WAYS TO SUPPORT THE TRAIL

When you contribute to FARMstead ED, your support goes directly to promoting local agricultural education and agritourism programs. These programs help broaden awareness of family farming in our community and showcase the sustainable methods used to produce the food and products we rely on every day. Your support empowers local farmers, strengthens our community, and ensures a vibrant future for agriculture. Join us in making a difference - help us cultivate a stronger, more connected community!

MAKE A DONATION

We’ve planted the seeds – help us grow by making a donation to become a Friend of the Trail

WHY WE DO WHAT WE DO
FARMstead ED: Bringing Folks Together with Locally Grown & Made

We connect folks to the back roads, the backstories, and the people who make this land home. Hear the stories, experience our agriCULTURE, and meet the farmers, ranchers, and makers who work the land with their hands and hearts. Wander off the beaten path to discover family ranches, tucked-away urban farms, and hand-crafted goods made right along the trail. These are places shaped by seasons, sweat, and tradition. Come for the wine. Stay for the stories. Leave with a deeper understanding of where your food—and your roots—come from.

By sharing, caring, and collaborating the old-fashioned way, we’re proud to celebrate and protect authentic agricultural legacies, one connection at a time.

Your support of FARMstead ED aids in feeding funds directly into our local agricultural EDucation programs to broaden awareness of local family farming and the methods in which they produce products for our daily life.

BECOME A SPONSOR

It’s about the agriCULTURE - what grows together, goes together

We are seeking your support, to lead by example, bringing folks closer together with our locally grown and made. It is who we are — hands-on, collaborative growers and makers, locally rooted in the land, and committed to cultivating the next generation of agricultural stewards.

Your sponsorship allows us to:

  • Help broaden awareness of family farming in our community and showcase the sustainable methods used to produce the food and products we rely on every day.

  • Empower local farmers, strengthens our community, and ensures a vibrant future for agriculture.

OUR GOAL is to bring together local farms and producers as a collaborative network of collective marketing efforts introducing visitors and local consumers to the growers and makers to the SLO County Farm Trail via our printed and on-line farm trail map, our annual Open Farm Days Weekend, and the farm tours and workshops held at each farm.

A Sponsor is so much more than an ad on the Farm Trail Map! Your sponsorship places your name alongside a growing community that draws thousands of locals and visitors each year. From Open Farm Days to farm tours and workshops, you’ll gain visibility among engaged consumers who value authenticity, sustainability, and supporting local businesses—while directly investing in the continued growth and vitality of SLO County agriculture.



2027 OPPORTUNITIES

Annual Map Sponsor – Top Tier
$2,000
only 1 available, 10/15/26 deadline

  • Advertisement positioning on the printed SLO County Farm Trail Map: Full Page Back Cover ad placement

  • All annual sponsorship benefits

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Annual Map Sponsor – 2nd Tier
$1,500
only 1 available, 10/15/26 deadline

  • Advertisement positioning on the printed SLO County Farm Trail Map: Full Page on first fold ad placement

  • All annual sponsorship benefits

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Annual Map Sponsor – 3rd Tier
$1,000
10/15/26 deadline

  • Advertisement positioning on the printed SLO County Farm Trail Map: Full Page inside ad placement

  • All annual sponsorship benefits

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Annual Map Sponsor – 4th Tier
$750
10/15/26 deadline

  • Advertisement positioning on the printed SLO County Farm Trail Map: 1/2 page inside ad placement

  • All annual sponsorship benefits

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Annual Map Sponsor  - 5th Tier
$500
10/15/26 deadline

  • Advertisement positioning on the printed SLO County Farm Trail Map: 1/4 page inside ad placement

  • All annual sponsorship benefits

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Annual Sponsor $300, no deadline

  • All annual sponsorship benefits

SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

ANNUAL SLO COUNTY FARM TRAIL SPONSORSHIPS

All Annual SLO County Farm Trail Sponsorships include the following benefits:

  • Logo and link listing on our website

  • Logo and link listing in our consumer newsletters

  • (1) Annual Sponsor Highlight Feature in our consumer newsletter

  • Shared promotion of your promotions and opportunities that you share with us via social media platforms

  • Listing on our Farm Stay / Place to Stay page (if applicable)

  • Be a Guest on the Farm during Open Farm Days, Farmers’ Marketplace and other annual events

BENEFITS BY THE NUMBERS

Annually 15,000 maps are circulated to visitors, local hotels, businesses, visitor centers, chambers of commerce, DMOs marketing teams, and all farms on the map

23,000+ website visitors annually

8,400+ social media followers (Instagram & Facebook)

6,300+ engaged newsletter subscribers

4,000+ guests have attended Open Farm Days activities, marketplaces, dinners, tours and demos over the past 6 years

12 years in action promoting our locally grown locally made

FARMstead ED is one of 7 members of the CA Open Farm Passport funded by USDA Agritourism Specialty Crop Grant