Shuswap Farmstand Tour launches with interactive map to help support local farmers – Okanagan [Video]

The Shuswap boasts more than 600 farms and while it’s impossible to visit them all, a collaboration between Shuswap Tourism and the Central Shuswap Regional District has attempted to make it easier to support local farmers.

The Shuswap Farmstand Tour helps residents and tourists find local eggs, produce, meat and more through an interactive map.

“We noticed that through some of these areas, we had a large cluster of all these really lovely farmstands and we wanted to highlight what was naturally happening in our community,” said Morgen Matheson, Shuswap Tourism manager.

The project is in its infancy and currently has highlighted eight farmstands on the Shuswap Grown website.

“It’s important for our local farming community,” Matheson said.

“It’s important to highlight these passionate individuals that do so much work for us, …