STOKES COUNTY, N.C. -- Labor Day weekend marks the symbolic shift from summer to fall.

• The North Carolina Department of Agriculture's website lists at least 150 farms in North Carolina that offer fall activities
• Throughout the year they offer pork, beef, lamb and eggs to consumers
• Starting the first of September, they will open up their corn mazes, hay rides and pumpkin patch

The North Carolina Department of Agriculture's website lists at least 150 farms in North Carolina that offer fall activities to visitors. Armstrong Artisan Farm in Stokes County is one.

Throughout the year they offer pork, beef, lamb and eggs to consumers.

Owners Jessica and Austin Armstrong started offering the seasonal activities last fall as a way to earn some extra income.

"The biggest thing was we needed to do a little something else to get the farm off the ground. So having the tourism, bringing people in really has helped to sustain the farm," Jessica said.

Starting the first of September, they will open up their corn mazes, hay rides and pumpkin patch. 

Austin believes when more people come into the county, money is spent outside of the farm as well.

"If we bring some visitors from Greensboro, from Winston-Salem into the more rural Stokes County, there may be restaurants here, gas stations, Hanging Rock, or some other small businesses that could really use the support," he said.