{"id":1762,"date":"2025-08-04T07:28:13","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T14:28:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extintern\/?p=1762"},"modified":"2025-08-04T07:29:41","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T14:29:41","slug":"traveling-the-state-touring-farms-surveying-consumers-and-collecting-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extintern\/2025\/08\/04\/traveling-the-state-touring-farms-surveying-consumers-and-collecting-research\/","title":{"rendered":"Traveling the state: touring farms, surveying consumers and collecting research"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hi, my name is Cydney Stables, and I am the Agritourism intern for the Marion, Polk and Yamhill County offices. I recently graduated from Graceland University in Lamoni, Iowa with bachelor\u2019s degrees in agricultural business, business administration, communications and economics. After this internship, I plan to attend Kansas State University to continue my education by pursuing a master\u2019s in agricultural economics. My research thesis for my master\u2019s will be focused on the economics surrounding Agritourism operations, which has made this internship a great fit for my future plans!<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Tabling for surveys at Kiger Island Blues Blueberry Farm Photo: Mindi Miller Farm<\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n

So far, this internship has provided me with insight on various topics, critical issues and farm styles within the Agritourism sector. I have had the opportunity to hear from industry stakeholders, including supporting community groups, Extension staff, customers of Agritourism operations and farmers themselves about the benefits and drawbacks of being involved in this industry.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0A major part of my internship includes traveling to farms across the state of Oregon to survey customers about their experiences. So far, I have toured and surveyed at three different locations including a lavender farm stand operation in Yamhill, a blueberry u-pick farm in Corvallis and a cidery and tasting room in Grants Pass. Each of these experiences have provided me with the opportunity to speak with numerous customers who attend these Agritourism operations, and I have witnessed first-hand the positive impact these on-farm experiences have on their outlook of agriculture.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Pears grown at Blossom Barn Cidery in Grants Pass. Photo: Cydney Stables<\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n

I am excited to continue my internship and to expand my knowledge and experiences with Agritourism operations throughout Oregon.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hi, my name is Cydney Stables, and I am the Agritourism intern for the Marion, Polk and Yamhill County offices. I recently graduated from Graceland University in Lamoni, Iowa with bachelor\u2019s degrees in agricultural business, business administration, communications and economics. After this internship, I plan to attend Kansas State University to continue my education by… Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14885,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65,64,1,114],"tags":[308,101],"class_list":["post-1762","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-marion-county","category-polk-county","category-uncategorized","category-yamhill-county","tag-agritourism","tag-cydney-stables"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extintern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1762","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extintern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extintern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extintern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14885"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extintern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1762"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extintern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1762\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1764,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extintern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1762\/revisions\/1764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extintern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1762"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extintern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1762"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/extintern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}