AGRITOURISM – TRENDS: Interested in making crop circles as an agritourism draw? Here’s a link to a history and guide on how to make crop circles from the UK.
Similar to corn mazes, but steeped in more mystery and attracting huge crowds, a handful of English farmers in the past along with “cereologists” have made more money on crop circles that appeared in their fields than they could have with the grain reaped from the flattened plants. The mystery itself – that these could not be made by humans — is no doubt part of the draw.
In this article on how humans can make crop circles for themselves, we’re not suggesting using deception as a form of agritourism, but instead, using the popular draws of novelty, discovery of DIY methods, and the miracles of art that humans can create when they put their minds to it.
Many micro eco-farms don’t have large fields to use for typical crop circles, and even small-scale farming often avoids fields of large monocrops. But one of our editor’s own rural microfarm, for example, has a couple acres of natural hay meadows, and other small farming projects may be able to adapt the project.
We have no personal or business affiliate, nor have we tested it ourselves.
– www.MicroEcoFarming.com