Huftalen Farms is a 4th generation small, local organic dairy farm. We are passionate about soil health, sustainability, animal health and community. We are located five miles outside of Cazenovia, NY in Erieville. Sitting on 150 acres, we produce milk for Organic Valley, pasture eggs, beef, and chicken for the public. We will be offering pasture/herbal walks at 11am and 1pm, hay rides, and products for sale

Hartwood Farm raises pretty much every vegetable that grows in upstate NY (and a few that you might be surprised grow here!), pork,eggs, and flowers. Come visit to see our U-pick garden full of flowers that brighten the homes of our Community Supported Agriculture members; tour the fields and visit the hens and pigs; and talk about all things vegetable and organic farming. You can see the range of practices we use to grow fresh vegetables close to year-round, including high tunnels, solar deer fencing, crop rotations, pest covers, and more to have happy, healthy, and delicous eggs and vegetables.

Our Farm, an award winning agritourism destination, welcomes you to an array of activities. Please sample our rhubarb sauces. We’re also selling ice cream sundaes. Sherman (the donkey), Cody and Trixie (the horses) are thrilled to meet you AND Boris the giant catapult (trebuchet) , is launching watermelons every hour on the hour., starting at 11:00AM. We will be here to answer questions about our 10kW solar power system.  To complete the visit, view over 50 varieties of perennials in bloom in our beautiful flower gardens.

Focused on developing disease resistant locally adapted honeybees, Resilience Apiary is the centerpiece of a diversified, perennial based farm. Come by and take a horse drawn wagon ride to see who the pigs harvest their own feed and watch cows and calves graze in the rolling meadows. See the honeybees at work in our glass-sided observation hive and learn how the honey is extracted from the combs. Bee sure to attend the beginning beekeeping talks at 10am and 2pm. Enjoy free samples of our local, raw honey. We offer raw and liquid honey, pastured pork, honeybees and queens.

A diversified 480 acre family run farm which includes dairy, beef, retail greenhouse, garden center, CSA and year-round vegetable products. We also sell at several farmers markets. On Open farm Day, only the greenhouse is open to public viewing. We will have plants and vegetables available for sale and Madison Bistro Farm to Table will be on-site doing cooking demonstrations.

Heartstone Artisan Bakery and Hope Springs Eternal Horse Sanctuary are both located on our beloved Alambria Springs Farm. Heartstone Bakery will be open and baking from 10-2. From 10-12pm, breakfast pastries and other goodies. From 12-2pm, serveral lunchoptions – pizza and/or focaccia slices or mid summer bruschetta. Bakery products for sale all day. Free samples and live music. Meet te horses of our fledgling not-for-profit sanctuary and learn about our vision to rescue more and offer equine therapy programs in the future. 5% of our net profits will be donated to the sanctuary. Visit our websites for more information.

Preston Hill Farm LLC is an equine boarding and training facility. We offer lessons to the public on our horses and ponies. We are equipped to teach beginners through advanced lessons. Children and adults are welcome! $5 pony rides on the hour. We will be selling delicious horsey butter cookies and drinks. Sign up for a discount on your first set of lessons on Open Farm Day at our farm!

Ben & Judy’s Sugarhouse has been making syrup since 1980, and while technology has changed, we still harvest sap from local trees and make our all-natural products with care and family pride. We work all year to maintain our woods and usually boil from February through March when the weather conditions are right. Our family would love to have you stop by and sample some pure maple syrup, maple cream, maple cotton candy and maple candy!

Romagnoli’s is a family owned 60 acre Choose and Cut Christmas Tree Farm with over 19,000 trees consisting of five varieties. Our farm mission is to create an affordable holiday tradition for families to enjoy for years to come. We want to create fun & exciting holiday memories with you! NEW in 2017, Colored Christmas Trees! Come and select your tree on Open Farm Day, tag it, and choose your color! Red, White, Blue, Pink, Purple, Turquoise, and of course, GREEN! We’ll have our Christmas Shop open for folks to enjoy gift shopping, plus wreath-making demonstrations. JOIN US!

Kubecka Farms is a 3rd generation family farm started in 1943. Located on a sandy out-wash from a long ago receded glacial lake where we currently grow 200 acres of vegetable crops. We are most well known for sweet corn, tomatoes, and potatoes but grow a wide variety of other vegetables and small fruit that are all available at our roadside market. Come see the crops being grown and taste the freshly picked difference.

Local bee apiary with locally processed honey, cream honey, and bees wax candles. Honey uncapping and spinner for the extraction of honey from bee hives. Owner: Richard Schuler

Silly Goats Farm is home to Silly Goats Soap Company where we make handmade, natural goat milk soap, lotions, liquid soap and bath bomb using pure goat milk from our herd of registered Lamancha Goats. As well as other natural skin are products like herbal bug repellent, salves, lip balms, etc. We have just finished building a new walk-in, milk parlor, show room and manufacturing facility to help improve our production for our growing business. Come by and visit this spring’s baby goats, see our new facility and learn what we are doing on our little slice of heaven called Silly Goats Farm.

We offer maple tours from tap to table, free samples of our maple products, recipes and advice on hot to cook with maples. Tours of our new sugarhouse. Come share our family’s maple traditions!

Brownson Family Farm is a small family run farm specializing in homegrown produce. Nestled on the fertile banks of the Chittenango Creek, our farm boasts delicious fruits and vegetables. At the farm we grow numerous greens including many types of lettuces, swiss chard, collard greens, kale and more. The tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, green beans, zucchini, yellow squash, beets all reap the rewards of our fertile soil. The sweet corn alone is worth the drive out to the farm. While at the farm take some time to look over the many jam, jellies, preserves and mustards we have in stock.

Whispering Hill Equestrian Center is a horse farm offering board, training and lessons. Although specializing in Hunter Seat Equition Hunters and Jumpers, “WHEC” accepts boarders of almost any discipline. Some may remember “The Old Orchard Hill” we here at WHEC are making strides to bring the farm back to its former glory! We welcome everyone to come see what we’ve been up to. Check out what we have to offer and even sign up for lessons or one of our summer camps!

Drover Hill Farm offers pasture raised beef, dry aged for 21 days, Berkshire Pigs, Lamb and Chicken. They have a 600 acre farm situated in the rolling hills of Earlville. Have a Black and Red Angust beef herd focusing on the best genetics to produce the best products available. We take pride on consistency, quality, tendreness and of course taste! Guided tours, animal interaction and all of our meats will be available for sale! Don’t forget your coolers! Also offering hay rides.

Glisson’s operates on 60 acres of farm land which we try to use to benefit our community. For the past three years our Country Store has raised money and awareness for Adoption and Foster Care. This year, in partnership with DeRuyter’s FFA (Future Farmer’s of America) we’ve added a Community Garden. Our store features a variety of furniture, clothing, home de’cor, and home made breads and cookies. Our Open Farm Day is interactive! For the kids FFA students will have craft activities, our Drum Circle is open to all ages, and the store has bread and cookie samples. Adults can shop and enjoy live music featuring local artist John Schuster playing Americana Folk, Blues and Jazz on his guitar and harmonica.

Amberfields Morgans is a small family farm in the hamlet of North Brookfield. Amberfields raises family friendly old type Morgans in various rare and wonderful colors. Visitors here get to pet and interact with palomino, buckskin, grulla, dun and grey Morgans. Several foals are born here each spring and we look forward to showing these foals off and demonstrate foal handling techniques.

Our farm is a unique combination of a working flower farm and greenhouse/nursery business. We grow annual and perennial flowers for fresh cutting. We retail fresh flowers along with potted perennials, combination planters and hanging baskets. We also custom grow for and sell to other retailers such as florists, restaurants, event venues and event coordinators. We have display gardens for sun, shade and in between. We offer on site landscaping consultations. Our farm is also home to On A Fence Designs and Rentals which rents green and flowering plants, trees and other props for weddings, graduation parties, anniversaries, etc. We deliver and set up at most venues including tents, barns and others.

Old Home Distillers is a family-run New York Farm Distillery and tasting room in rural Lebanon, New York. Our distillery is located in a renovated 100-year-old stable, where we produce small batch hand-crafted distilled spirits featuring locally-grown ingredients, including our own apples and maple syrup. We are firmly committed to the creation and successful marketing of high-quality products that will ensure a legacy for our family, benefit local farmers and enrich our corner of Madison County and the State of New York.

Vince and Julie Wagner, both 3rd generation dairy farmers, have been milking cows together since 1976. In 2008 they moved to Cazenovia where they grow food for and milk a herd of 80 Holstein cows (including a few red ones)! In 2013 Ju-Vindale Holsteins began offering raw milk to our community. Their raw milk is also used by Meadowood Farms to produce their cow-milk cheeses. Throughout the day join Julie, Vince and their farm staff for a farm tour and raw milk samples! Raw milk, butter, eggs, maple syrup, and maple cream will also be available for purchase.

7 Trees Dairy is a fully functional goat dairy located in Perryville, NY. From our herd of Saanen goats we produce many cheeses in our cheese room. Our products include Aged cheeses, semi-hard cheeses, several versions of soft cheeses, feta, marinated feta, and a variety of cheese curds. Every spring we welcome dozens of kid goats which allows our milk production to begin. During the summer we are busy producing cheeses, attending farmers markets and caring for our goats. We welcome visitors to our farm to enjoy our goats, visit our cheese room and experience fresh made goat cheeses.

Critz Farms is a diversified agritourism farm located just south of Cazenovia. Recognized as a NY State Agritourism Business of the Year, the farm also operates Critz Farms Brewing & Cider Co. and offers handcrafted beer and hard cider from crops grown on the farm. Crops include apples, pumpkins, blueberries, and Christmas trees. The farm also produces sweet apple cider and maple syrup. Tour the cider mill, sugar house, brewery and winery. Visit the tasting room for a free sample of farm made hard cider or beer. Go blueberry picking, visit the animals and playgrounds, and enjoy music and lunch too!

Just east of Chittenango Falls State Park, Empire Buffalo is home to a herd of more than 40 grass fed bison. Lower in fat than chicken, bison is a great tasting and good-for-you choice for your next barbeque. Stop by and sample some bison, buy a burger and enjoy local music. We will have plenty of meat in the freezer! New this year, is an educational area, where you can see a buffalo hide and learn more about these magnificent animals! If you can’t make it on Open Farm Day, then check our website of Facebook page!

Local Roots Farm is a family farm that produces a wide variety of vegetables, maple syrup, eggs from free range hens, and pastured chicken, all available at our Farm Store. Whether petting the donkeys, walking through the gardens and high-tunnels, or a stroll to the chicken pasture, we hope you enjoy your visit. We will be serving free samples of our farm products. Activities for the day will include buggy rides for all ages, scavenger hunt, petting area for the children. Choose a guided tour of the farm or feel free to walk at your own lesiure. Our farm store will be open all day along with a lemonade and cookie stand by the children.

Welcome to our grass based dairy! We look forward to sharing with you all the benefits of grazing and what it takes to make the first rate milk that supplies Kriemhild Dairy Farms grass fed dairy products. We’ll be offering 45 minute guided pasture walks at 10:45am, 12:15pm and 1:45pm or you can join us in the afternoon at 3pm as we milk our colorful mixed breed herd in our open air milking parlor. If it’s Meadow Butter that you’re interested in, we’re offering butter making demos at 11am and 3:30pm.

Our farm market features seasonal fresh produce featuring strawberries, raspberries, peas, sweet corn, cabbage, green beans and much more. U-pick strawberries and raspberries available when in season.

Our family has produced maple syrup for over one hundred years and the tradition continues at our farm. Sap is collected from the trees with traditional buckets as well as a modern vacuum pipeline system. We recently completed an eco-friendly upgrade to our production facility, which includes a reverse osmosis system and a new evaporator, cutting our total energy consumption in half. In addition to maple syrup, we produce a variety of other maple products – candy, cream, jelly and granulated sugar. We sell homegrown beef by the half, quarter, and individual cuts, including hamburger with no additives. Come visit our sugarhouse where you can learn about making maple syrup!

Foothill Hops has led the movement to re-establish hops as a specialty crop in New York and is now joining the growing farm brewing industry with the opening of Foothill Hops Farm Brewery. Join us for a walking tour of the hopyard, processing facility and brewery to learn how this crop of the past is helpijng develop new opportunities for the future. Sample our unique “hop cuisine” products like hop mustard and hop jelly and in the home brew shop, discover how you can brew your own beer using local ingredients. We’ll have something special for the kids, too.

Common Thread CSA is a family farm located in Madison, NY. We grow a wide variety of vegetables, herbs, flowers, and some small fruit for CSA (Community Support Agriculture) and farmers’ markets. We sign the Northeast Organic Farmers Association’s Farmers’ Pledge. We will offer tours of our greenhouses, fields, and CSA distribution area and share information about CSA, eating vegetables in season, and sustainable growing methods.

Best known for outstanding sweet corn, three generations of Henrys have worked for 36 years to bring you the best in a TRUE FARMERS MARKET featuring their homegrown sweet corn, tomatoes, asparagus, beans, cucumbers, melons, squash, shiitakes, lettuce and raspberries. From their neighbors they carry apples, blueberries, peppers and strawberries; in the cooler, Stoltzfus & Seven Trees milk, yogurt and cheeses; in the freezer, Henry’s Homegrown Pork and Beef.The cupboard features Frink’s jams, Terry’s pickles, Sweetrees maple products and Olive-on-Brooklea’s oils & balsamics. Every Friday 3:00-6:00pm John’s Seafood arrives fresh from Boston. OPEN EVERY DAY 9:00am to 6:00pm.

Family owned and operated since 1927 and currently run by the 4th generation. We have a very large variety of annuals, perennials, and vegetable plants all grown and planted by us on or in our acre of greenhouses. If driving through neighboring towns and Villages you can see many of our beautiful plants on display. We have expanded our family business recently to now include Debrucque Produce Stand located on Rt 5 near Tops. This is where we sell homegrown local vegetables and fruits in season. Some things we grow are tomatoes, green beans, lettuce, and of course our very own Sweet corn. Stop by either of our locations on Open Farm Day and see us and support local.

Hermit Pond Farm is home to 50-80 cashmere goats, a dozen cats, and one aging refugee from city life. The Hermit Pond goats are almost all black, with fine, crimpy fiber. They have earned a nice collection of ribbons from cashmere goat shows, and prize-winning bucks have been purchased to enrich the bloodlines. Located in Brookfield, Hermit Pond Farm is one of the oldest cashmere goat farms in the Northeast. Come and watch the antics of the 3-month-old kids, admire the handsome bucks, hold a bottle baby, and learn a bit about these amazing animals and their fiber.

Skanda’s goats, mini-donkeys, ducks, chickens, and horses are incredibly loving and gentle, and at Skanda they have a loving home where they can relax, live free from fear and emerge into who they really are. Families are welcome to enter the goat paddock, where you can play with the goats and feed them apple branches, their favorite treats! Snuggle with our miniature donkeys, who love to be brushed and groomed. The land of Skanda is beautiful and nurturing — take a hay ride through our hay field, past the hops grown by IPN hops or take a nature walk through our orchards and woods, or relax on a bench to watch the animals play. We will have farm fresh vegetables and vegan snacks available.

On our 225-acre farm we produce pasture-raised lamb and beef, and milk from our dairy sheep. We are also home to a herd of Belted Galloway cattle, some sheep-guarding Maremma dogs, and a flock of parasite-controlling hens! On Open Farm Day you can take a wagon tour of our farm (every hour), have lunch provided by Side Hill Farmers Meats & Market (all day), scratch our friendly sheep, feed our lambs (10:00), learn how to spin and felt our lambs’ wool (11:00), meet our beef cattle, watch our sheep being milked (1:00), and/or collect hens’ eggs (2:00).

We are a small family mushroom farm located in rural Lebanon, NY. We grow Shiitake mushrooms in their most natural state; on hardwood logs. Guided tours will be offered of our yards, as well as our new indoor grow room. Learn where and how a mushroom is grown, as well as why fungus is important. Tours will be ongoing all day long. Come see the new facility and take home some hearty, nutritionally packed fresh or dried mushrooms.

G & M Farms is a small, family owned farm, in Morrisville. We grow a wide array of vegetables and fruits using organic growing practices.Our specialty is hot peppers. We produce a line of salsas, hot sauces, and jams from our homegrown fruits and vegetables.

Greyrock Farm is a diversified and dynamic farm with dairy cows, beef cattle, pigs, draft horses, and vegetables. We operate a year-round, local food farmstore that offers raw milk from our 100% grass-fed, brown swiss cows, as well as a variety of meats, vegetables, dairy products, eggs and more!