Produce Farms near Trumansburg, NY

Trumansburg

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.

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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.

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.

Seneca Falls

Shuster's grows pick-your-own strawberries on Route 89 in Seneca Falls, along the Cayuga Lake side of the Finger Lakes. The family operation, registered as P&K Shuster Farms, focuses on June-bearing strawberries picked by the quart during the few weeks they peak. Route 89 is a well-traveled lake road, making the patch an easy stop. Selection is strawberry-season only, so timing matters.

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Penn Yan

Seneca Breeze Berries grows berries on Earls Hill Road outside Penn Yan, in the Yates County countryside between Keuka and Seneca Lakes. The Finger Lakes berry season runs from June strawberries into late-summer raspberries and blueberries.

Village of Penn Yan

Sauder's Produce sells farm-grown vegetables and fruit near Penn Yan in Yates County, at the north end of Keuka Lake. The Penn Yan area has a large Mennonite farming community that supplies much of the region's roadside produce, and Welker Road runs through that rural farmland. Check locally for the stand's seasonal hours, which usually track the summer and fall harvest.

Auburn

Strawberry Fields U-Pick lets you pick your own strawberries on East Genesee Street Road in Auburn, in the Finger Lakes. Strawberry picking here runs a short window, usually from mid-June into early July depending on the spring. Call ahead before driving out; berry fields open and close day to day with the weather and what's ripe. Cayuga County farmland surrounds the site.

Auburn

Ruwet Berry Scary Acres works both ends of the season in Auburn, in the Finger Lakes' Cayuga County. Summer brings pick-your-own berries; fall turns the property into Scary Acres, a haunted attraction. Online details are limited, so confirm picking conditions and haunt dates before heading over. The farm sits near downtown Auburn, north of Owasco Lake.

Dundee

A roadside vegetable stand on East Waneta Lake Road near Dundee, in the Finger Lakes between Waneta and Lamoka lakes. Look for the sweet corn, tomatoes, and summer produce that fill Yates County stands through the growing season. Hours are seasonal, running when crops are coming in.

Penn Yan

Hoover's U-Pick Blueberries opens its bushes for pick-your-own on Baldwin Road in Penn Yan, at the head of Keuka Lake in Yates County. Blueberry picking here runs through midsummer, from mid-July into August, when the Finger Lakes crop comes ripe. Bring your own containers for u-pick.

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.

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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.

Town of Spafford

Burdock's Berries grows u-pick berries on West Lake Road above Skaneateles Lake in the town of Spafford, at the northern edge of the Finger Lakes. Hillside farms along this road grow strawberries, raspberries, and blueberries through the summer. Picking availability shifts with the weather and isn't posted online.

Branchport

Jim Bedient's Blueberry Patch is a pick-your-own grower on Stever Road in Branchport, near Keuka Lake in Yates County. The Finger Lakes' well-drained hillsides suit highbush blueberries, which usually ripen from mid-July into August here. Expect a seasonal, cash-and-carry patch rather than a year-round storefront. Picking depends on weather, so it's worth checking availability before heading out.

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.

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.

Penn Yan

Sugar Shack Blueberry Farm opens roughly 17,000 pesticide-free blueberry bushes for pick-your-own on East Swamp Road in Penn Yan, in the Finger Lakes. The farm also grows raspberries and taps its own maple syrup, and has run for about two decades. Picking generally happens Monday through Saturday during the mid-to-late summer blueberry season. Call 585-526-5442 to confirm ripeness and hours before driving out.

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