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["Sandra J. Repp" <sjr37 AT cornell.edu>]

Please note: Wellspring Forest Farm & School will be featured on the 2017 Open Farm Days tour on Sunday, August 13^th.

 

 

2017 Open Farm Days

Saturday & Sunday, August 12 & 13, 12:00-4:00pm each day
@ Farm locations across Tompkins County, NY

 

2017 Open Farm Days is a FREE 2-day annual event that allows visitors to experience local agriculture up-close. Farms across Tompkins County will open their gates to the public for farm tours, demonstrations, food tastings, and animal interaction for an afternoon of family-friendly farm fun! Bring a cooler -- many farms will have products to sell, and there are additional farm markets along the way!

This year’s tour features 18 farms including: several dairy farms (including two with cheese-making operations); organic and non-organic fruit and vegetable farms; farms that raise bison, llamas, horses, heritage pigs, ducks, mushrooms, flowers, and organic grains; a "forest farm"; a maple sugar bush; an apiary; an equestrian facility; and a non-profit "incubator" farm that trains new farmers.

 

Farms on the east side of Cayuga Lake are open on Saturday, August 12^th from 12-4pm, while farms on the west side of the lake are open on Sunday, August 13^th from 12-4pm.  See photos and get details on all the farms at: http://ccetompkins.org/agriculture/ag-events/open-farm-days or pick up a printed brochure in Ithaca at CCE-Tompkins (615 Willow Avenue), the Tompkins County Convention & Visitors Bureau (904 E Shore Drive), Alternatives Federal Credit Union (125 N. Fulton Street) and at various farm markets around Tompkins County.

 

Invite your friends on Facebook! Coming from out-of-town?  Find lodging here: http://www.visitithaca.com/lodging

 

Questions? Contact Debbie Teeter at DLT22 AT cornell.edu or call Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County at (607) 272-2292.

Sponsored by Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County and the Tompkins County Ag & Farmland Protection Board, in partnership with the Tompkins County Tourism Program.