Farms Near Troy, NY

Troy

The Troy Waterfront Farmers Market is a year-round marketplace in downtown Troy, New York, gathering local produce, handcrafted goods, and community events — outdoors along the Hudson riverfront in summer and indoors through the winter.

Troy

When the weather turns, the Troy Waterfront Farmers Market moves indoors — keeping downtown Troy stocked with local produce, handcrafted goods, and community spirit through the winter months as part of its year-round schedule.

Troy

Troy

Tarbox Farms, listed as Earth's Bounty, sits on Route 7 in Troy, Rensselaer County, in the Capital Region east of the Hudson. Roadside stands along Route 7 move sweet corn, tomatoes, pumpkins, and other seasonal produce. Expect a farm market that opens with the growing season.

Troy

A market at the Waterford Harbor Visitor Center on Tugboat Alley, where the Erie Canal meets the Hudson River in Waterford, Saratoga County. Boaters and locals shop Capital Region produce, baked goods, and farm products, with the canal's Waterford Flight of locks nearby.

This is the region's wholesale produce hub, not a weekend retail stand. At 381 Broadway in Menands, the Capital District Regional Market Authority runs a terminal market where grocers, restaurants, and vendors buy fruit, vegetables, and other food in bulk from farms and distributors. It has supplied the Albany-Troy-Schenectady food trade for decades. Buyers arrive early, and volume moves before most retail markets open.

At 381 Broadway in Menands, this is the Capital District Farmers Market, a large regional wholesale and retail produce market just north of Albany. Farmers, wholesalers, and retail buyers have traded fruit, vegetables, and plants here for generations, making it one of the Northeast's major wholesale farm markets. Menands sits in Albany County along the Hudson, and the market draws buyers from across the Capital Region and beyond.

Held at the Brunswick Town Office on Town Office Road, east of Troy in Rensselaer County. This neighborhood market gathers Capital Region growers selling seasonal produce, eggs, baked goods, and local farm products through the summer. Check the town's listing for current market days.

Troy

Engelke Farm works land on Garfield Road in Troy, in the hills of Rensselaer County east of the Hudson. Small farms in this area sell seasonal vegetables, sweet corn, and fall pumpkins, often through a roadside stand or a local market. No farm website could be confirmed, so check locally for hours and what's being harvested.

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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.

An urban neighborhood market on Central Avenue, Albany's main commercial spine running through the West Hill and Pine Hills areas. At 339 Central Ave it brings fresh produce to a dense part of the Capital Region where grocery access can be thin. Vendors sell Capital District and Mohawk Valley vegetables and fruit during the growing season.

Albany

The Empire State Plaza Farmers Market runs Wednesdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the north end of the Empire State Plaza in downtown Albany. Part of New York's Fresh Connect program, it brings around a dozen vendors selling seasonal produce, cheese, cider, baked goods, flowers, pierogi, and spirits, from sellers like Bee Hollow Farm, Krupa Brothers Pierogi, and Meredith's Bread. Payment is by card only; cash isn't accepted.

A parish-hosted market at St. Vincent de Paul Church on Madison Avenue in Albany, in the city's Park South area. Church markets like this one make Capital Region produce available to nearby residents during summer and fall. Albany's growing season peaks from July through October.

Halfmoon

Hayner Farm has stayed in the same family for six generations at 148 Route 236 in Halfmoon, best known for freshly picked sweet corn in summer and pumpkins in fall, plus melons and other seasonal produce. The farm stand and country store opened in 1998, and the connected Hayner's Ice Cream shop scoops more than 40 flavors, including gluten-free, vegan, and sugar-free options. Call (518) 953-7752.

Clifton Park

You'll find the Delaware Community Farmers Market behind the Delaware Branch of the Albany Public Library at 331 Delaware Avenue. Setting up in the library lot keeps it within walking distance for the surrounding neighborhood, pairing local produce and prepared foods with a well-used community anchor. It is one of two small markets listed on this stretch of Delaware Avenue in Albany.

Albany

The Delaware Area Neighborhood Farmers' Market runs along Delaware Avenue on Albany's south side, one of the city's busier residential and small-business corridors. As a neighborhood market, it draws Capital Region growers and food makers to a walkable spot rather than a large fairground. Exact vendors and season aren't listed here, but the Delaware Avenue location puts it within reach of the Second Avenue and Whitehall Road neighborhoods.

Clifton Park

Devoe's Rainbow Orchards keeps a farm market on U.S. Route 9 in Clifton Park, in Saratoga County north of Albany. Apples anchor the orchards across this stretch of the upper Hudson Valley, with fresh fruit, cider, and fall produce for sale in season. Contact the market for pick-your-own availability and what's ripe before you drive over.

Set up at the Sidney Albert Albany JCC on Whitehall Road in southwest Albany, this neighborhood market brings Capital Region growers to a residential part of the city. Farms from the Hudson and Mohawk valleys supply seasonal vegetables, fruit, and eggs. Hosting a market at a community center is a common way for Albany-area neighborhoods to add fresh-food access close to home.

Schaghticoke

This market runs on the grounds of the First New York Federal Credit Union at 2 Wall Street in the Albany-Colonie corridor. Credit-union- and employer-hosted markets like this give Capital Region shoppers a convenient weekday stop for local produce. Specific vendors and dates aren't posted publicly, so check directly with the credit union.

Village of Castleton-on-Hudson

The Farm at Kristy's Barn runs a farm stand on Brookview Road near Castleton-on-Hudson in Rensselaer County. Alongside its own fruits and vegetables it sells pick-your-own crops, pasture-raised poultry, and house-made Harvest baking mixes for fruit crisps. Fall brings seasonal activities and farm tours, and a CSA program runs through the growing season.

Castleton

Rexford

Apples are the centerpiece here, with more than 65 acres and over 60 dwarf varieties grown off Sugar Hill Road in Rexford, near Clifton Park. The farm also raises strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, blueberries, peaches, cherries, and plums, with u-pick open select days June through October. There's a farm store and a seasonal ice cream window, plus an off-site Farmers Wagon stand on Grooms Road in Clifton Park.

Schenectady

Rexford

Bowman Orchards farms roughly 98 acres in Rexford, growing more than 60 apple varieties plus strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, cherries, peaches, and plums. Pick-your-own runs June through October on select days, and the farm store sells produce alongside a petting area, horseback riding, an apple cannon, and an ice cream window. A second stand, The Farmers Wagon, operates on Grooms Road in Clifton Park.

Rexford

Clifton Park

A Capital Region market in Clifton Park, a fast-growing Saratoga County suburb between Albany and Saratoga Springs. Along Route 146, vendors sell upstate produce, dairy, and prepared foods through the growing season. The market gives a sprawling, car-oriented town a weekly gathering point.

The Clifton Park edition of the Saratoga Farmers' Market runs Mondays from 2 to 5 p.m., June through October, at Shenendehowa United Church on Route 146. It's a producer-only market, so everything sold is grown or made by the vendor, from local produce and plants to prepared food and art, often with live music. The wider Saratoga Farmers' Market organization runs several locations across the region.

Schaghticoke

Liberty Ridge spreads across 100 acres in Schaghticoke, just outside Albany and Saratoga, and runs one of the Capital Region's bigger agritourism operations. The calendar moves from a Red, White & Blueberry festival and U-pick blueberries in summer to a sunflower festival and a fall festival with a corn maze and more than 50 activities. There's food on the farm, a market barn, and cabin stays. Birthday parties, field trips, and company outings book by reservation.

Rexford

Lindsey's Idyllwood Orchard grows tree fruit on Sugar Hill Road in Rexford, Saratoga County, north of the Mohawk River. The listing points to apples, with picking and farm sales through the fall. The Capital Region's climate favors hardy varieties like McIntosh, Cortland, and Macoun. Confirm pick-your-own days and hours before visiting, as the apple season runs only a few weeks.

The Delmar Farmers' Market serves Delmar and the wider Town of Bethlehem, an established suburb southwest of Albany. At 428 Kenwood Avenue it sits along one of the hamlet's main commercial streets, drawing growers from the surrounding Albany and Rensselaer County farm belt. Expect the produce, baked goods, and prepared foods standard to Capital Region neighborhood markets.

The First United Methodist Church of Delmar hosts this market at 428 Kenwood Avenue, on the main road through the Bethlehem suburb south of Albany. A church-run market pairs local growers with a community gathering space. Season and hours aren't widely posted online; the church office is the best source for current details.

Castleton

Brookview Station Winery is the farm winery at Goold Orchards, an apple orchard on Brookview Station Road in Castleton, south of Albany in Rensselaer County. The tasting room pours wines and hard cider made from orchard-grown fruit.

Village of Castleton-on-Hudson

Windy Hill Orchard sits on Brookview Station Road in Castleton-on-Hudson, in the apple country south of Albany along the Hudson's east bank. Rensselaer County orchards here grow apples for fall picking and press cider through harvest season. Public detail on this listing is thin, so reach out to the orchard directly for picking dates, varieties, and hours before planning a visit.

Castleton

Goold Orchards is an apple orchard on Brookview Station Road in Castleton (town of Schodack), in Rensselaer County south of Albany, and the home of Brookview Station Winery. The address and winery name check out, but the orchard's former website is no longer active, so current hours, u-pick dates, and offerings are best confirmed directly before visiting.

Delmar

The Mead family has farmed Meads Lane in Delmar for generations — the road itself carries their name. Their fields run to hay, mixed crops, and cut flowers, with Angus cattle and Border Leicester sheep grazing the pastures. A restored 19th-century barn on the property, once the working heart of the farm, now hosts weddings and gatherings as the Lucy Brate Barn. The farm sits in the town of Bethlehem, just southwest of Albany.

Delmar

A multi-generation Mead family operation on Meads Lane in Delmar, in the town of Bethlehem just outside Albany. The working land grows hay and field crops and includes cut-flower plantings, while Angus cows and a small flock of sheep keep the pastures grazed. The property's centerpiece is a large restored barn from the 1800s — roughly 100 feet long with a 40-foot peak — now rented out as the Lucy Brate Barn event venue.

Johnsonville

Rexford

Apples are what Riverview Orchards grows, on Riverview Road in Rexford within the town of Clifton Park. The farm store and pick-your-own run September through December, seven days a week, and the kitchen turns out pies. It sits along the Mohawk River northwest of Schenectady.

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.

Averill Park

Alpacas of Maggie's Brook Farm sits on Hoags Corners Road in Averill Park, in the wooded hills of Rensselaer County east of Albany. The farm keeps a herd of alpacas; no active website was found to confirm current products or visiting hours. Contact them directly before stopping by.

Johnsonville

Otter Creek Farm in Johnsonville, New York sells meat shares — customers own a percentage of the live animal, invest in the farm pre-season, and collect their 100% grass-fed beef, pastured pork, or pastured chicken at bulk prices after on-farm slaughter and local custom butchering. The farm is Certified Animal Welfare Approved and Certified Grassfed by A Greener World, hosts an annual Shareholder Appreciation Burger Night, and runs the Graceful Acres farmstay.

Village of Castleton-on-Hudson

Swartz Farm sits on Eleanor Drive in Castleton-on-Hudson, a Rensselaer County village on the east bank of the Hudson River south of Albany. It's a small local farm; specific crops and any pick-your-own or stand sales aren't detailed online.

Castleton

Swartz Farm runs a small stand on Eleanor Drive in Castleton, just south of Albany in Rensselaer County along the Hudson. Capital Region stands like this sell seasonal vegetables through the summer and fall, from sweet corn and tomatoes to beans and winter squash. Swartz Farm doesn't appear to have a website, so check locally or stop by in season for current offerings.

Valley Falls

Ballston Lake

Ballston Lake Apiaries keeps bees and produces local honey in Ballston Lake, Saratoga County. Small apiaries like this typically sell raw honey and beeswax products direct. Retail details aren't posted online.

A seasonal market on the grounds of Ellis Medicine's McClellan Street health center in Schenectady. Hospital-hosted markets like this one make fresh fruit and vegetables easy to reach for patients, staff, and nearby residents in the Bellevue neighborhood. Expect Capital Region produce during summer and early fall.

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.

Voorheesville

Valley Falls

Schenectady

The Schenectady Greenmarket fills Jay Street, a downtown pedestrian plaza, with a producer-only lineup of Capital Region farmers and food makers. Shoppers find vegetables, fruit, meat, cheese, bread, and prepared foods, and the market keeps going year-round, moving indoors for the cold months. Its downtown setting near Proctors theater makes it a reliable weekly stop.

Buskirk

Morin's Tree Farm is on Groveside Road in Buskirk, in eastern Rensselaer County near the Vermont border. The name points to a cut-your-own Christmas tree farm, the region's common late-fall draw. No website or current details were found online to confirm its varieties or hours.

The indoor winter version of the Schenectady Greenmarket, held on State Street in downtown Schenectady once the outdoor Jay Street season ends. Root vegetables, storage apples, winter greens, meat, eggs, cheese, and baked goods keep Capital Region farmers selling through the cold months. It's the same producer-only market, moved under a roof for winter.

Fo-Castle Farm Country Store sits on Kingsley Road in the Ballston Lake area of Saratoga County, north of Albany. Country stores like this one carry farm produce, seasonal plants, and local goods. No working website or contact details came up online, so confirm hours locally before stopping in.

A Saratoga County community market on Lake Hill Road in Burnt Hills, in the Town of Ballston northwest of Schenectady. Local growers bring seasonal vegetables, fruit, eggs, baked goods, and farm products during the summer months. It serves the Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake area close to home.

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