Local Farm
Produce . . .
What's
Available?
Nestled between the foothills of the
Taconic Mountain Range and the Hudson River, Columbia County has
long been considered one of the most agriculturally important
and ecologically diverse landscapes in the Hudson River Valley.
Columbia County boasts everything imaginable that is
good and delectable from the garden, pasture
and orchard. The County’s climate is situated to enjoy the
special combination of sun, rain and temperature that combine
with the deep rich native soils of the river's flood plain to
create ideal conditions for agriculture and husbandry. The
cooling breezes of the Atlantic are drawn up, tempering the
heat, allowing for an early start and later finish to the
growing season than surrounding areas.
One finds quaint little shops filled with the best of
the surrounding country, brimming with spectacular gourmet
cheeses, honey, baked goods and products sourced from the
neighborhood. Down almost every country road farmers seasonally
put out roadside farm stands with tables and baskets laden with
absolutely fresh from the garden fruits and vegetables. The farm
stands come and go quickly as the produce reaches perfection and
then passes.
Throughout the County one finds many farms that invite you
to come in and pick your own seasonal fruits and vegetables.
They frequently farm special smaller plots filled with dozens of
varieties that you simply cannot find anywhere else. You are
welcomed into the field to select just that special tomato or to
pluck the most flavorful bean you can discover.
Protecting
the County's Rural Landscapes
Columbia Land Conservancy
Farmers harvest the
night before and the morning of and bring their produce
to the farmers markets. You’ll find baskets of peaches
and apples, piles of carrots and greens, aromatic
onions, mushrooms, ruby red and golden yellow tomatoes,
aromatic herbs and fingerling potatoes, baked goods,
honey, flowers and garden plants along with nuts and
cheeses for your delight.
“Farm
country looks different these days,” said Bob Fix, a
fourth-generation fruit farmer in Livingston whose high
orchards present long views across the Hudson River to the
northern Catskills. “Still pretty, but different.”
The differences
are visible, and many of them make the county more friendly
for visitors. Agriculture alone is often not lucrative enough,
so farms lure customers with features like pies and petting
zoos. There are more farmers who grow organically, and who
grow their produce specifically for farmer’s markets locally
and in the city.
The organic
movement has taken a firm hold in Columbia County as farm
after farm convert to this new, yet centuries old, method of
farming. Row after row of baby beets and tiny carrots and
plump little lettuces are carefully nurtured to the peak of
flavor, then quickly harvested. They are destined for local
markets, popular farm stands and the most discerning eaters in
the world in New York City. Many of the farms listed below are
organic. You will need to make this determination with
the individual farm.
Because of the evolution of
its working farms, Columbia County has kept its scruffy,
genuinely rural charm, even while being “discovered” again and
again by city people. Hudson, the county seat, has tried hard
to live up to the hype. But not until recently there was no
restaurant in the whole county worth a detour. That's all
changed! (See Dining.)
Additionally, Columbia County orchards in fall are transformed
by a bounty of ripening fruit into idyllic scenes of
abundance. But times can be difficult. Meeting the demands of
wholesalers and consumers when nature has left you with flawed
merchandise is only one of a number of daunting
challenges that Columbia County farmers face.
"Far and away, the weather is one of the biggest challenges,"
says Chris Loken, owner for the past 38 years of Love Apple
Farm in Ghent.
Now go out
and enjoy picking out fresh farm produce to bring home!
And then congratulate yourself on supporting agricultural
practices that protect the Columbia County’s land and
landscape. Then drive to Chatham and have a therapeutic
chocolate cupcake at Our Daily Bread bakery, much better than
all the over-hyped cupcakes in the big city.
FARMERS
MARKETS
Selling Local Produce
Map of
Area
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Chatham
15
Church St.- Corner of Church St. (Rt. 203) & Washington
Ave. Friday 4 PM - 7 PM
June 9 - October 22 - Marcie Gardne
Hawthorne
Valley Farm Market
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327 Route 21C, Ghent (Harlemville),
New York 12075
518.672.7500
Hudson
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Motor Vehicle Parking
lot , 6th and
Columbia
Streets
Saturday 9 AM - 1 PM
June 3 - October 28 - Lynn Sloweaker
(518) 392-3353
Kinderhook
Village Square
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Saturdays 8
AM - 12:30 PM Thru October 11
Philmont
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Stuyvesant
Railroad Station
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Fridays 4 PM - 7 PM thru September 26 - Rain or Shine
518 758-6474
LOCAL FARM
PRODUCE
Awesome Farm, Ltd
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Grass fed lamb;
pastured chicken, ducks, and turkeys; eggs; and our own
tempeh.
PO box 22, Tivoli NY 12583
845-332-2927
Berry Farm -
Charming farm market
providing edible amusement with food from other
producers including salad greens from Little Seed Farm
in Chatham, delicious organic tomatoes from McEnroe
Organic Farm in Millerton, homegrown blueberries and
gooseberries, and a freezer still stocked with spring’s
ramp butter. Great selection of local grown Christmas
Trees moderately priced,
Route 203 just south of Route 21B,
Kinderhook NY, 12184
518 392-4609
Owner Manager, Joe - The Berry Farm
Kinderhook
Berkshire Natural Beef
of
Fox Hill Farm
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Larry & Erna Lampman
887 E.
Ancram Rd., Ancramdale, NY 12503
413 528-9328
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Grass-fed
beef & pasture-raised veal from Fox Hill Farm under
Berkshire Natural Beef label. See farm photos.
Blackberry Hill Farm
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Paul, Andrea & Sabrina
Tranchita
"We offer
llamas, alpacas, cormo sheep, angora rabbits, wool,
yarn, fiber art, maple syrup, free-range eggs, garlic,
herb & flower plants & the Llama Garden Children's
Program. From Rt. 82 in Livingston, 0.8 mi. east on
Bells Ponds Rd. About 4 mi. from Taconic Pkwy., 6 mi.
from NYS Thruway"
156 Bells Pond Rd., Hudson, NY 12534
518 851-7661
Buckwheat Bridge Angoras
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Buckwheat Bridge Angoras is a small,
family owned and operated farm located in the mid Hudson
Valley of New York State. We raise Angora goats and
Cormo sheep . The fiber from these animals is processed
on the farm using solar power in a cottage industry size
mill. We invite you to browse our site and learn more
about us.
111 Kozlowski Rd, Elizaville, NY 12523
Cool Whisper Farm
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Matthew &
Lisa Schober
Grass-fed
Scottish Highland beef, pastured chickens with eggs, &
naturally raised pork available. All products are
antibiotic, hormone, & pesticide-free. We are
located on Co. Rt. 21, between the Taconic Pkwy. & St.
Rt. 22, outside the Hamlet of Harlemville, NY.
1011 County Rt. 21, Ghent, NY 12075
518 672-6939 •
mlschober@netzero.net
Dancing Crow Farm •
Isa Coffey & Sondra Loring
"We're a
deliciously small, family-run farm wholeheartedly
dedicated to these lands."
311 Orchard Rd., Hudson, NY 12534
518 822-1210 •
dancingcrowfarm@yahoo.com
Don Baker Farm
Our farm has
been welcoming generations of both "local pickers" and
"city pickers" with the delightful experience of picking
all the fresh fruit they desire directly from the actual
sources - our wide variety of cherry, apple and pear
trees. The Baker family welcomes you 7 days a week
9 am - 5 pm, weather permitting.
183 Route 14,
Hudson NY 12534 (South of the city)
518-828-9542
Double Decker Farm
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Deborah Barber & Tom Decker
"Unusual
plants, planters, specialty cut flowers, herbs &
heirloom vegetables. Products available at farmers'
markets, farm-stand & by special order. Weddings. Unique
& creative floral work. East off Taconic Pkwy. at
Claverack/Hillsdale exit onto Rt. 23. Take first left
onto Co. Rt. 11. Go north 1.5 mi., farm on left."
1989 Martindale Rd., Hillsdale, NY 12529
518 672-4817
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Edible Sunshine
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Deborah
Doyle
Family owned farm produces delicious wheatgrass and
micro-greens, including pea, buckwheat, sunflower from
certified organic seeds, in certified organic soil
and nourished with water from 60 feet below the
beautiful rolling hills of Columbia County.
PO Box 431, Philmont, NY 12565
Farm at Miller's
Crossing
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Katie Smith & Chris Cashen
"We grow bedding plants & transplants
in the spring, mixed vegetables & raise grass-fed beef.
Our farm is certified organic by Demeter."
81
Roxbury Rd., Hudson, NY 12534
518 851-2331
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kasorganic@hotmail.com
Fix Brothers Fruit Farm
215 White
Birch Road, Livingston;
518 828-7560
Livingston
Fox Hill
Farm
Larry & Erna Lampman
featuring Berkshire Beef "Grassfinished,
organically raised beef and pastured, organic eggs."
887 East. Ancram Road, Ancramdale, NY 12503
518 329-2405 •
Lampman1@taconic.net
Full Belly Farm
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Tina Van De Water
"We grow
good food from healthy soil. Our farmstand is open Fri.
& Sat., mid-May to mid-October, selling our produce, cut
flowers, berries, & eggs. Located halfway between Old
Chatham & Chatham Center on Columbia Co. Rt. 13, near
Highland Rd."
413 Co. Rt. 13, Old Chatham, NY 12136
518 794-0716 •
fullbellyfarm@taconic.net
Glenco Hill Farm
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Owen A. Sterling
NOFA-NY
certified
sweet corn, summer vegetables, melons, apples, plums
& pears. Alfalfa hay & rye straw. Available at Hudson
Farmers' Market or by delivery. Call for directions.
223 Old Rt. 82, Hudson, NY 12534
518 851-5281
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owena@mhcable.com
Golden
Harvest Farms -
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"At Golden Harvest
Farms, you'll find a wide selection of the finest
fruits, vegetables and baked goods in the land. We work
hard to provide our customers with absolute freshest.
Period. From hot apple cider donuts right from our
on-site bakery to batch-crafted apple cider pressed
every week, we're known for dedication to farm fresh
produce and baked goods."
"Even though most farm
stands close in the winter and spring, we stay open all
year round. There's always something in season. Even in
the lean months of January and February, our store
always has complimentary hot mulled cider and fresh
baked goods. The pies and and apple cider donuts are
fresh & homemade."
3074 Us Highway 9
(North of Valatie)
Kinderhook NY 12184
518 758-7683
Gumaer Farm •
Bill & Roz Gumaer
"Milk &
cream from home-grown cows on small family farm. Home
delivery"
P.O. Box 74 ,796 County Route 25,Stuyvesant Falls, NY
12174
518 799-2571 •
gumaerwm@aol.com
Harrier Fields Farm •
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"Farmed
organically since 1983. Offers cross-bred Devon,
grass-fed beef (quarter, half, or whole), pork,
potatoes, pumpkins, Devon breeding stock & Belgian draft
horses. Call for ordering information. Located in
Stuyvesant, 5 mi. north of traffic light on Rt. 9 in
Kinderhook."
4116 Co. Rt. 21, Schodack Landing, NY 12156
518 732-7350
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Hawthorne Valley Association -
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Hawthorne Valley Farm •
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Rachel & Steffen Schneider
"Demeter
certified organic/biodynamic baked goods, dairy
products, mixed vegetables, beef & pork at farm store,
thru CSA & Union Square Greenmarket. Apprentice
training/CRAFT program. Located 1.5 mi. east of Taconic
Pkwy. (Philmont/Harlemville exit)."
327 Rt. 21C,
Harlemville,
Ghent, NY 12075
518 672-4465
ext.105
Hawthorne
Valley Farm
Ghent
Hearty Roots Community Farm
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Benjamin
Shute & Miriam Latzer
433 West Kerley Road, Tivoli NY
845 943-8699 -
Herondale Farm
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"Herondale
Farm is a mixed
livestock certified organic farm. It used to be a
dairy farm and we have gradually transformed the barns
and pastures to accommodate the new inhabitants—our
British White and Murray Grey cattle, our Berkshire and
Berkshire cross pigs and our Cornish cross rock chickens
(along with a motley crew of guinea hens and laying
chickens who patrol for flies and ticks)".
90 Wiltsie
Bridge Road, Ancramdale, NY 12503
518 329-3769
Highland Farm •
Mark MacNamara
"Large
selection of all-natural, farm-raised venison products
including all fresh cuts & many smoked items. We ship
nationwide."
283 Co. Rt. 6, Germantown, NY 12526
located on Rt. 6 approximately 0.25 mi. east of Rt. 9G.
518 537-6397
Little Seed
Gardens
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Willy Denner & Claudia Kenny
"Organic
mixed vegetables, specialty greens, & herbs. Available
thru CSA in NYC, Columbia & Dutchess Counties & to
restaurants."
P.O. Box 195, Chatham, NY 12037
518 392-0063
Love Apple Farm Market
The
Love Apple Farm store offers, in addition to fresh
picked fruit and vegetables, a wide selection of
value-added products such as farm-canned pears and
spiced peaches, pickles, salsa, apple butter, farm-
baked pies, breads and donuts, cider, honey, maple syrup
and flowers. A petting zoo stocked with baby pigs, and
goats, is an added draw.
1421 Route 9H, Ghent
518 828-5048
Markristo Farm
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Martin & Christa Stosiek
"NOFA-NY
certified organic salad mixes, green beans & mixed
vegetables, bedding plants & cut flowers. Bedding plants
available wholesale. Available to restaurants & at Great
Barrington Farmers' Market."
2891 Rt. 23,
Hillsdale, NY 12529
518 325-4261
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markristo@taconic.net
Monkshood Nursery •
David & Melinda Rowley
2336 Rt. 21,
Valatie, NY 12184-3119
518 758-7958
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monkshoodnursery@yahoo.com
"Quality
certified organic herb plants for culinary &
medicinal use. 100+ varieties available Apr.-July. Fresh
cut herbs & vegetables available from the farm or local
markets. Going south on Rt. 9 from Kinderhook, turn
right onto Co. Rt. 26A to Stuyvesant. Just before
junction with Rt. 9J, farm is on the right, across from
the playground."
Nine-Jay Nursery & Greenhouses
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Richard & Patricia Dunspaugh
Products:
Greenhouse tomatoes,
European cucumbers, red and green peppers, basil, bok
choy, Swiss chard, collard greens, Kirby cucumbers,
lettuces (red, green and Romaine), green zucchini,
yellow and butternut squashes, red beets.
"Certified organic greenhouse vegetables available
spring to mid-winter. Grown exclusively for NYC
Greenmarket at Union Square & Tribeca, Sat. only".
244 Rt. 9J, Stuyvesant, NY 12173
518 828-4123
Old Chatham Sheepherding Company -
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Tom & Nancy Clark
"Hormone/antibiotic-free, sheep's milk cheese & yogurt
dairy products. Available wholesale, retail, website &
direct-marketed from farm.
The Old
Chatham Sheepherding Company is the largest sheep dairy
farm in the United States."
155 Shaker
Museum Rd., Old Chatham, NY 12136
518 794-7733
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Pleroma Farm •
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Arthur & Ana Lups
"Biodynamic,
pastured chicken & eggs produced with organic feed.
Raw milk available through herd lease program. Chicken
available through subscription only."
149 County Route 14, Hudson, NY 12534
518 828-1966
Red Barn Farm
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Grace E. Bischoff
"A small,
family farm in the Berkshires currently raising pastured
lamb & poultry for sale from our farm & at local
markets." From Rt. 295 & Co. Rt. 5 in Canaan, take Co.
Rt. 5 north 0.7 mi. First right on N. Valley Rd. Farm is
on left
71 N. Valley
Rd., Canaan, NY 12029
518 781-4570
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Red Oak Farm -
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Taylor Tribble
"We are a small Organic farm that grows a wide
variety of vegetables and small fruit that we sell at
the Hudson Farmers Market (Sat 9-1 at 6th and Columbus
in Hudson, NY) and provide for our CSA members. We also
specialize in Organic herbs that we package as teas as
well as medicinal tinctures and salves."
1921 Route 9, Stuyvesant NY 12173
518 799-2052
Ronnybrook Farm Dairy, Inc.
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Ronald Osofsky
P.O. Box
267, Ancramdale, NY 12503
518 398-6455
"Ronnybrook
Farm Dairy promotes sustainable agriculture & the local
family farm. We have spent our lives creating less
processed, healthier dairy products"
Roxbury Farm
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Jean-Paul
Courtens & Jody Bolluyt
An
Organic/Biodynamic
Farm (See Below Photo)
P.O. Box 338, Kinderhook, NY 12106
2501 Rt. 9-H - Kinderhook
518 758-8558
"Roxbury
Farm was founded in 1990 & is now one of the largest &
most established Community Supported Farms in the
Northeast. Visit our website for more details. Farm is
located at 2501 Rt. 9H in Kinderhook, just north of the
Martin Van Buren Estate on the west side of the road."
Potatoes in Growth
Roxbury
Organic/Biodynamic
Farm
Kinderhook
Organic/Biodynamic
- Founded in 1990,
"Roxbury is
a community supported farm, one of the largest in
the country, and the first to have a community in New
York City. We grow vegetables, herbs, and grass fed
animals for over 1000 shareholders representing over
1050 families in four communities--Columbia County, the
Capital Region, Westchester County and Manhattan--on 225
acres in Kinderhook, New York."
Roxbury is a biodynamic
farm, which means it's organic. But biodynamic
means more than organic. Both are alternatives to toxic
chemicals and genetic manipulation, but it isn't only
what we don't do that makes our farm different from
conventional farms; it's what we
do.
Located on
Rt. 9H just north of Martin Van Buren's Lindenwald
on the west side of the road in Kinderhook.
SAMASCOTT ORCHARDS -
5 Sunset Avenue, Kinderhook
518 758-7224
Thompson-Finch Farm
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Don & Marnie MacLean
"All
products are certified organic by NOFA-NY.
Pick-your-own strawberries (June-July) & raspberries,
apples & cider (Sept.-Oct.). Call for picking update."
0.5 mi. east
of Rt. 82, 4.5 mi. west of Rt. 22.
750 Wiltsie
Bridge Rd, Ancram, NY 12502
518 329-7578
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thompfinch@taconic.net
Threshold
Farm •
Hugh Williams & Hanna Bail
"Mixed
biodynamic farm
offering a full range of vegetables; apples, peaches
& pears; grass-fed meat products. CSA. Call first for
directions & time of visit".
P.O. Box 323, Philmont, NY 12565
518 672-5509
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threshold@taconic.net
Triform Camphill Community
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Martin Gitt & Frederic Gluck
"A
residential therapeutic community that raises
certified organic vegetables, herbs, hay & beef.
Available at Hudson Farmers' Market."
20 Triform Rd., Hudson, NY 12534
518 851-9320
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Triple "H"
Ranch •
Dot Hempler
"Goat
cheese, free-range eggs, goat & lamb meat (retail cuts &
freezer orders), other farm products available at the
farm. South on Rt. 66, take left onto Fish & Game Rd.,
farm on right."
28 Fish & Game Rd., Hudson, NY 12534
518 828-0651
• 877 334-8093
Turtle Tree
Seeds
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Beth & Nathan Corymb, Ian
Robb
"Open-pollinated,
biodynamic seeds for vegetables, herbs, flowers &
cover crops available Dec.-May. Mail order. Call before
visiting."
Taconic
Pkwy. south to Rt.23 east to Craryville. South on Co.
Rt. 7 to Chrysler Pond Rd., right on Camphill Rd.
Camphill Village USA, Copake, NY 12516
518 329-3038
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turtle@taconic.net
Two Kids Organics
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John Kelly & Jodie
Wische
"All crops
grown from untreated seed & tended with individual care
to provide the best quality hand-picked produce.
Viewmont Rd. runs south of Co. Rt. 8 in the town of
Germantown. We are on the
east side of the road; third drive on left coming from
R"
409 Viewmont
Rd., Germantown, NY 12526
518 537-5108
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tko@valstar.net
Van Wie Natural Foods
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Natural Pork, Beef & Poultry
6798 Route 9, Hudson NY 12534
518 828-0533
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FARM
SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS
Agriculture and
Farmland
Protection Board
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479 Route 66, Hudson NY 12534
518 828-3346
American Farmland Trust
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112
Spring Street, Suite 207
Saratoga Springs, NY 12866
(518) 581-0078
The focus of AFT's
work revolves around protecting a precious
resource—America's best farm and ranch land.
Founded in 1980 by a group of farmers and
conservationists concerned about the rapid loss of the
nation's farmland to development, American Farmland
Trust (AFT) is a nonprofit membership organization
dedicated to protecting our nation's strategic
agricultural resources.
Approximately half of the two billion acres of land in
America is working agricultural land. This productive
farm and ranch land is a finite resource as fertile
soils take thousands of years to develop and are
irreplaceable.
Columbia County
Real Food Network -
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15 Church
Street
Chatham, New York 12037
518 392 3353
Columbia Hudson Partnership -
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610
State Street, Hudson, NY 12534
518
828-4718
The Partnership was created
in March 1995. The Partnership's mission is to strengthen
the County tax base through economic development and job
creation, to assist businesses small and large with training and
financial assistance, and to promote Columbia County as an ideal
place to live, work and play.
The Partnership serves as the lead economic development
agency for Columbia County, and in conjunction with the State of
New York and other partners, assists with business retention,
expansion and attraction efforts throughout the County.
Columbia
Land Conservancy -
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PO
Box 299, 49 Main Street, Chatham NY 12037
518 392-5252
As more and more
people choose to live in the county (or own a second home here),
the very characteristics that have inspired and attracted people
to Columbia County—scenic
vistas, historic rural communities, beautiful woodlands, and
working farms--are increasingly at risk from haphazard
development.
At the request of landowners,
CLC helps families and individuals protect their land, ensuring
that their conservation vision will be upheld forever. Working
with communities and conservation groups, CLC helps implement
local conservation efforts, including fundraising, acquisition,
site planning, and management of public conservation lands for
habitat, recreation, and education.
Photo by Ule Rose
Shaker
View Farm
New Lebanon"We've spent almost half a
century caring for our farm, and its important to us that the
property continue to be farmed," said Larry Benson of Shaker
View Farm, New Lebanon.
Shaker View Farm received farmland protection grants
through the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets
for the purchase of their development rights (PDR).
The Columbia Land Conservancy task is to work with
farmers to draft conservation easements that will protect the
farms' agricultural resources and work with the community to
raise the local matching funds required by the state grants.
The Gallagher
Stud Farm
525 acres of farmland
permanently protected in Ghent
At the request
of landowners, CLC helps families and individuals protect their
land, ensuring that their conservation vision will be upheld
forever.
Columbia Land Conservancy
CLC has helped more than 100 landowners protect their land to
meet their families' conservation goals, ensuring their
conservation vision will be upheld forever.
Recognizing that the county’s landscapes are in
jeopardy, the Columbia Land Conservancy is committed to helping
assure that these irreplaceable natural and agricultural
resources will become a permanent feature of Columbia County.
The Chase-Holm Farm
"With their
knowledge and willingness to help with the state grant process,
the Columbia Land Conservancy provides a real service to farm
families,” noted Rosemary Chase, who is hoping the state
farmland protection program will enable their farm to stay in
agriculture.
The
Conservancy encourages
stewardship
of protected lands. "We
have a
responsibility to ensure that the goals of each
conservation easement
we hold are respected in
perpetuity."
Columbia
Land Conservancy
LEARN MORE:
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Cornell Cooperative
Click
Here
479 Route 66, Hudson, NY 12534
518-828-3346
The
Cornell Cooperative Extension educational system enables
people to improve their lives and communities through
partnerships that put experience and research knowledge
to work.
For the average gardener, Cornell Cooperative master
gardeners will answer our questions and arrange for soil
testing. See their web site by clicking the blue
above.
The Don
Baker Farm
Hudson
Photo: Les Stone
Picking Cherries
Fix Brothers Fruit
Farm
Livingston
Local
Harvest
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America's no.1
organic and local food website. "We maintain a
definitive and reliable "living" public nationwide
directory of small farms, farmers markets, and other
local food sources. Our search engine helps people find
products from family farms, local sources of sustainable
grown food, and encourages them to establish direct
contact with small farms in their local area. Our online
store helps small farms develop markets for some of
their products beyond their local area.
A Younger
Doug with an Early Batch of Fresh
Apple Cider Donuts Now Famous at Golden Harvest
Open Space Institute -
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1350
Broadway, Suite 201, 1350 Broadway, Suite 201
New York, NY, 10018
212 290 8200
The Open Space Institute (OSI)
protects scenic, natural, and historic landscapes to
ensure public enjoyment, conserve habitats, and sustain
community character and achieves its goals through land
acquisition, conservation easements, regional loan
programs, fiscal sponsorship, creative partnerships, and
analytical research. OSI has protected more than 100,000
acres through the
New York Land Program.
Directed by a consistent conservation strategy that
emphasizes permanent protection on a landscape-level
scale, each discrete transaction, (buying a conservation
easement on a small family farm in the Hudson River
Valley or helping fund the purchase of 100,000 acres in
Maine) represents an effort to align the pieces of the
landscape puzzle. It prevents fragmentation, which
disrupts key wildlife corridors, impairs water and air
quality, and diminishes the beauty and scenery of
natural areas.
Scenic
Hudson -
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One Civic Center Plaza, Suite 200
Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
845 473-4440
Colombia County Farmland
The Scenic Hudson Gallery
Scenic
Hudson is dedicated to protecting and restoring the
Hudson River, its riverfront and the majestic vistas and
working landscapes beyond as an irreplaceable natural
treasure for America and a vital resource for residents
and visitors.
Since 1992, Scenic Hudson has protected nearly 7,000
acres of farmland in 10 communities throughout Columbia,
Dutchess, Orange and Ulster counties.
Scenic Hudson's farmland protection efforts are
protecting Hudson Valley agriculture for future
generations
Photo by James
Bleecker
Land
Protected by Easement
Columbia Land Conservancy
The State
Farmland Protection Program
awards 75 percent of the total project cost
"The
state program provided an opportunity to protect
our
farm, and it provided funds for our retirement", said
Frank
Bitel, who sold the nonagricultural development
rights
on his farm (above) through the state farmland
protection program.
Columbia Land Conservancy
Volunteers Package
Garlic
Roxbury
Organic/Biodynamic
Farm
Kinderhook
Harvesting the
Winter Squash
Roxbury
Organic/Biodynamic
Farm
Kinderhook
The Bounty
Columbia County
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