Produce Farms near Ithaca, NY

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.

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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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.

Richford

Negus U-Pick Berries offers pick-your-own on Payne Marsh Road in Richford, part of the Negus family's Tioga County farm. Summer is berry season in the Southern Tier, with strawberries in June giving way to raspberries and blueberries into July. Bring containers and check daily picking conditions.

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.

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.

Cortland

Halls' Hill Blueberry Farm offers pick-your-own blueberries on Tower Road in Cortland, in the Southern Tier hills between Syracuse and Ithaca. The bushes ripen through mid-to-late summer. The farm posts little online, so check locally for opening days and picking conditions before you drive up.

Homer

Dave's Veggies is a greenhouse and farm market on Route 41 in Homer, in Cortland County's Central New York countryside. It grows and sells produce alongside greenhouse plants: bedding flowers and vegetable starts in spring, fresh vegetables through summer and fall. The roadside operation serves the Homer and Cortland area with its own and local-grown stock.

Homer

Dave's Veggies runs a farm stand and nursery at 5178 State Route 41 in Homer, growing its own asparagus, sweet corn, and tomatoes through the season. Pick-your-own berries open when they ripen, and the stand also carries bedding plants, baked goods, homemade preserves, and local cheese. It stays a family operation, selling mostly what the family grows on-site. Reach them at (607) 543-0226.

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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.

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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.

Marathon

Twin Tower Blueberry Farm grows blueberries on Route 221 in Marathon, in the hills of southern Cortland County. The berries ripen from mid-July into August, the upstate pick-your-own season. It's a seasonal berry farm, so picking and sales follow the summer crop rather than year-round hours.