The second annual Montana Agritourism Conference will be held at Montana State University next month on Thursday and Friday, Nov. 20-21.

The event will be hosted by the Montana Agritourism Association, which was established last year through collaboration between MSU’s Department of Agricultural and Technology Education, the Montana Department of Agriculture and Western Sustainable Agriculture, Research and Education, or Western SARE, for which MSU has served as the host institution since 2018.

The first iteration of the event was held in May of 2024, drawing roughly 150 agricultural producers, tourism professionals, educators and community members to explore the intersection of agricultural production and tourism in Montana. The event was a rousing success, said Shannon Arnold, a professor in the Department of Agricultural and Technology Education who spearheaded the work establishing the association.