New York State Agriculture spotlight on the Finger Lakes Region

Farm Stand/Market Partners
Geneva - Red Jacket Orchards
Honeoye - Mansion Market Greenhouse & Farm Market
Ithaca - Bakers' Acres of North Lansing
Ithaca - Ithaca Farmers Market
La Fayette - Beak & Skiff Apple Hill Farms
Macedon - Long Acre Farms
Moravia - Grisamore Farms
Naples - Joseph's Wayside Market
North Rose - Orchard View Country Market
Penfield - Freshwise Farms
Penn Yan - Tomion Farm Market
Penn Yan - Wager's Cider Mill
Penn Yan - Windmill Farm & Craft Market

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Roadsides lined with fields of pumpkins and squash, huge acreages of corn, apple orchards, vineyards, hayfields with gigantic bales, and meadows full of cows and sheep, and even goats and llamas, are common sights in the Finger Lakes. Many farms invite you to harvest their products—from asparagus and cabbage to strawberries, blueberries, apples and cherries.

Farm stands sell fruit, vegetables, flowers, honey, and fruit pies at roadside stands and groups of farmers set up co-operative farm markets. The largest is the Windmill Farm and Craft Market with over 250 vendors, located between Dundee and Penn Yan. Ithaca's Farmers Market, located at DeWitt Park and Steamboat Landing, is also a popular spot.

Red Jacket Orchards of Geneva has been in the national spotlight frequently. Better Homes & Gardens October 2003 issue featured Red Jacket cider in its "In Good Taste" section. Gourmet Magazine's July 2003 issue featured Red Jacket Orchards' apricots. Apricots can't be grown commercially in most of the US because the trees bloom so early they are susceptible to spring freezes. By growing specially adapted varieties, Red Jacket Orchards is able to produce an extraordinary crop of high quality apricots. Red Jacket's 20 acres of apricots are the largest planting east of the Rockies. Gourmet Magazine's June 2002 issue listed Red Jacket Orchards as one of only four sources for fresh, succulent apricots, and the only one outside California.

An article in the July 31, 2002 issue of the New York Times showered compliments on the orchard for its new apple-rhubarb drink.

Not only do we sell our produce, we celebrate it with festivals dedicated to potatoes, tomatoes, strawberries, apples, sauerkraut, maple syrup, grapes, and their end product, wine. Look for festivals in our calendar of events.

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