As printed in the The Oklahoman, October 21, 2007.

Participants in a two-day agritourism and alternative agriculture conference in Ardmore next month will visit several area businesses. The conference is Nov. 6-7. Conference participants will have the choice of taking a tour of agritourism businesses or alternative agriculture farms.

The agritourism tour will include Pecan Valley Inn Bed and Breakfast, Davis; Echo Canyon Spa Resort, Sulphur; Chitwood Farms, Hickory; Peach Crest Farm, Stratford; Valley Vineyards & Winery, Pauls Valley; and All About U Ranch and Outfitters, Wynnewood.

The alternative agriculture tour will include Landgraf Pecan Orchard, Madill; Dominion Farms, Denison, Texas; Baileys Berry Patch, Sadler, Texas; Red River Peach Orchard, Gainesville, Texas; Lavender Ridge Farms, Gainesville, Texas; and the Noble Foundation Hoop House, Ardmore.

For more information, call Annie Coble with the Noble Foundation at (580) 224-6501 or go to oklahomaagritourism.com.

This article appeared in The Oklahoman, www.newsok.com, on October 21, 2007.