Farms Near Ithaca, NY

Ithaca

Every vendor sells food and goods grown, made, or cooked within 30 miles of Ithaca, a rule that sets this market apart. The Saturday market runs at Steamboat Landing on Cayuga Lake's south end (545 Third Street), 9am-3pm from early April through October, then 10am-2pm through December. Farmers, chefs, and artisans fill the covered pavilion. It's one of the Finger Lakes' largest and best-known producer-only markets.

Ithaca

Ithaca

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.

Ithaca

The Ithaca Y runs a Neighborhood Food Hub out of its Graham Road West branch, alongside its pool, fitness, and youth programs. The hub connects area residents with fresh local produce as part of the Y's healthy-living work. Reach the branch at (607) 257-0101, visit ithacaymca.com, or find it on Facebook and Instagram.

Ithaca

Six Mile Creek Vineyard sits on Slaterville Road just outside Ithaca, in the Finger Lakes. It has made wine for over thirty years and now also distills spirits, including vodka and gin, in an in-house copper pot still using its own wine. Its 2016 Cabernet Franc won the 2019 New York Governor's Cup. Reach the tasting room at 607-272-9463.

Ithaca

Indian Creek Farm on Trumansburg Road, three minutes from downtown Ithaca, runs pick-your-own fields for apples, raspberries, peaches, flowers, herbs, and vegetables through the season. The farmstand sells produce plus the orchard's own cider and cider donuts, and the farm hosts flower-arranging classes. It opens in June with strawberries and works through the Finger Lakes growing season into November.

Stick and Stone grows 40-plus acres of certified-organic vegetables in the town of Ulysses, about 4.5 miles northwest of Ithaca, and is known for specialty Asian greens and roots. Chaw Chang started it as a small Newfield market garden in 1995 and moved to the current land in 2003. It's a founding member of the three-farm Full Plate CSA and sells year-round at the Ithaca Farmers' Market.

A small community market in the town of Danby, just south of Ithaca on Route 96B in Tompkins County. Set in the hilly Finger Lakes farm country south of the city, it gathers nearby growers selling vegetables, fruit, and homemade goods in season. It's a rural, neighborhood-scale market.

Lansing sits just north of Ithaca in Tompkins County, on the east side of Cayuga Lake in the Finger Lakes. This market runs along Auburn Road (Route 34) and pulls from the dense cluster of small Finger Lakes farms nearby, offering vegetables, fruit, eggs, and prepared foods. The area's college-town demand supports a steady local-grower scene.

A second listing for the farmers market at 27-29 Auburn Road in Lansing, the Tompkins County town on Cayuga Lake's eastern shore. Vendors here are Finger Lakes producers with in-season produce, baked goods, and local crafts. Lansing's spot between Ithaca and the lake keeps it within reach of both farmland and steady weekend traffic.

Groton

Baker's Acres is a greenhouse and display-garden nursery on Auburn Road in North Lansing, north of Ithaca in the Finger Lakes. It's known for a deep selection of perennials, herbs, and unusual plants grown on-site, with landscaped demonstration gardens visitors can walk. The nursery draws Central New York gardeners each spring and holds seasonal events through the growing year.

Newfield

Littletree Orchards grows more than 20 apple varieties on Shaffer Road in Newfield, southwest of Ithaca, using a low-spray, organic-focused IPM approach. The farm presses its own cider, fries cider donuts, and opens for u-pick with wagon rides, orchard trails, and a wildflower labyrinth; it also sells at the Ithaca Farmers Market. Email [email protected] or call 607-564-9246.

Newfield

Newfield

A community food hub in Newfield, a rural town just southwest of Ithaca in Tompkins County. It's part of the local network that moves fresh produce from area growers to nearby residents. The specific hours, offerings, and farms behind it aren't documented online, so contact the site directly to confirm what it stocks and when it's open.

Lansing

Curious Alpaca is a small alpaca farm on Conlon Road in Lansing, in the hills east of Cayuga Lake near Ithaca. Farms this size in the Finger Lakes usually raise alpacas for fleece and sell yarn and finished goods, often opening by appointment. No active website surfaced for this listing, so reach out directly to arrange a visit.

A small community market on Valley Road in Brooktondale, in the Town of Caroline just southeast of Ithaca. It gives Tompkins County growers and home producers a place to sell summer vegetables, eggs, baked goods, and handmade items close to home. Hours run seasonally through the warmer months.

A small community market in Brooktondale, in the town of Caroline just southeast of Ithaca in Tompkins County. The Vallely Road site sits in the Finger Lakes farm belt, where nearby growers bring vegetables, fruit, and homemade goods through the warmer months. This is a rural, neighborhood-scale market rather than a large regional one.

Groton

Moore Family Farm works land on Auburn Road in Groton, Tompkins County, at the edge of the Finger Lakes. It reads as a diversified family farm typical of the region, where growers mix produce, hay, and livestock across rolling ground. Exact crops and any farm-stand hours aren't listed online. Contact the farm to check what's for sale in season.

Trumansburg

T-Burg Mini Golf is a family entertainment center on State Route 96 in Trumansburg, a Tompkins County village near Taughannock Falls and Cayuga Lake. Miniature golf anchors the site. No active website was found, so hours, other attractions, and pricing couldn't be confirmed online.

Farmer Ground Flour stone-grinds organic grain grown on nearby Finger Lakes farms, using pink granite millstones at its mill on Aiken Road in Trumansburg. Milling started in 2009 as a cooperatively owned venture between millers and organic grower Thor Oechsner. The flour is never bleached, enriched, or chemically treated, so its bran, oils, and flavor stay intact. Bakeries and retail stores across the Northeast carry it.

Trumansburg

A small farm on Cold Spring Road near Trumansburg, northwest of Ithaca above Cayuga Lake. This corner of Tompkins County is thick with small growers and farm stands. Specific offerings aren't documented online.

Freeville

Brookside Berry Farm grows berries near Freeville, in Tompkins County just northeast of Ithaca. Freeville sits in the Fall Creek valley, dairy-and-produce country where small u-pick operations open for a few weeks each summer. Little about the farm is posted online, so picking availability is best confirmed by phone or a local farm-stand listing before visiting.

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Lansing

Morrow Creek Farm sits on Algerine Road in Lansing, on the east side of Cayuga Lake in Tompkins County just north of Ithaca. The farm lists no website or current details online, so its crops and any visitor activities couldn't be confirmed.

Trumansburg

Groton Farmers Market operates at 200 S. Street (Route 38) in Groton, a Tompkins County village in the Finger Lakes region north of Ithaca. Nearby farms supply seasonal produce and goods. Days and hours aren't widely posted online, so confirm locally before visiting.

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Town of Genoa

Grisamore Farms has grown fruit here since 1927 and is now in its fifth generation. Pick-your-own runs all season — blueberries, raspberries, red and black currants, then apples starting late August, plus u-cut flowers. The farm store carries peaches, figs, and summer vegetables, and fall brings cider, pumpkin picking, and wagon rides. Find it on Goose Street near Locke in the Finger Lakes.

Spencer

Locust Woods Farm sits on Dawson Hill Road in Spencer, in the rolling farm country of Tioga County. The location puts it in New York's Southern Tier, a region of small family farms, hayfields, and wooded hillsides between Ithaca and the Pennsylvania line. It's filed here as an agritourism stop, with seasonal hours that vary by what's in the field.

Trumansburg

Glenhaven Farm offers pick-your-own blueberries across 11 acres in Trumansburg, above the west side of Cayuga Lake in the Finger Lakes. The season typically opens in mid-July and runs into August. Under new management, the farm has retired its former winemaking and farmers-market sides and now focuses on the u-pick patch. Reach it at [email protected] for opening dates and picking conditions.

Trumansburg

High Point Farms is on State Route 96 in Trumansburg, in the hills above the west side of Cayuga Lake near Taughannock Falls. The listing marks it as agritourism, but no public website or details were confirmed. Contact the farm directly to find out what it offers and when.

Dryden

Underhill Farm sits on Lake Road in Dryden, in Tompkins County east of Ithaca. This is dairy-and-produce country in the Finger Lakes hills, where small farms open seasonally for crops and farm events. Details about Underhill's offerings and hours aren't posted online, so contact the farm directly to confirm before visiting.

Trumansburg

Silver Queen Farm sits on 97 acres of glacial soil between Cayuga and Seneca lakes in Trumansburg, with June the month for U-pick strawberries. The family also grows raspberries, blueberries, potatoes, onions, garlic, and peppers, selling to Finger Lakes restaurants and at a farm stand. A large green barn on the property hosts weddings year-round.

Spencer

Blue Spoon Farm in Spencer sells local produce and pasture-raised meats, and offers sheep and goat breeding stock — lambs and kids usually ready in May — with livestock mentoring for new farmers. The Tioga County farm on Candor Road works by appointment and describes its approach as sustainable, farm to table. It also looks to buy hay from nearby producers.

Locke

A farm in Locke, set in the hills of southern Cayuga County between Owasco and Skaneateles lakes. Little about its crops or hours is posted online.

Van Etten

Red House Ranch in Van Etten, New York produces wholesome, deeply nutritious food — 100% grass-fed and finished beef and lamb, pasture-raised pork, chicken, turkey, and eggs, moved daily to fresh grass with no antibiotics, hormones, or GMOs. Founders Dave and Ike credit pasture-raised animal proteins with reversing their own chronic symptoms; orders ship Northeast-wide (free over $199), with homegrown garlic, maple syrup, and raw pet food too — and you can even camp at the farm.

King Ferry

Sheils Farm works Route 34B in King Ferry, on the east side of Cayuga Lake in the Finger Lakes. This is Cayuga County farm country, where lake-tempered ground supports produce and orchard crops between the vineyards.

Finger Lakes Beekeeping operates out of 83 Main Street in Van Etten, selling local honey, hive products, nucs, and a full line of beekeeping gear. Brian Klose built it from his father's Nature's Way Farm, carrying on five generations of family beekeeping in the region. The shop runs free monthly classes and clinics for new and working beekeepers.

Hawk Meadow Farm grows log-cultivated shiitake, lion's mane, and turkey tail on 68 wooded acres in Trumansburg, at the southern edge of the Finger Lakes National Forest. Anne and Steve Sierigk run it with permaculture-influenced methods, turning the mushrooms into medicinal tinctures and selling to local restaurants. They also make maple syrup and herbal skincare products, and sustainably harvest locust for posts, benches, and lumber.

Groton

Groton

Groton

Turtle Dreams is a bed-and-breakfast on Lafayette Road in Groton, in the Finger Lakes hills of Tompkins County northeast of Ithaca. The listing marks it as a farm-stay agritourism stop. Its former web domain is now parked and for sale, so confirm availability and any farm offerings before booking.

Candor

Side Hill Acres is a dairy goat farm on Spencer Road in Candor, a Tioga County town in the Southern Tier. Farms like this milk dairy goats for cheese and sell registered breeding stock. No active website was found, so product availability and farm visits couldn't be confirmed online.

Lively Run is one of the country's longest-running commercial goat dairies, making cheese in Interlaken since 1982. Steve and Susanne Messmer bought the farm in 1995 and kept producing goat, cow, and sheep cheeses with milk from Finger Lakes partner farms. Their Cayuga Blue, Finger Lakes Gold, and Feta have all won American Cheese Society awards. The farm store, tastings, and baby-goat feedings run May through October.

Candor

A small Tioga County market at 101 Owego Road in the village of Candor, between Ithaca and Owego. Local growers and home producers sell seasonal vegetables, eggs, baked goods, and handmade goods close to home. Indoor space keeps it running in cooler weather. Hours run through the growing season.

Candor

Small Graces at Forget Me Not Farm is on Lathrop Road in Candor, a small Tioga County town in the Southern Tier hills. The name suggests a small, personal operation, possibly flowers or a homestead-scale farm. Seasonal hours vary.

Runs on Main Street in Moravia, a small Cayuga County village at the southern tip of Owasco Lake. This is Finger Lakes farm country, where nearby growers raise sweet corn, squash, apples, and grass-fed meats, and where maple producers tap the surrounding hills each spring. The market gives Moravia-area residents a local option without the drive north to Auburn.

Ithaca Milk bottles non-homogenized, vat-pasteurized Jersey milk from three small farms within 10 miles of its Finger Lakes creamery. Jersey milk runs sweeter and richer than Holstein, giving the cream-on-top bottles and yogurt their golden color. Each partner farm sits under 100 acres and milks around 50 cows. The line also includes raw-milk cheese, and FingerLakes Farms handles distribution.

Erin

Park Hill Poultry raises birds on Park Hill Road in Erin, a rural town in Chemung County in New York's Southern Tier. The listing points to pasture or farm-raised poultry, likely chickens and eggs and possibly seasonal turkeys sold direct. This is a small country operation, not a storefront. Ask about availability and pickup before visiting.

Berkshire

Sweetrees Maple Products makes syrup on Glen Road in Berkshire, in the hills of Tioga County in New York's Southern Tier. The season runs in late winter, when sap flows and sugarmakers boil it down into syrup, cream, and candy. Little is published about this producer, so get in touch during the spring run to see what's for sale and whether they sell straight from the farm.

Candor

Ringneck Preserve operates on Olkowski Road in Candor, a Tioga County town in New York's Southern Tier. The name points to ring-necked pheasant, and preserves like this usually offer guided upland bird hunting in season. No active website was found to confirm hunts, pricing, or booking.

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.

Odessa

Sunset View Creamery is a family dairy on County Road 14 in Odessa, in the Finger Lakes' Schuyler County, making artisan cheeses, raw milk, cream-top milk, and yogurt in an on-site inspected creamery. Beyond the farm store, it runs hands-on visits: cow cuddling, learn-to-milk sessions, self-guided tours, and a Dairy Discovery camp. The herd is raised without added hormones or antibiotics, and the store is open daily.

Odessa

Held at Sunset View Creamery on County Route 15 in Odessa, a Schuyler County dairy farm in the Finger Lakes known for its farmstead cheeses. The market pairs the creamery's own cheese with produce and goods from other area growers, off the back roads between Watkins Glen and Ithaca.

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