Farms Near Sussex, NJ

Wantage

Wormuth Farm in Wantage, in Sussex County, New Jersey, pasture-raises lamb, pork, and chicken with a hands-on approach — no middleman, no distributor, no supermarket, just Farmer Mike and family. Orders ship carbon-neutral to eight Northeast states (free over $149) with everything from grass-finished ground lamb to chicken feet and stock bones, backed by a 100% satisfaction guarantee.

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Green Valley Farms in Wantage, New Jersey — faith, family, farming since 1996 — raises USDA-certified all-natural beef born and raised on the farm, grass-fed and grain-finished with no hormones or antibiotics. The farm market and creamery serve fresh produce and homemade ice cream, u-pick flowers bloom in season, The Barn hosts weddings on 250 rolling acres, and the annual Pro Rodeo draws 3,500+ guests as one of Sussex County's biggest one-day events.

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Nature's Christmas Tree Farm is a choose-and-cut grower on Layton Road in Sussex, in the wooded hills of northern Sussex County. Cut-your-own farms here usually open the weekends after Thanksgiving with fir, spruce, and pine, plus saws and wreaths on hand. Check ahead for opening dates each December.

Wantage

A roadside farm market on Route 23 in Wantage, Sussex County, in New Jersey's far northwest. It sells seasonal local produce through the growing season. Hours change with the season, so confirm before stopping.

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A farm on Pond School Road in Sussex, in the northwest corner of the state near the New York and Pennsylvania borders. Information on Acadian Farms is thin online. Farms in this rural stretch of Sussex County commonly raise livestock and hay or grow seasonal vegetables. Reach out to the farm directly to confirm what it produces and whether any of it is sold retail.

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Vernon Township

Valley Farmers Cooperative & Farm Store in Vernon Township, New Jersey sells pastured pork, grass-fed beef and lamb, and pastured poultry from member farms — order online for weekend pickup or browse the store on Highway 94. Bulk beef deposits, steaks, roasts, offal, and seasonal sales round out the co-op's offerings.

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Beemerville Orchard is on Lusscroft Road in the Beemerville section of Sussex, in the northwestern Sussex County highlands near the historic Lusscroft Farm. It's an apple orchard. Contact directly for pick-your-own apples and fall hours.

Franklin

Santa Maria Farms is on North Church Road in Franklin, in New Jersey's Sussex County highlands. Not much about the operation is published online. Farms in this part of the state raise hay, corn, vegetables, and livestock. Reach out to the farm directly to find out what it grows and whether it sells to the public.

Wantage

A historic Sussex County dairy farm in Wantage where the first cooperative artificial-insemination program for dairy cattle in the United States began in 1938. The state-owned property is now maintained by volunteers who run open houses, guided barn and garden tours, blacksmithing and craft demonstrations, and seasonal community events. It sits in the northwest highlands near High Point, and many grounds events are free to attend.

Frankford Township

Hillcrest Orchard and Dairy pairs an apple orchard with a dairy operation in Frankford Township, Sussex County, in the rolling farmland of northwestern New Jersey. Its former website is no longer active, so the current crops, dairy products, and hours can't be confirmed online.

Johnson

Sleepy Hills Orchard on Route 284 in Johnson doubles as a garden center and a fruit farm, selling bedding plants, perennials, and hanging baskets in spring alongside its own produce from midsummer on. Pick-your-own apples run September into October, with Macintosh, Cortland, Empire, Jonagold, and other varieties. It sits in the Orange County countryside of the lower Hudson Valley.

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Vernon

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A farm on Route 515 in Vernon Township, in the mountains of northern Sussex County near the New York line. Details on Mount Vernon Farms are scarce online. Farms in this hilly corner of the state tend toward livestock, hay, and seasonal produce or Christmas trees rather than large row crops. Contact the farm directly to confirm what it grows or sells and whether it's open to visitors.

Westtown

One of New York State's oldest family farms, Kezialain Farm has worked the same land between the Hudson and Delaware Rivers since before the nation's founding — over 240 years and counting. Nine generations later, the Westtown farm raises cattle for beef that is both USDA certified organic and 100% grass-fed, with no grain, ever.

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KeziaLain Bicentennial Farm, between the Hudson and Delaware Rivers in Westtown, New York, has been in the same family for over 240 years — one of the oldest family farms in New York State, now in its ninth generation. The farm sells certified organic, 100% grass-fed beef: no grain ever, humane treatment, and soil and water conservation required under its USDA organic certification.

Augusta

Set at 37 Plains Road in Augusta, the Sussex County Fairgrounds site in the state's rural northwest, this market draws from one of New Jersey's most farm-dense counties. Expect produce, dairy, honey, and baked goods from Sussex-area growers during the season. The same fairgrounds host the New Jersey State Fair each August. Market days and dates vary, so confirm with the organizers before making the drive up.

Lafayette Township

Lucey's Berry Farm grows berries on Beaver Run Road in Lafayette Township, Sussex County. Small berry farms in this part of northwest New Jersey typically offer summer pick-your-own or pre-picked strawberries and raspberries. Call ahead to check which berries are ripe and whether the field is open.

Westtown

LainWay Corn Maze cuts a seasonal maze on Lower Road in Westtown, in Orange County's Black Dirt farming region near the New Jersey line. Mazes like this open in fall alongside pumpkins and hay rides. Contact the farm for this year's opening dates and hours.

Glenwood

Pochuck Valley Farms has operated in Glenwood since 1912, running a farm market, deli, and Diana's Bakery at 962 McAfee-Glenwood Road in far northern Sussex County. Pick-your-own opens in fall, and the farm hosts class trips through the season. The market carries its own produce along with fresh-baked goods and deli fare, making it a full stop rather than a roadside stand. It sits in the Vernon-area countryside near the New York line.

Lafayette Township

Ideal Farm and Garden Centre is a garden center on Lafayette Road in Lafayette Township, Sussex County. Little is published online beyond its location. Centers like this generally stock nursery plants, bedding flowers, vegetable starts, soil and mulch, and seasonal items such as mums and pumpkins in fall. Call ahead to confirm hours and current stock.

Pine Island

​We are a small diversified family farm raising cattle and poultry on pasture in Gardiner, NY. We strive to produce quality foods, build community, and use farming methods that promote the long-term health of our land, animals, and larger environment. We sell our farm’s products along with an abundance of other local foods at our year-round, self service, 24/7 farm store. Don't hesitate to contact us with any questions.

Branchville

John D. Madura Farms is a 300-acre family vegetable farm in the famed black dirt region of Pine Island in Orange County, New York, growing fresh seasonal vegetables, flowers, and eggs sold at NYC-area farmers markets and the family's JADS Farm Market in Sussex, New Jersey. The JADS CSA lets members spend their share on anything at the farm stand — vegetables, eggs, homemade jams, local breads, cheeses, and honey — and the farm now grows and delivers freshly cut bluegrass sod too.

Pine Island

Rogowski Farm has grown vegetables in the Pine Island black dirt region of Orange County since 1955, focusing on diverse and unusual produce beyond the usual market crops. The family runs a CSA, sells at farmers markets, and posts recipes to help members cook what turns up in their shares. These muck soils, drained from an old glacial lakebed, are some of the most productive vegetable ground in New York.

Pine Island

W. Rogowski Farm has grown produce in the black dirt region of Pine Island since 1955, known for some of the most diverse and unusual vegetables in Orange County. The farm runs a CSA, sells from its stand on Glenwood Road, and caters events. Orange Environment has recognized its land-stewardship work. Reach the farm at [email protected]; it posts on Instagram as @yesifarm.

Pine Island sits at the center of Orange County's black-dirt region, the muck-soil belt famous for onions, and this market grows out of that farm heritage on Glenwood Road. Growers here harvest onions, greens, and vegetables from dark, fertile fields drained long ago from a glacial lakebed. The hamlet belongs to the town of Warwick in the Hudson Valley.

Frankford Township

Walnut Grove Farm is on Augusta Hill Road in Frankford Township, Sussex County, in the farm country near Augusta. Its specific crops and offerings aren't documented online. Reach the farm directly to learn what it grows and how to buy.

Vernon

Heaven Hill Farm in Vernon, Sussex County, pairs a farm market and bakery known for apple cider donuts with a full garden center selling annuals, perennials, shrubs, and trees. Its Great Pumpkin Festival runs from September into November with more than 35 attractions. The farm is open daily 9 to 6; call 973-764-5144.

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Misty Orchard Farm is a biodynamic, artisanal farm in New York dedicated to land preservation and regeneration — growing herbs, flowers, and honey with love for you and the Earth, plus herbal blends for equine friends, tinctures, pies, and bread by phone order.

New Hampton

Sunflower Valley Farm opens its sunflower fields for walking and photos in New Hampton, in Orange County's black-dirt farm country. Admission includes three cut flowers, and you can cut more from the rows yourself. The farm adds baby animals, hay-bale photo spots, and room for tailgate picnics. The 2026 season opens July 24th, running Friday through Sunday, 10am to 5pm, with weather-dependent hours.

Warwick

Scheuermann's Farm & Greenhouses grows sweet corn it bills as the world's best on Little York Road in Warwick, in Orange County's black-dirt region. The farm picks tomatoes, peppers, and other produce daily in season and runs greenhouses with more than 2,000 pots of perennials, hanging baskets, herbs, and bedding plants. A garden center rounds it out with soil, bulbs, and containers. Open daily, roughly 9am to 4:45pm in season.

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Sparta

The Sparta Farmers Market has served northwest New Jersey since 2011, partnering with small family farms to bring true local produce, organic food, meat, cheese, and baked goods to Sparta Avenue every Saturday morning, May through November. Live music at the market makes Saturday shopping a community event.

Sparta

A seasonal outdoor market and foodie favorite at 89 Sparta Avenue, the Sparta Farmers Market runs Saturdays 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. from May through November. Weekly offerings from regional family farms span freshly picked fruits and vegetables, pastries, pasture-raised steaks, cheeses, and savory prepared foods.

Port Jervis

Port Jervis holds its market on Hammond Street in this Orange County city at the tri-state point where New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania meet on the Delaware River. Upper Delaware Valley farms bring produce, eggs, and baked goods to the old railroad town, set among the Shawangunk and Pocono foothills.

Warwick

Warwick Valley Winery makes wine, Doc's Draft hard ciders, and small-batch spirits at its orchard on Little York Road in Warwick. The tasting room and cafe pour flights and serve food, with live music on weekends and pick-your-own fruit in season. It sits in Orange County's Hudson Valley farm country, a common day trip from New York City. Cider-pressing and distilling both happen on site, and events run through the warmer months.

Middletown

Finding Home Farms makes pure organic maple syrup in Middletown, in Orange County's Hudson Valley. Its sugarhouse doubles as a cafe and market, selling syrup in aged and infused styles alongside pancake and waffle mixes, jams, mustards, coffee, soy candles, and home goods. Visitors can watch syrup production on site. The farm is at 140 Eatontown Road; see its site and social pages for cafe hours and seasonal events.

Newton

Brodhecker Farm sells its own beef, pork, and poultry with fresh cuts available daily from the farm store on Branchville-Lawson Road in Newton, Sussex County. In season it opens fields for pick-your-own peaches, apples, pumpkins, and sunflowers, and cuts flowers. The farm doubles as an ag-supply store, stocking feed, seed, fencing, fertilizer, and birdseed for local growers and homesteaders.

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Frankford Township

Owassa Tree and Berry Farm is on West Owassa Turnpike in Frankford Township, Sussex County. As the name says, it grows berries and trees — the berry side likely meaning summer fruit, pick-your-own or pre-picked, and the trees pointing to a cut-your-own Christmas season. Public details are limited, so contact the farm to confirm what's available and when.

Newton

Windy Brow Farms has grown fruit near Newton in Sussex County since 1946, with more than 45 apple varieties and 15 peach varieties plus cherries, plums, and apricots. Pick-your-own apples run September into October. The farm store sells fresh fruit, artisan breads, pies, and its own ice cream, and a wood-fired kitchen serves pizza on seasonal nights.

Newton

Rockywood Farm is based in Newton, the Sussex County seat, in northwestern New Jersey's highlands. It runs as a small agritourism farm. Reach out directly for what they grow and their seasonal hours.

Pennings grows apples, peaches, nectarines, sweet corn, pumpkins, and tomatoes on Route 94 in Warwick, an Orange County town in the Hudson Valley's black-dirt farm region. Beyond the farm market and garden center, the property runs a farm-to-table grill, pub, beer garden, cidery, and a bakery with an ice cream stand. Neighboring Hudson Valley farms supply additional produce.

Warwick

Pennings runs a large farm market on Route 94 in Warwick, in Orange County's black-dirt farming region. Beyond apples and its own produce, the property includes a farm-to-table grill, a beer garden, bakery, ice cream stand, and garden center, plus pick-your-own apples in fall. A separate Warwick cidery pours craft hard cider in its tap room.

Newton

Lentini Farms grows Jersey Fresh tomatoes and sweet corn picked daily, plus apples, peppers, squash, and pumpkins, selling through several farm stands including its Route 94 location in Newton, Sussex County. Fall brings a 10-acre corn maze, hayrides, and a pumpkin patch. Contact is [email protected] or (973) 579-2424.

Sweetman's Farm raises grass-fed beef in New Jersey. Grass-finished operations like this usually sell freezer cuts and quarter or half shares direct to customers, but the farm doesn't publish an online storefront or ordering page, so ordering details aren't verifiable.

Newton

A regenerative farm in Middletown growing nutrient-dense organic produce, Lotuswood pairs the fields with an Ayurvedic kitchen serving farm-to-table prepared foods and cooking classes led by an Ayurveda chef. The grounds, which include a barn, orchard, and koi pond, host weddings and retreats. The farm store at 21 Finchville Turnpike opens Saturdays from 10 to 2, with other visits by appointment.

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Apple Ridge Orchards in Warwick offers pick-your-own apples starting in late August and pumpkins from mid-September, on Jessup Road in Orange County's Hudson Valley. The farm market sells cider donuts, pies, and fresh-pressed cider, and there's a petting zoo, hay wagon rides, and a honeybee observation hive. Fall movie nights and a Christmas light show extend the season into winter.

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Newton

Timber Valley Tree Farm sells fresh-cut Christmas trees at 350 Route 94 in Newton, Sussex County, with a gift shop that stays open year-round Friday through Sunday, 11am to 4pm. Self-serve campfire wood is available anytime. The Christmas season is the main event, but the year-round shop sets it apart from seasonal-only tree lots. Call ahead in late fall to check tree availability and cutting hours.

Newton

Giordano's Tree Farm is listed at 350 Route 94 in Newton, Sussex County, the same address as Timber Valley Tree Farm, so the two names point to one Christmas tree operation on Route 94 rather than separate farms. Expect fresh-cut and cut-your-own trees in the December season at this Sussex County location. Because the listings overlap, confirm the current name, phone, and cutting hours before visiting so you reach the right people.

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With a passion for the natural world owner Patrick Harrison uses his bees to connect with what is wild. A passion turned business, turned way of life. HarBee Beekeeping is Patick’s way to contribute to a more sustainable, regenerative food system. At HarBee we’re emphasizing education and a no corners cut approach to regenerative beekeeping here in NJ.

Windy Brow Farms grows more than 45 apple varieties and 15 kinds of peaches on Ridge Road in Newton, New Jersey, along with cherries, nectarines, plums, and apricots. The farm bakes its own bread, pies, and apple cider donuts, churns seasonal ice cream, and fires wood-oven pizza on Friday and Sunday evenings into mid-October. Pick-your-own apples open in September.

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