A self-guided tour of 37 farms in a several-county region of the mountains will be held Sept. 20-21, giving locavores a chance to see how food is grown and farm animals are raised, taste farm-fresh products and meet the people who make them. 

The annual tour is organized by the Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project. 

Farms are scattered through Buncombe County and the seven counties adjoining it, including two in Haywood County. 

• At Two Trees Farm in Canton, Dustin Cornelison and Sara Martin will show off their working homestead, complete with vegetable and flower gardens, orchards, chickens, beehives and a blacksmith shop. They’ll share their knowledge of permaculture and living off the land, and at 2 p.m. each day children will have a chance to take a guided nature hike, scavenger hunt and mapping activity. Cider, blacksmithed goods and other products for sale. 828.646.3662. 

• Sunburst Trout Farm in Canton is a third-generation trout farm with more than 20 raceways below the Shining Rock Wilderness. Sally Eason will give a tour of the processing facility and value-added kitchen. Trout fillets, jerky, pimiento goat cheese and more for sale. 800.673.3051. 

Passes cost $25 in advance or $30 day-of, and admit one carload to all the farms they can get to. Or, it’s $10 for individual farm pass. www.asapconnections.org/events/asaps-farm-tour/2014-participating-farms.