’ve Faced

Broken Oven

Chef Illness/Lateness

Miscount

Weather

From the Land of Kansas

THANK YOU

www.FeastoftheFields.net