Produce Farms near Belvidere, NJ

Washington

Real farmers working a real farm since 1983, the Vacchiano family carries on generations-old Italian farming traditions across northwest New Jersey — harvesting fifteen acres of vegetables, tending American hybrid wine grapes, and raising beef, lamb, poultry, and heritage-breed turkeys on vegetarian, high-protein feed. A fixture of northern New Jersey farmers markets since 1992, the farm also runs a production kitchen turning out all-natural prepared meals with no preservatives.

Washington township

Blairstown

Glen Gardner

A produce farm on Bloomsbury Road in the Milford area of western Hunterdon County, named for the raspberries at its center. It sits in a rural stretch of New Jersey where small berry and vegetable growers sell through the summer. Beyond the name and location, no website or further detail is posted online for this operation.

Hackettstown

Milford

Phillips Farms grows fruits, vegetables, and flowers on Crab Apple Hill Road in Milford, Hunterdon County, and runs a big pick-your-own program, strawberries in spring, then blueberries, cherries, and other crops through the season. The farm market sells its own jams, salsas, and baked goods, and Phillips also brings produce to farmers markets across New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania. Call the pick-your-own line for what's ripe before you drive out.

Andover borough

Chester

Andover

Sussex County Strawberry Farm runs pick-your-own strawberries each June on Route 206 in Andover, then shifts to summer produce and a fall pumpkin patch with a corn maze. The farm pulls families from across northern New Jersey during berry season. Its site is sussexcountystrawberryfarm.com.

Flanders

Ashley Farms in Flanders, New Jersey is a fourth-generation family farm specializing in home-grown turkeys, sweet corn, and tomatoes, run full-time by Larry Ashley and his children Scott and Aimee with family and staff support.

Saylorsburg

Apple Ridge Farm in Saylorsburg, Pennsylvania is Penn State environmental scientist-turned-farmer Brian Bruno's sustainable operation on his family's 1860s farm — naturally grown produce, pastured chickens and pigs, hydroponic lettuce, and a wood-fired brick oven sourdough bakery using regional organic flour and a natural starter. The farm also runs Scratch, a wood-fired pizza pub in the Easton Public Market, and fuels its oven with sawmill slab wood.

Brodheadsville

Kintnersville

Trauger's Farm Market is a 60-acre family fruit and vegetable farm at Route 611 and Island Road in Kintnersville, Bucks County, with an on-farm store open year-round and greenhouses in full swing each spring. The farm also runs a CSA and sells Saturdays at the Doylestown Farmers Market, with an annual Oktoberfest on the calendar.

Raritan Township

Bath

Filchner's runs a nursery and garden center on Monocacy Drive in Bath, in Northampton County, with more than 30 years in business. They grow bedding plants and vegetables and sell seasonal produce through the growing season. It's a well-established local stop for gardeners stocking up in spring and for fresh produce later in summer.

Far Hills

Frankford Township

Owassa Tree and Berry Farm is on West Owassa Turnpike in Frankford Township, Sussex County. As the name says, it grows berries and trees — the berry side likely meaning summer fruit, pick-your-own or pre-picked, and the trees pointing to a cut-your-own Christmas season. Public details are limited, so contact the farm to confirm what's available and when.

Stockton

Neshanic Station

Vacchiano Farm has been a family enterprise since 1983, working 100 acres in New Jersey's Skylands region — 15 acres of vegetables with 25+ tomato varieties, an 11-acre vineyard in the storied Warren County wine appellation, and free-roaming beef, lamb, chickens, ducks, and heritage turkeys. The huge farmhouse store on Route 202 in Readington adds chef-prepared meals, sauces, deli sandwiches, and catering, with picnic grounds overlooking the fields.

Bethlehem

Valley Fruits and Veggies runs a farm market and seasonal u-pick on Colony Drive in Bethlehem, Northampton County. Spring brings pick-your-own strawberries, summer adds fresh fruit and vegetables, and fall means pumpkins, a corn maze, hayrides, and festival weekends. The market also scoops ice cream and milkshakes, and the farm hosts birthday parties. It's a family-run stop for produce and fall outings.

Lafayette Township

Lucey's Berry Farm grows berries on Beaver Run Road in Lafayette Township, Sussex County. Small berry farms in this part of northwest New Jersey typically offer summer pick-your-own or pre-picked strawberries and raspberries. Call ahead to check which berries are ripe and whether the field is open.

Coplay

A pick-your-own strawberry farm on Clearview Road in Coplay, in the hills north of Allentown. Its name points to the high ground it sits on, and berry fields on well-drained slopes like these often ripen a touch later than valley-floor plantings. Lehigh Valley strawberry season generally runs from late May through mid-June, so call for daily field conditions before you go.

Palmerton

A & B Blueberry Farm grows blueberries on Doney Drive in Palmerton, in Carbon County's Lehigh foothills. Pick-your-own blueberry farms in this region typically open from midsummer as the fruit ripens. The setting near Blue Mountain makes for an easy stop off the Turnpike's Northeast Extension.