6 Best Farm Tours in the Western US Include a Napa Valley Entry

Farms are a great place to introduce where food comes from to kids.

Flower lovers can head for the tulip farms in Mount Vernon, Washington, for the colorful Skagit Valley Tulip Festival held each April. Paul Christian Gordon/Zuma Press/TNS

By Jackie Burrell From The Mercury News

SAN JOSE, Calif.—Taste of Home magazine recently showcased the best farm tours in all 50 states, although they use the term “farm tour” with a certain amount of poetic license. However wonderful Calistoga’s Castello di Amorosa is, we wouldn’t describe the Tuscan-inspired castle and winery as a “farm.”