2008 Farm Trail Open House Weekend
& Harvest Sampler Dinner
 Farm
Trail Open House
Saturday-Sunday, August 16-17
12 Noon - 5:00 pm
The second annual Farm Trail
Open House has expanded to become a two-day event,
to be held on Saturday, August 16th and Sunday,
August 17th. Visitors can tour different farms from
12noon-5pm each day, and will meet a wide variety
of local agricultural producers. Farm products will
be available for sale at many of the participating
farms. Click on Saturday or Sunday to access a map for the participating farms.
Saturday’s tour will include five farms on
the Eastern shore of Cayuga Lake, including: Dilmun
Hill, a student-run organic vegetable farm; Cornell
Orchards in Lansing, which uses a variety of research
and teaching methods to grow a wide selection of
fruits sustainably; Finger Lakes Dexter Creamery,
where heirloom Dexter cows produce the milk used
to make Kefir cheese; Thomson Farm, a vegetable
farm that functions primarily as a Community Supported
Agriculture share provider; and One of a Kind Apple
Orchards, which offers over 450 varieties of modern
and antique apples.
On Sunday, the tour will introduce visitors to six
farms on the West side of Cayuga Lake. These include:
Motherplants, a “living roof” plant
nursery; BWW & Remembrance Farm, a land partnership
between a pasture- raised goat farm and an organic
vegetable farm; Silver Queen Farm, which specializes
in U-Pick fruit and vegetables; Fingerlakes Farmstead
Cheese, a specialized cheese producer that uses
only raw cow’s milk from the family owned
dairy next door; Laughing Goat Fiber, an alpaca
farm specializing in home-grown exotic fibers as
well as original home-made fiber goods; and A.J
Teeter Farm, the oldest continually operating family
farm in the town of Ithaca, which raises hay and
beef cattle.
Admission to participating farms is granted to those
wearing an “I Love Local Farms” button,
available for $2 per individual or $5 per carload
(4 people) at the Ithaca Farmer’s Market and
the Tompkins County Cooperative Extension until
August 16th, and at the farms on the days of the
tour. Buttons can be used for all the farms on both
days. For more information, contact Liz
Karabinakis at 272-2292.
Harvest
Sampler Dinner
After
Saturday’s Farm Trail, visitors and the public
are invited to attend a Harvest Sampler Dinner from
6-9pm at the Ithaca Farmer’s Market. IFM is
renowned both for fresh farm products and for great
prepared foods from world cuisines, including Asian,
Cuban, Indian, Greek, Mexican, and more. Wines and
desserts from IFM vendors will complete the meal.
Harvest Sampler Dinner tickets are $10 per person
for Farm Trail visitors ($5 each for children under
10) and may be purchased in advance with your Farm
Trail Weekend tour buttons from Cooperative Extension.
The dinner is also open to the public for $15 per
person, with advance registration requested. Please
send payment to CCE Tompkins County, 615 Willow
Ave. Ithaca, NY 14850 Attn. Monika Roth.
The 2nd Annual Farm Trail Open House has been coordinated
by Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County
in cooperation with the Ithaca/Tompkins County Convention
& Visitor's Bureau, the Ithaca Farmers' Market,
and area farmers. Funding is provided in part by
the NYS Dept. of Agriculture & Markets, and
the Tompkins County Tourism Program. Call 607-272-2292
for additional information, or email Monika Roth
at mr55@cornell.edu.
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