Produce Farms near Albany, NY

Ghent

Schenectady

Troy

East Greenbush

Best Berry Farm grows pick-your-own berries on Best Road in East Greenbush, just east of Albany in Rensselaer County. The farm sits in the Capital Region's suburban farm belt, where strawberries lead off the picking season in June. Current crop availability isn't posted online.

Voorheesville

Town of Glenville

Arnold's Farm Fresh Produce is a seasonal farm stand on Sacandaga Road in Glenville, north of Schenectady in the Mohawk Valley. It sells locally grown fruits and vegetables through the growing season, the kind of stand where summer sweet corn and tomatoes give way to pumpkins and squash in fall.

Schaghticoke

Westerlo

Eight Mile Creek Farm is a diversified, certified organic farm on 430 acres in Westerlo, in the Heldeberg Hilltowns of New York, founded in 2005 by former nutritionist Pam Schreiber to farm for disease prevention. The farm grows 50+ kinds of organic vegetables and raises grass-fed beef, lamb, heritage chicken, and cage-free eggs — rated #1 in the USA on the Cornucopia Institute scorecards for its chicken, beef, and eggs — with a year-round all-inclusive CSA and overnight shipping.

Kinderhook

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.

Cropseyville

Laughing Earth is a diverse family farm in Cropseyville, New York using organic, sustainable, and regenerative methods to raise pasture-raised meat and eggs alongside organic vegetables and flowers. Its year-round farmshare CSA keeps member families in produce through every season, with grass-fed beef, organic chicken and eggs, and organically raised pork.

Chatham

The Chatham Berry Farm is a family-owned Columbia County institution — "your every day farmers market," open 8 to 6 daily, 364 days a year — voted the county's best specialty food store and best garden center. Beyond pesticide-free greenhouse greens grown year-round, the farm offers full meat and seafood departments, seasonal no-spray u-pick fruit and cut flowers, and the Greenhouse Cidery taproom from April through October.

Ghent

West Charlton

Grafton

Woo Berry Farm grows pick-your-own berries on Babcock Lake Road in Grafton, in the wooded hills east of Troy in Rensselaer County. Strawberries and summer berries are the draw at this small hilltop farm. Current picking days depend on the season and aren't posted online.

Galway

Star Farm grows blueberries in Galway, in the rolling farm country of northern Saratoga County. The bushes ripen from mid-July into August, the short upstate window for fresh berries. This is a seasonal operation, so picking and availability follow the summer crop rather than fixed year-round hours.

Hudson

Green Acres Farm and Bakery in Hudson, New York is celebrating 100 years — a seasonal farm and bakery serving the Hudson Valley from late June each season.

Schoharie

South Cairo

Galway

Blueberry Hill Solar is a solar-powered organic farm on Alexander Road in Galway, in rural western Saratoga County. The name points to organically grown blueberries and off-grid solar power. Its full crop list and picking hours aren't posted online.

Stephentown

The Berry Patch grows berries on Route 22 in Stephentown, in Rensselaer County near the Massachusetts line. The farm grows strawberries and blueberries, with high tunnels that help stretch the picking season. Details online are limited. Contact the farm during berry season to confirm what's ripe, whether you pick your own or buy pre-picked, and its hours.

Hoosick Falls

Buskirk

Strawberry Acres works land in Buskirk, along Route 67 in the Hoosic River valley on the Rensselaer–Washington county line. As the name signals, strawberries anchor the farm, ripening in June through early July across the region. Sweet corn and other summer produce typically follow through the warm months on farms like this one.

New Lebanon

Town of Hoosick

Moses Vegetable Farm grows vegetables along Route 67/22 in the Town of Hoosick, in the farm country of eastern Rensselaer County near the Vermont line. Expect a seasonal farmstand of fresh produce through summer and fall. No website or detailed listing was found online.