Real Farms • Real Food
May 14, 2025
Food doesn’t get any more authentic than Bird-in-Hand’s Farm-to-Fork Experience. From milking cows to making ice cream to growing chemical-free produce from seed, you’ll meet Mennonite and Amish farmers and get an intimate view of how Lancaster County’s bounty begins. Our own John Smucker, an eighth-generation farmer, will be your guide on this unforgettable experience, which culminates in a mouth-watering farm-to-fork meal.
The Farm to Fork Experience package includes:
• Two-night stay in the historic Bird-in-Hand Village Inn & Suites
• Tours of local farms and a lunch made with ingredients from our tour – see itinerary below
• Daily deluxe continental breakfasts for two at the Village Inn & Suites or credit at the Bird-in-Hand Bakery & Cafe
• Dinner for two
• Welcome market basket filled with local foods
Enjoy this package for $555 (plus tax). Extend your stay for only $109 a night (plus tax). For more information on the Village Inn & Suites, click here. Walking is required for these tours.
If you are staying at one of our other lodging properties and would like to add this tour to your stay, please call Central Reservations at (717) 768-8271 and add on this package for $125 per person. You will enjoy the farm tour, dinner for two, welcome basket (one per room) and lunch at the Village Inn on Wednesday.
Requires $200 deposit to reserve your tour (refundable up to two weeks prior to event). Includes two-night stay in a standard room or junior suite (double occupancy, based on availability; ask about upgrades to a larger suite), the farm tour, luncheon, a welcome market basket, daily deluxe continental breakfasts for two and a dinner for two. $109 extra night includes stay in a standard room or junior suite (ask about upgrades). Taxes not included.
2025 TOUR ITINERARY
Meet & Greet: Bird-in-Hand owners John and Myrna Smucker will welcome you. John will serve as your personal tour guide.
Rise, Shine & Dine: Wake up with the roosters and see cows being milked at our neighbor Aaron Lantz’s organic farm. Then savor a delicious farm-fresh breakfast with the Lantz family in their kitchen.
The Time is Ripe: Take an orchard tour of Kauffman’s Fruit & Farm Market and learn how they produce their apple cider.
Veggies on the Vine: Amish farmer Ephraim Huyard will show us his biological methods of growing plants, and how he grows the chemical-free vegetable plants.
Growing Green: Meet Wesley Groff, third-generation farmer of Groff’s Celery and Vegetable Farm, and learn how he grows crops from seed in a chemical-free environment.
Grown Local Luncheon: You’ve seen where it’s grown. Now taste the fresh difference. Receive a market basket of local foods after lunch.
Save Room for Dessert: Our last stop after lunch will be a visit to the Bird-in-Hand Bakery & Cafe, where we make our artisan ice cream – be sure to try our spring flavor, Orange Sunrise Swirl!