Produce Farms near Elmira, NY

Elmira

Eller's Blueberries grows blueberries on Wilawana Road just outside Elmira, and opens for U-pick in the summer berry season. The farm was formerly known as Millard's Blueberry Farm and Art Studio. It sits in Chemung County near the Pennsylvania line. Current picking hours and prices are best confirmed directly with the farm.

Lockwood

Hydro-berry Farms grows produce hydroponically on McDowell Road in Lockwood, in the Southern Tier's Tioga County. The greenhouse method lets the farm carry berries and vegetables past the short outdoor season.

Erin

Ackerman's Blueberries grows blueberries on Red Chalk Road in Erin, a rural corner of Chemung County northeast of Elmira. The bushes ripen through the Southern Tier's mid-to-late summer, the usual window for pick-your-own berries in this part of New York.

Sayre

Six-acre you-pick blueberry farm in Athens Township near Sayre, Bradford County, open seasonally from June through August with a small farmers-market fruit stand. Picking hours run Tuesday through Friday 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. and weekends 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., closed Mondays; bring cash or a check, since cards aren't taken. It sits off Mile Lane Road in the state's northern tier. Call 570-888-7066 to confirm the berries are on.

Barton

TLC Blueberry Farm grows blueberries along Route 17C in Barton, in Tioga County's Southern Tier. Berries here ripen from midsummer into late summer, the usual window for pick-your-own in this part of New York. Hours and pricing aren't posted online.

Trumansburg

Painted Post

Parkland Berry Farm grows berries on Clendenning Road in Painted Post, in Steuben County near Corning in the Southern Tier. Pick-your-own berry farms in this area open through summer as strawberries, then later crops, ripen. Check ahead for picking conditions and hours.

Barton

Terry's Berry Farm grows berries on Church Street in Barton, in the Susquehanna River country of Tioga County near the Pennsylvania line. Strawberries lead off in June, with summer berries following into the warmer months. It's a seasonal pick-and-buy berry farm rather than a year-round market.

Mansfield

Pick-your-own blueberry farm on Mulberry Hill Road in Mansfield, Tioga County. Murphy's sells fresh blueberries and blueberry bushes plus pantry items, with peak picking in late July; recent harvest hours ran 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily. Review the farm's pages for current field conditions before heading out.

Mansfield

Wolf Ridge Blueberry Farm grows blueberries off Firetower Road near Mansfield in Tioga County. High-bush berries in Pennsylvania's northern tier usually ripen from mid-July into August, the season when pick-your-own patches open. No website or social page was found, so it's worth calling ahead to check picking conditions before the drive.

Tioga Center

Ed-Mar Produce runs pick-your-own beans, tomatoes, and potatoes on State Highway 17C in Tioga Center, in the Southern Tier near Owego. The farm also cuts flowers, grows pumpkins for fall, and sells greenhouse plants in spring, so it stretches across the full season. It's a hands-on produce farm rather than an entertainment operation, with selection tracking the local calendar from spring plants to autumn pumpkins.

Rock Stream

Ithaca

Kestrel Perch Berries is a small berry farm at the EcoVillage community on Rachel Carson Way in Ithaca, in Tompkins County. It grows berries on a modest scale within one of Ithaca's cooperative farm plots. Little contact information is posted online, so reach out through EcoVillage or a local farm listing to confirm picking or sales.

Owego

Traues Blueberries offers pick-your-own blueberries on Upper Briggs Hollow Road in Owego, in the Southern Tier's Tioga County. Blueberry season here typically runs from mid-July through August. Little is posted online. Call the farm before visiting to check that the field is open and the berries are ripe, since picking conditions shift day to day.

Dundee

A roadside vegetable stand on East Waneta Lake Road near Dundee, in the Finger Lakes between Waneta and Lamoka lakes. Look for the sweet corn, tomatoes, and summer produce that fill Yates County stands through the growing season. Hours are seasonal, running when crops are coming in.

Newark Valley

Berry Good Acres is a pick-your-own berry farm on Upper Fairfield Road in Newark Valley, in Tioga County's Southern Tier hills north of Owego. Its crop calendar isn't posted online. Berry farms in this area open for strawberries in June and move through raspberries and blueberries as summer goes on.