SANDY HOOK, Ky. (WSAZ) -- As family farms in our area are on the decline and small farm tobacco production is cut way back, rural communities continue to look for new and creative ways to make some money.

That includes an agritourism bus that has been touring through eastern Kentucky. Organizers say the six-day, all-inclusive back road bus tour through Elliot, Carter, Morgan, Menifee and Wolfe counties will offer visitors Appalachian living history and heritage. They also hope it will provide some alternative income to farmers who now find their once profitable tobacco plants hanging in a museum.

"All the money will go back to the farmers," said Gwenda Adkins, a University of Kentucky extension agent.

Organizers say if the agritourism pilot project is a success, expect many more such tours next year. The bus tour runs six days – Sept. 29 through Oct. 4, and the $700 cost covers everything. For more information, call 606-668-3040.