See Farming As It Happens! Join us for a self-guided annual tour connecting families and visitors with local farmers, livestock, crop displays, and fresh regional produce.
Tour day is October 3, 2026 from 9am to 4pm. Registration opens approximately 6 weeks prior to tour day. For now, to stay up to date on our 2026 tour, please follow us on Facebook or Instagram, or join our email list.
A big thank you to our sponsors and volunteers for making the farm tour a success each and every year! We are always on the look out for tour hosts, sponsors, or volunteers for the tour. Please contact us to get involved.
Since 1998, Dufferin farmers have opened their doors for one day in the fall to show people how farming really happens. Each year a different section of the county is chosen and the tour takes visitors to several different farms, making each tour a totally unique experience.
"Connecting the public with the farmers of Dufferin County's diverse agricultural community."
The single most important reason why a Farm Tour is promoted. This is a grass roots effort to bring rural and town people together on the farm to talk to our farmers about farming.
Learn about the challenges of farmers in producing a consistent supply of high-quality, safe, nutritious food at an affordable cost in an environmental and sustainable way.
To do this we must promote an understanding of the food chain. Local food is fresher, more nutritious and tastier. Money spent on local food circulates in the local economy strengthening the community for us all.
The tour wouldn't happen without you! Contact us to become a sponsor.
Over 25 years of celebrating agriculture in Dufferin County! Click any year below to view full host farm listings, links, and attractions.
Another sunny tour day, exploring Mono and Amaranth. Our tour hosts were:
The 2024 tour celebrated our 25th year! What an amazing day we had, with beautiful weather and great hosts. A BIG thank you to our hosts:
A big thank you to our sponsors and volunteers for making the farm tour a success each and every year!
Another successful tour with great weather and smiling faces. We thank our amazing host farms, their families and friends. And a big thank you to sponsors and volunteers for helping make the day a success. Our host farms were:
We were back in person for 2022! All farms were in the Grand Valley area. A big thank you to our host farms:
With the pandemic still with us, the tour remained virtual for 2021. In our video you will see 5 awesome Dufferin farms, each with a different focus but all very passionate about what they do. Click here to watch the 2021 video.
On premiere day we also hosted a food drive to support local food banks. Thank you to host farms:
With the COVID-19 pandemic we were unable to open our farms for a day for families to enjoy... so instead we brought farms to families by producing a video to celebrate Dufferin farming! The video premiere was held on October 3rd. We spent the summer visiting farms, interviewing farmers, and highlighting the great things happening on our local farms. Click here to watch our 2020 video.
On October 3rd we hosted a Food Drive to support our local food banks. Thank you to the host farms:
September 28, 2019 was an outstanding day for participants, hosts and everyone involved with the Dufferin Farm Tour. Visitors toured five farm operations that opened their gates to the public. Food donations were amazing for our four local food banks in Dufferin County.
Tour Host Farms: Sevenhills Holsteins, Eric Pott Family Beef Farm, Hockley Hills School of Horsemanship, Hockley Valley Farm, Am Braigh Farm.
Dufferin Cattlemen Association/Beef Farmers of Ontario Display, Dairy Educator / Dufferin Milk Producers, Landman Gardens and Bakery, Grain Display (Anita Burnette), Grand River Robotics, Anne's Kitchen Preserves, Headwaters Food & Farm Alliance, The Repurposed Equestrian, Pottview Farm (goats and cheese), Fiddlehead Care Farm booth, Canadian Food Grains booth, Reid's Potatoes and Farm Market (Brooke Reid), Dufferin Beekeepers, Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority, Sheep exhibit (Bill McCutcheon, the Littles, the VanKampens), High Country United Church, Primrose United Church, High Country Antique Power Club (Earl Dodds), Orangeville Agricultural Society, Caledon Fair, Hockley Valley Honey, Mono Pollinator Garden... and Santa!
Place: Central Dufferin (Mono & Amaranth). The 2018 tour was a big success!
Our Amazing 2018 Host Farms: Besley Country Market, Geordawn Farm, Lian Mor Polled Herefords, Moritz Farm, Pottview Farm, Sky Ridge Clydesdales.
Dufferin County Goods Co., Rural Rescue, HFFA, Anne's Kitchen, Landman Gardens and Bakery, Repurposed Equestrian, Karen & Ted Lada, Grand Valley Conservation Authority, Primrose United Church, Brooke Reid, Dufferin Bee Keepers, Dufferin Antique Club, Canadian Food Grains, Dufferin Cattlemen, Fiddlehead Care Farm, Egg Farmers of Ontario, High Country Church, Holmes Agro, Dufferin Milk Producers, Gaylea, Peel-Dufferin Ploughing Association, Orangeville Agricultural Society, Grand Valley Agricultural Society.
Place: North-East Dufferin (Mulmur & Melancthon). Our awesome tour hosts were:
Spring Gait Meadows, Dufferin Bee Keepers Association, Headwaters Food and Farming Alliance, Women's Institute, Burnett Farms, Anne's Kitchen, Holmes Agro, Dufferin Milk Producers, Primrose United Church, Dufferin/Ontario Cattlemen's, Landman Gardens and Bakery, Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority, Woodfield Farm, Pollination Guelph, Terpstras Alpacas, Dufferin County Goods Co., Rosemont United Church.
Place: South Dufferin (East Garafraxa and area). Our wonderful 2016 host farms included:
Spring Gait Meadows, Dufferin Bee Keepers Association, Headwaters Food and Farming Alliance, Hereward Farm (the Little Family), Rhonda Gerrits, High Country United Church, Women's Institute, Burnett Farms, Workplace Safety, Grand Spirits Distillery, Reid's Potato and Farm Market, Anne's Kitchen, Holmes Agro, Dufferin Milk Producers, Grand River Conservation, Dufferin/Ontario Cattlemen's, Landman Gardens and Bakery.
Place: West Dufferin - all farms within 15km of Grand Valley. Showcase of 5 farms in West Dufferin including a dairy farm, beef farm, alpaca farm, crop/seed operation, and market garden farm with goats.
Select any year below to view authentic photos from past Dufferin Farm Tours.
Watch official video coverage and virtual farm tour broadcasts from past event years.
Mulmur & Melancthon Tour Highlights
North-East Dufferin Event Overview
5 Host Farms & Virtual Broadcast
Celebrating Dufferin Farming Video
A collection of authentic quotes from community members and families who attend the Dufferin Farm Tour.
We thoroughly enjoyed another fine event organized by the Dufferin Farm Tour! The site details and directions provided with a well-marked route were excellent! We especially appreciated the hospitality of our hosts and the enthusiasm of the volunteers at all 5 locations! Thank you; we look forward to next year’s tour.
This is one of my favourite days of the year. I always learn so much about our local farmers and come away with such respect and appreciation for them.
Wonderful Farm Tour as usual — we really enjoyed it & all the hosts were so gracious — looking forward to next year !!
We want to thank you for your Farm Tour. My husband and I have been coming for many years. We loved meeting the farmers. We appreciate their work and admire their endurance, their long hours and their well maintained farms… the young farmers we met were very knowledgeable and just as hardworking as their parents.
Thanks to you for giving us the opportunity to meet the people that provide our food.
I enjoyed this year’s tour. Thank-you for sending along the date for next year. I have already added it to my bucket list for next fall! Congrats on another fine event.
Even as farmers, we enjoy visiting other agricultural operations and seeing new things. Driving through new back roads and countryside we have never seen before, is a treat. We have included this event in our Fall schedule for about 5 yrs and look forward to next tour.
Additional vendors at some locations is a great idea to get exposure and customer input. And it includes more people or businesses to participate.
Was fabulous, the hosts were extremely informative, they did a great job. The farms were beautiful. Look forward to next year!
This year the tour was great, it took us quite a while to complete all the farms. Thanks for putting in the hard work!
Thank you again for an excellent experience. We learned so much again this year. Thanks to the host farms and all the volunteers. Thank you for again supporting our area Food Banks.
A wonderful tour and very educational…. Many thanks to all those who put in so much effort.
Went last year with my daughter. I found it very informative and my daughter loved it.
We enjoy the tour every year… Thank you for providing such an educational experience to our community.
Really enjoy the tour. Very thankful to the farmers who provide their farms.
Ever since we moved up here about 13 years ago, our family would come almost every year. I am a suburban girl and each year it is always so informative and eye opening!
We totally enjoyed past tours and wanted to see another event.
Last year was our first time attending and we LOVED IT! Can’t wait for this year!! =D
Enjoyed last year very much with the same family and friends, we are coming again this year.
The tours are absolutely wonderful. My grandkids look forward to it every year and can’t wait to see what’s new.
An awesome experience every year!
I look forward to a 'day in the country'.
Very excited!! We always love the tour… an annual tradition 🙂
We Love this tour and look forward to it every year!
Love this tour! Very informative.
Great experience for my grandkids as they are all city lovers. And I grew up in East Garafraxa. And want to share some of my past with these wee guys.
Looking forward to my first tour at 73 years of age.
My husband and I went for the first time. Although the weather wasn’t co-operative our girls still loved it! It will be for sure an annual event for us :)
I look forward to your tour every year. Thanks for doing this.
This something me and my partner look forward to. We have brought other family members along and they have always had a good time rain or shine! We look forward again to this trip to gather new memories and relive old memories. I believe this is a great way for city folk to understand all the hard work that goes into farming! Keep up the good work!
These tours are great – we look forward to it every year – so well organized – thanks to all the volunteers who do a great job !!!
Registration and the 2026 Passport map open approximately 6 weeks prior to tour day (October 3, 2026). Once registration opens, the tour passport is sent out to those who register.
We are always on the look out for tour hosts, sponsors, or volunteers for the tour. Please reach out using the form!
Event Location: Dufferin County, Ontario
Admission: Non-perishable food donation or cash for the Local Food Bank
Hours: 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM (Self-Guided)
