Join the Harvest Network

Benefits of joining Harvest Trails and Markets

• Businesses gain exposure to consumers looking for authentic food, farming and cultural experiences.  Harvest's platforms are used by potential customers to research, plan and find these experiences.

• Farmers access alternative market channels for their produce and build opportunity for diversification and niche markets.

• Member businesses that can leverage the attraction of agri-tourism to include hospitality, environmental, arts, heritage and transport industries.

• The core business of Harvest is to provide potential visitors to rural regions with information and access to food, flora, fibre and cellar door experiences while enhancing farm and other small business viability.

• Harvest attracts national and international recognition, its website, and social media platforms are used by hundreds of thousands of users every year.

• Regions strengthen their identity and highlight their uniqueness through the Trails that form around their base industry of agriculture.

• Towns and Villages gain connection to and support their surrounding farms and other rural attractions.

• Markets become part of a regional experience and attraction that builds new visitation.

• Individuals can participate in Harvest development agendas and support rural communities through economic and social action.

• You will become a member of a community-based organisation that is made up of small to medium sized farms and associated businesses that support the idea of retaining the rural and scenic amenities across rural regions through trail-building and bundling of product to form experiences.

• Harvest is passionate about the open "farm" experience for children, making possible REAL experiences that are Rewarding, Enriching, Adventure and Learning for families, the chance to purchase fresh, locally grown produce direct from the grower, and re-connecting people with their sources of food through the Farm Gate Trail.

• Food journalists and lifestyle shows build content using Trail experiences.

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Join Harvest Trails and Markets! 

Harvest Trails and Markets (HT&M) is the trading name of Hawkesbury Harvest Inc., a not-for-profit incorporated association formed in the year 2000 in the Hawkesbury region of NSW. 

Membership benefits include the services provided by HT&M via its web, media and advocacy channels, access to other members' experience and learning, along with nearly two decades of trail and market building in support of local agricultural in our regions. Members also have the right to vote at HT&M's regular meetings, may also nominate to join the HT&M board, and participate in the association's management.

We offer three membership types: Business, Community and Individual. All memberships are available monthly or as a one-off annual payment. Please note that all memberships are a 12-month contract regardless of payment method chosen. 

Business Membership: For Businesses such as: farm gate trail grower or artisan producer; arts, crafts or gallery; tour company; food manufacturer; restaurant or cafe; accomodation provider; town or village; or commercial farmers and artisans markets. 

Community Membership: For community markets, charities and not-for-profits. 

Individual Membership: For individuals interested in supporting the local agricultural and tourism industry in the Hawkesbury. 

To become a member of Harvest select your membership type and billing period below. Once you have completed checkout you will be taken to a membership form to finish your application.