From barn to table: How agritourism is reviving rural South Dakota
Just outside Sioux Falls, a barn with a wood-fire oven and rows of zinnias is helping define South Dakota’s newest growth industry: agritourism. At Good Earth Farm near Lennox, Friday nights mean farm-to-table pizza under the prairie sky, part of a wider trend drawing visitors to rural communities for everything from sunflower festivals to pumpkin patches. For farmers like Nancy Kirstein, it’s a way to keep the land alive and pay the bills—while offering city dwellers a rare chance to reconnect with farm life. Molly Wetsch with South Dakota News Watch has the full story.
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