Amy Todisco's Vermont Food and Farm Tours- way more than just a tour, they’re more like an educational workshop with a lot of fun thrown in.

You will leave inspired, well fed and transformed.

Guided, authentic, memorable, customized, hands-on food and farm tour experiences on our authentic working farm in the Mad River Valley of Vermont, For foodies and foodie wannabees. You'll be guided by Amy Todisco, Nationally Recognized Green Living Expert, Build Your Best Life Coach & Retreat Leader, and Marketing Director and Events Coordinator at Hartshorn Farm.

Summer Organic Farm/Hydroponic Greenhouse/Backyard Garden with a farm to table lunch- two hours (90 min. tour, 30 min. lunch) Lunch is a mostly organic (with veggies from our farm), homemade, farm to fork lunch and herbal tea.

Pluck a pea off the vine as you learn about organic agriculture and the history of Hartshorn Farm, where your tour guide and nationally recognized green living expert, Amy, lives.

Amy's organic farmer life partner, Dave, is also a fifth-generation sugar maker. Check out the maple sugarhouse. Find out how maple syrup was discovered and the history of the Hartshorn Family’s sugar making process over the years. On certain days, maple candy and cream will be made while you watch. You’ll get to taste it, of course.

Pop a sweet cherry tomato into your mouth. Pick some blueberries. Put your hands in the warm soil and plant something. Taste some veggies right off the vine. Which kale leaf do you like best? We will enjoy a homemade, fresh, mostly organic and hydroponic (greens) lunch. Offerings may include big garden salad, farm made pesto, soup, kale salad with peanut sauce, zoodles, and more. 

Learn about our 10 years growing Green Mountain Harvest Hydroponic greenhouse where sustainability meets delicious year-round in Vermont. Watch a short documentary video on the business. See a small homeowner sized hydroponic demonstration and learn why we believe that hydroponic is the farming of the future.

Looking to create your own beautiful and productive veggie, medicinal herb and flower garden? Check out Amy's various healing gardens for inspiration. Discover what might grow in your yard that you can use to heal.

Each tour is customized to meet the needs and interests of the group that shows up, which means each tour/workshop will be slightly different. Activities will vary depending upon the season too.

No time for lunch? Take the shorter 90-minute tour. Same topics, just no lunch.

We accept cash, Venmo, checks and credit cards. To book your tour, go to Amy’s tour website.