The Tour Returns September 28th!
Schuyler County’s finest farms are once more opening their doors to the public, offering tours, tastings, demonstrations, apple picking, shopping, and opportunities to meet the farm animals!
What IS Growin' Around the Glen's Farm Tour Day?
Farm Tour Day showcases Schuyler County's strong agritourism through the organization and promotion of local farms that have opened their doors to visitors. Visitors can expect the same wonderful experiences including tours, tastings, demonstrations, apple picking, shopping, and opportunities to meet the animals.
Tour Highlights:
Our Farms:
Apples and Moore Orchard
Tour Hours: 9am - 6pm
Apples and Moore is a u-pick orchard offering multiple varieties of apples for picking, as well as raspberries and zinnias
Products: Apples, jams/jellies, apple sauce, locally made products, donuts and seasonally available pears, plums, peaches and apple cider.
Also On Site: Seneca Sunrise Coffee
CCE Demonstration Garden
Tour Hours: 11am - 2pm
The Cornell Cooperative Extension of Schuyler County's Demonstration Garden is a living classroom, open to the community and offering education about gardening techniques, plant varieties, pollinators, and other topics.
Experiences: Meet the Master Gardeners and Tour the Garden. Schuyler County 4-H will also be on hand to educate visitors on different types of soils and how they effect crops through a fun soil painting activity.
Products for Sale: The Master Gardeners will be running a fundraiser for new fencing, selling plants, cards, potholders and more!
Muddy Fingers Farm
Open 9am-5pm
Muddy Fingers Farm is a vegetable farm offering tours all day Saturday. All of their offerings are GMO free and grown with no synthetic herbicides, pesticides, or fungicides.
Experiences: Farm tours will be available throughout the day.
Products for Sale: A variety of seasonal vegetables
Ort Family Farm
Open 9am-5pm
Ort Family Farm will be offering workshops on growing figs (Saturday at 3:30pm) and Growing Herbs Indoors (Sunday at 3:30pm), Free raffles for attendees, sales on potted figs and small potted herbs in addition to their usual items.
Products for Sale: Fruit jams, jellies, herbal tea blends, potted fruiting plants and more!
Shtayburne Farm Creamery
Open 10am-8pm
Shtayburne Farm Creamery is owned and operated by Lorin & Alicia Hostetler and family. They have been working with the land and cows for over four generations. In 2010 they added a creamery and farm store. Now visitors can indulge in cheese, ice cream flights, milkshakes, cold brews and see the cows as well!
Products for Sale: Cheese, Curd, Quark Cheese, Ice Cream, Gift Boxes and More!
Crosswinds Farm and Creamery
Tour Hours: 9am-6pm
Crosswinds Farm Creamery is home to Brown Swiss cows raised for dairy & beef, an Angus/Murray Gray beef herd, crossbred pigs, and a flock of several breeds of egg laying chickens.
Experiences:
Crosswinds will be offering 2 farm tours @ 11am and 2pm; goat petting; and multiple hot lunch options along with apple cider, pumpkin gelato, and a all new gelato flavor!
Products: Peruse a variety of artisan cheeses, eggs, grassfed beef, and pork
Finger Lakes Cider House
Tour Hours: 11am - 6pm
Finger Lakes Cider House is a tasting room featuring local hard ciders, charcuterie, a farm-to-table dining experience, u-pick apples, overnight accommodations.
Experiences: Stop by for self-guided tours and enjoy u-pick flowers and u-pick apples.
From 11am - 6pm, they will be pouring from their 30+ cider list. Guests can enjoy a cider flight, cider/beer/cocktails by the glass, along with specialized mulled cider that can be made into a mulled cider cocktail.
A farm-to-table lunch from 11am - 4pm and our small bites and local cheese/charcuterie boards from 11-5:45 will also be available.
Tour Hours: 10am - 2pm
Four Season Alpacas
and Rug Weaving
Four Season Alpacas and Rug Weaving will be celebrating in 3 ways this Farm Tour Day! Our Farm Tour lands on National Alpaca Day and Four Season's Annual Fall Valley Variety Day. Multiple vendors will be onsite with handmade/homemade items available for purchase.
Experiences: Visit with the alpacas, bunnies and pig/piglets; enjoy yard games; and peruse numerous vendors including: Rachel's House of Threads, Sunflower Dairy, Suey's Shirts, Sheri's Art, FiddleSticks (more vendors to come).
Products: Fiber products such as alpaca yarn, rugs, gloves, scarves and more!
Muddy Fingers Farm
Tour Hours: 9am - 5pm
Muddy Fingers Farm is a vegetable farm offering tours all day Saturday. All of their offerings are GMO free and grown with no synthetic herbicides, pesticides, or fungicides.
Experiences: Farm tours will be available throughout the day.
Products for Sale: A variety of seasonal vegetables
Tour Hours to be Announced
Russell's Alpaca Acres
Russell's Alpaca Acres is an alpaca farm located in Burdett, offering opportunities to meet the Alpacas and learn about caring for these amazing animals.
Experiences: Get a crash course in Alpacas 101! Enjoy a tour of the farm and the barns while learning more about alpacas!
Products for Sale: Don't miss out on Russell's 10% discount on yarn and browse other Alpaca Fiber products including gloves, socks and more!
Shtayburne Farm Creamery
Tour Hours: 10am - 5pm
Shtayburne Farm Creamery is owned and operated by Lorin & Alicia Hostetler and family. They have been working with the land and cows for over four generations. In 2010 they added a creamery and farm store.
Experiences: Farm Tours will be running as usual on Saturday. You MUST book in advance. Visit their website for reservations.
Products for Sale: Visitors can indulge in cheese, ice cream flights, milkshakes, Quark Cheese, and More!
Sunset View Creamery
Tour Hours: 10am - 5pm
Sunset View Creamery’s artisan milk cheese is the result of five generations of dedicated family dairy farming on the same 348-acre farm that has been in the Hoffman family since 1905. For over 110 years, Hoffman Farm has nourished Finger Lakes families with top-quality milk and cheese.
Experiences: Register Ahead (via the link below) to experience cow cuddling and cow milking. Click on Farm Experiences to Register.
Products for Sale: Cheese, Curds, Raw Milk, Gift Boxes and So Much More!
Tour Hours to be Announced
Wixom Farm
Wixom Farm's goal is to maintain a beautiful farm, while simultaneously producing humanely raised, healthy, delicious, and ecologically sustainable meat, eggs, fruit, and vegetable crops for their family and community. They raise Scottish Highland cattle, Tamworth pigs, chickens, ducks, a small herd of Nigerian Dwarf x Nubian dairy goats, as well as several beehives.
Products for Sale: Purchase local Scottish Highland Beef (96% lean) and Pork free of steroids or hormones. Wixom will be offering a 10% discount in their Store Farm.
Yesterday's Roots
Tour Hours: 8am - 3pm
Yesterday's Roots is a farm market that sources locally as much as possible. More information regarding what they'll be offering during the tour is coming soon!
Experiences: Stop by to sample items from local farms!
Products for Sale: Cheese, jams, jellies, syrup, canned items, locally made gifts, and baked goods including breads, pies, brownies, eclairs, cannolis and more.