Farms Near Cobleskill, NY

Cobleskill

Cobleskill

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Cobleskill

The topic of the environment has achieved a more pronounced awareness in the discourse of our society at large. Climate change, including loss of biodiversity and degradation of our water and soil, looms as a concern of large consequence for many, igniting a recalibration of our priorities. This recalibration has placed a brighter spotlight on the importance of environmental, social and corporate governance perspectives to complement the business view.

A Saturday market tied to a country music festival at 100 Cherry Lane in Cobleskill, the seat of rural Schoharie County. Vendors bring the produce and farm goods this heavily agricultural county is known for, paired with the festival's live music. Cobleskill is also home to SUNY Cobleskill's agricultural programs.

Cobleskill

Held on East Main Street in Cobleskill, this market gathers growers from across Schoharie County, one of central New York's most farm-dense regions, set in the valley between the Catskills and the Mohawk. Look for sweet corn, squash, apples, eggs, and baked goods in season. Cobleskill anchors the county as its largest village.

Warnerville

Cobleskill

Earthly Remedies by Erin is a small herbal-products farm near Cobleskill making tinctures, elderberry syrups, salves, teas, oxymels and flower essences, including gentle blends for babies and pets. Erin also offers one-on-one herbal consultations and herb classes. The farm store on Lowe Road is open by appointment, and the products show up at regional events and festivals around Schoharie County.

Sharon Springs

Melody Springs Farm covers 125 acres of hay fields, pastures, and woods on an escarpment overlooking the Mohawk Valley outside Sharon Springs, New York — a former dairy farm lovingly rescued from scrubland as a contribution to central New York's agricultural heritage. The farm sells grass-fed beef in wholes, halves, and split sides at wholesale prices, plus summer-raised meat chickens by early-spring order.

West Fulton

West Fulton

Canajoharie

Sprakers

Mulligan Creek Acres raises pastured poultry, turkey, and purebred Berkshire pork on organically maintained pastures in Sprakers, feeding non-GMO grain. Tanya Moyer runs the small family operation in Montgomery County and sells through a CSA and direct farm orders. The animals rotate across open pasture rather than living in confinement.

Middleburgh

A community market serving Broadalbin, a Fulton County village at the south end of Great Sacandaga Lake. The address on this listing points to Middleburgh in Schoharie County and appears to be a data mix-up. Look for the market in the Broadalbin village center during the summer season, with local produce and vendor goods.

Middleburgh

Bell & Walhalla Farm runs a CSA on Route 30 in Middleburgh, in the Schoharie Valley southwest of Albany — some of the richest cropland in the region. Valley farms here grow a full season of vegetables for weekly member shares. Bell & Walhalla's own website and share details aren't posted online, so contact the farm directly to ask about joining and pickup.

Schoharie

Terrace Mountain Orchard sells ready-picked apples, cider, and what it calls its famous cider donuts from a farm stand in Schoharie, in the Schoharie Valley west of Albany. The stand opens weekends in fall, Friday through Sunday, 9am to 4pm, starting in mid-September. It's a straightforward autumn stop for apples and a bag of donuts rather than a large agritourism operation.

Bohringer's Fruit Farm grows tree fruit along State Highway 30 in the Schoharie Valley near Esperance and Central Bridge. The Schoharie Valley is one of eastern New York's oldest farming regions, known for apples and fall produce. The farm's varieties and stand hours aren't posted online.

Westmeadow milks 150 Jersey cows and keeps roughly 400 goats, turning the milk into Palatine cheddar, cheese curd, and artisanal goat cheese. Tom and Patricia Vaughan started the farm after their son's severe food allergies pushed them to question modern food. The herd lives at 113 Mapletown Road in Canajoharie; the creamery and retail store sit at 251 N Comrie Avenue in Johnstown, inside a former factory the family rebuilt. The store also carries other local goods.

Esperance

PickAPumpkin is a fall pumpkin patch on Creek Road in Esperance, in Schoharie County west of Schenectady. The operation centers on choosing pumpkins straight from the field through September and October. Small patches like this usually run weekends in season, so confirm opening dates and hours before heading out.

Canajoharie

Wrong Direction Farm in Canajoharie, New York raises certified organic, pasture-raised chicken and turkey along with grass-fed beef in the Mohawk Valley, delivering farm-direct across the Northeast.

Canajoharie

Shooter's Hill Heirloom Farm sits on Carlisle Road in Canajoharie, in the Mohawk Valley of Montgomery County. The name points to heirloom vegetable growing, a common focus for small diversified farms in this stretch of upstate New York. No website or listing detail turned up online, so contact the farm directly for what's in season and where they sell.

Jefferson

Schoharie

Schoharie

Pumpkin Pete's runs a pumpkin patch on Route 30 in Schoharie, in the fertile Schoharie Valley west of Albany. Fall is the season here, with pumpkins, gourds, and the usual patch attractions grown on some of the best bottomland soil in the state. Opens for the harvest season.

Canajoharie

Sets up at 2 Erie Boulevard in Canajoharie, a Mohawk Valley village on the Erie Canal in Montgomery County. Area growers sell seasonal vegetables, fruit, eggs, baked goods, and farm products through the summer. The market gives downtown a weekly stop for local food a short walk from the canal.

Fultonville

Cashin's Farm sits on Argersinger Road in Fultonville, in the Mohawk Valley of Montgomery County. Public details are thin, but the listing marks it as an agritourism stop, the kind of small family operation common along this stretch of upstate New York farmland near the Mohawk River. Call ahead or check locally before visiting to confirm what's in season and whether the farm is open to the public.

Jefferson

Buck Hill Farm on Fuller Road in Jefferson makes pure maple products and serves a weekend pancake breakfast it bills as the best in the Catskills, Saturdays and Sundays from 8am. The farm sells maple syrup, cream, and sugar, runs apple-cider-making, and publishes its own cookbook, Pancakes Make People Happy. Jefferson is in Schoharie County, in the hills west of the Catskill high peaks.

Esperance

Pick a Pumpkin is a pumpkin patch on Creek Road in Esperance, in Schoharie County west of the Capital Region. It opens for the fall season, when families come out to pick pumpkins from the field. Confirm opening dates and any hayride or activity offerings directly before visiting.

Pick-your-own from more than 50 apple varieties each fall, on land the Bellinger family has farmed since 1804. The orchard itself dates to 1930 and was among the first pick-your-own operations in the area. Summer brings blueberries, cherries, and peaches. The fall market at 685 Argersinger Road in Fultonville sells fresh cider, homemade cider donuts, pies, jams, honey, and maple, with weekend hayrides, a five-acre corn maze, and a pumpkin patch.

Palatine Bridge

Starlight Acres Farm sits in Palatine Bridge, in the Mohawk Valley farmland of Montgomery County. Little product detail is posted online, but the setting is classic upstate agriculture along the Route 5S corridor between Canajoharie and Fort Plain.

A dairy farm in the Mohawk Valley whose family has worked the original Palatine Bridge acreage since a 1723 land grant — thirteen generations on. Robby and Shannon Dygert milk twice daily and grow most of their herd's feed. Their on-site creamery, opened in 2021, bottles milk in glass and plastic and has earned New York Dairy of Distinction and Super Milk honors. A self-serve farmstand runs 24/7, stocking milk, cheese curds, honey, and maple syrup.

Fort Plain

Aquahomme Farm is on Hess Road in Fort Plain, Montgomery County, in the Mohawk Valley's dairy belt. The bottomland and hills around Fort Plain support dairy herds, field crops, and hay. Little is published about this particular farm, so contact them directly to confirm what they raise and whether they sell to the public.

nelliston

Schoharie

Hans and Roxy Ouderkirk run this Fort Plain farm on two products: beef and hay. They bale round and small squares, all stored inside to stay dry. Their beef anchors a self-serve farm store at 463 Stone Arabia Road, open 24/7, which also stocks local milk, cheese, yogurt, eggs, maple syrup, pork, honey, and baked goods.

Delanson

Fonda

Sand Flats Orchard grows apples on Martin Road in Fonda, in the Mohawk Valley of Montgomery County. It works the ridged farmland along the river, coming into its main season with the fall apple crop.

Amsterdam

The Stable at Destiny's Gait is a horse stable on Hollow Road in Amsterdam, Montgomery County, in the Mohawk Valley. Operations like this usually offer boarding, riding lessons, or trail access rather than crops. Details for this stable aren't well documented online, so contact them directly about lessons, boarding, or visits.

A family that moved from New Jersey bought this Fonda dairy in 2016 and now milks a herd of registered Holsteins. Appleridge Farm raises beef for its on-farm store and sells beef shares. The self-serve store at 201 Commons Road carries their own beef, pork, chicken, and eggs alongside local milk, cheese, yogurt, butter, cream, maple products, and honey.

A family farm in Fonda, in the Mohawk Valley, that grows, cleans, and bags its own grain and mixed livestock feed and sells wood pellets and corn-pellet blends for heating. The farm store carries Black Angus beef, farm-fresh eggs, and maple syrup boiled and bottled on-site, plus soy candles and seasonal pumpkins, gourds, and cornstalks. Each summer they open a sunflower maze.

Harpersfield

Shaver-Hill Maple Farm makes pure maple syrup, cream, sugar, and candy on Shaver Road in Harpersfield, in the Catskill highlands of Delaware County. Its buttermilk pancake flour carries a recipe traced to Hansmann's Mills, a local mill dating to 1809 that produced one of the first just-add-water pancake mixes. The farm store also stocks maple K-cups, hot sauce, and gift boxes.

Schenevus

Everything at Hu-Hill carries organic certification, from the grass-fed beef and pork to the eggs, vegetables, and maple syrup. This multigenerational family dairy runs a farm store at 232 Lighthall Road in Fort Plain, where you'll also find bacon, raspberries in season, and bedding and hanging plants each spring. The milk, meat, and produce come straight off their own fields and pastures.

Schenevus

Willy's Farm and Cider Mill operates in Schenevus, in the hills of Otsego County southeast of Cooperstown. The name points to pressed apple cider and the fall farm season — pumpkins, cider, and family visits — common to cider mills across central New York. Details aren't posted online here, so call ahead to confirm the pressing schedule, hours, and any fall attractions before you go.

A market on East Main Street in Johnstown, a Fulton County seat in the Mohawk Valley's southern Adirondack foothills. The town carries a deep colonial and glove-making history and keeps a preserved historic district. Farms in the surrounding hills raise dairy, produce, and maple. Local vendors sell seasonal vegetables, eggs, and homemade goods to a small city between the Mohawk River and the Adirondack edge.

Erika Gogis, a second-generation farmer, opened this self-serve shop in July 2021 to give local producers a storefront. The Plaid Farm Store sits at 6419 State Highway 30 in Amsterdam, about four miles south of the Thruway, and runs on the honor system 24 hours a day. Shelves hold baked goods, produce, and meats sourced from nearby farms and small businesses.

About 25,000 taps spread across 400 acres in Fulton, Montgomery, and Otsego counties feed this operation, which still boils sap over wood-fired evaporators for a deeper flavor. Steve Savage started Peaceful Valley in 1986, having learned the craft as a teenager on his grandfather's farm. Beyond pure syrup, they make maple sugar, cream, candy, fudge, coffee, mustard, BBQ sauce, and a bourbon-barrel-aged syrup. The Johnstown location at 116 LaGrange Road serves breakfast and dinner on Fridays.

Johnstown

Rogers Family Orchards works County Highway 131 outside Johnstown, in Fulton County at the southern edge of the Adirondack foothills. It grows tree fruit suited to the cooler upland climate here.

Sisters Sandra Scott and Rebecca Ferry milk 80 cows here, shipping 1.1 million pounds a year to Agrimark, the cooperative behind Cabot cheese. They bought the Johnstown farm from their parents in 2016. The self-serve farm store at 193 LaGrange Road stays open around the clock, stocking their own pork and Jersey beef plus milk, cheese, honey, maple, baked goods, and seasonal produce. Tent and RV sites overlook the pasture and cornfields.

St. Johnsville

Part of the Hilltown Farmers' Market, which rotates through the Helderberg hilltowns of southwestern Albany County. This location sets up along Route 145 in Preston Hollow, a small hamlet in the town of Rensselaerville. Growers from the surrounding rural uplands bring produce, eggs, and homemade goods. The market serves a scattered farming community in the hills south of Albany.

Duanesburg

Scotch Ridge Berry and Tree Farm sits on Scotch Ridge Road in Duanesburg, Schenectady County, west of Albany. As the name says, it grows berries through the summer and Christmas trees for the winter cutting season, working the higher ground of the Helderberg country.

The Rensselaerville stop of the Hilltown Farmers' Market, held on County Route 353 in one of Albany County's oldest hamlets, a well-preserved 19th-century village in the Helderberg hills. Local farmers and home producers sell seasonal vegetables, baked goods, and crafts. Rensselaerville anchors the rural southwest corner of the county, near the Huyck Preserve and well off the main highways.

Hobart

Hartwick Seminary

Every vendor sells food grown or made within 50 miles, a rule the market has kept since Otsego 2000 started it in 1991. Find it in Pioneer Alley at 101 Main Street, steps from Doubleday Field. Saturday stalls run year-round; summer adds Tuesday afternoons from July through September. Growers bring seasonal produce, pasture-raised meats, farmstead cheeses, free-range eggs, breads, honey, maple, and spirits. SNAP dollars are matched, turning a $20 spend into $60 of local food.

Slingerland Family Farm is a pasture-based farm in Westerlo, Albany County, New York, established in 2013 with a mission of sensible, sustainable agriculture — 100% grass-fed animals free of antibiotics, GMOs, and hormones, on chemical-free pastures managed holistically with no-till practices.

East Meredith

Kortright Creek Creamery is the goat dairy at Stone & Thistle Farm on Kelso Road in East Meredith, in Delaware County's western Catskills. The farm raises pasture-based livestock and the creamery makes goat-milk products. A current product list and hours weren't available online at the time of writing.

Durham

Hull-O Farms runs family farm-stay vacations in the northern Catskills, putting guests up in farmhouse lodging and letting them help with real chores. Kids gather eggs, feed cows, goats and rabbits, and ride along on the tractor. The Hull family has hosted overnight guests here for more than two decades, with rates set by season across spring, summer, fall and winter. It works as a hands-on introduction to daily life on a working farm.

Town of Oppenheim

Blueberry Hill offers blueberries on Belden Corners Road in the town of Oppenheim, Fulton County, in the hills west of the Great Sacandaga Lake. Upstate blueberry season here generally runs mid-July into August. Call ahead, since small u-pick patches open and close with the ripening fruit.

Fly Creek

Fly Creek Valley Corn Maze opens fall weekends from late September through October in Fly Creek, in Otsego County near Cooperstown. The maze runs day and night, with a Glow Maze on select evenings, a pumpkin patch, dog-friendly access, and school field-trip programs. Weekday visits are available by reservation. Call 607-358-5748 or email [email protected] to book a group.