Our Focus
Our Focus
At FarmStay, we’re all about connection — between travelers, families, and farmers who believe the best experiences come from real places and real people.
Since 2010, we’ve championed the idea that time spent on a farm isn’t just a stay — it’s an experience. From hands-on workshops and seasonal events to cozy weekends on working farms, we celebrate the many ways people can connect with the land and those who care for it.
Our mission is to help people discover authentic farm experiences while supporting the farmers who open their gates and hearts to share their way of life. Together, we’re growing awareness, appreciation, and community — one welcome at a time.
What’s a Farm Stay?
Think of it as the next step after the farmers market — where you don’t just shop local, you stay local. A farm stay lets you slow down, stay a while, and experience real life on the land — whether that’s overnight, for a weekend, or just for an afternoon event.
We’re taking it one step further by inviting you to discover all the ways to connect: dinner on the farm, a summer workshop, a wedding in the barn, or a cozy weekend escape. From flower farms to ranches, glamping tents to guest cottages — every visit offers the same thing: genuine connection, fresh air, and a break from the ordinary.
How It All Started
A long time ago, in a desert city far, far away, two romantically deluded urbanites decided they wanted the “simple life”, so they bought a sheep farm in the Pacific Northwest. The delusion ended quite abruptly after several attempts at livestock diversification that could never compete with “big ag”.
In search of sustainability, they decided to emulate the European agritourism business model of a ‘farm stay’. This switch in models had unintended benefits: meaningful connections made by sharing their home, food, animals, unique landscape, and hard-earned knowledge with people once like them – city folk.
Their success was the impetus that spurred the creation of Farm Stay USA: a place where travelers could easily access a directory of immersive farm experiences in the U.S. The rest, as they say, is history.
(If you want to read about the start to their sometimes hilarious and often times hard-knocks journey into farming, check out their published ‘farmoir’, Country Grit).
