Information for the 2024 Chatham Area Farm Tour
The Chatham Agricultural Partnership and Columbia Land Conservancy presented this free tour. It featured farms in the Chatham area who opened their doors to the public to get a peak into the diverse face of farming in northern Columbia County. Participants saw farm animals including horses, cattle, chickens, and more along with fresh produce, meats, wine, and syrup from farm stands for purchase.
PARTICIPATING FARMS
A. Ooms and Sons Dairy Farm
215 County Route 28A, Chatham Center | Facebook
A. Ooms and Sons is a multigeneratinal dairy farm has been producing milk in the town for over 70 years. We are the majority supplier for Beecher’s Cheese in Manhattan and belong to the Cabot/McCadam cooperative. Our cows are milked with robotic milking machines and will provide tours on the hour from noon to 4pm.
Arthur’s Point Farm
118 Eagle Rock Road, Ghent | (518) 553-0335 | website | Instagram | Facebook
Arthur’s Point Farm specializes in growing and selling a variety of native and locally-adapted cultivars of nuts, fruits, and other ecologically-valuable trees, shrubs, and perennial wildflowers of superior genetic selection. Our plants are 1-4 years old and sold both as bare-roots and in specialized root-prune pots made from recycled plastic bottles. The farm also produces probiotic biochars that build soil health, recycle nutrients, and sequester carbon. Guided tours only, 10am and 1pm. Join us!
The Chatham Berry Farm
2309 State Route 203, Chatham | (518) 392-4609 | website | Facebook
Instagram – Berry Farm | Greenhouse Cidery
The Chatham Berry Farm is a local, family-owned farm, farm store and garden center. Providing fresh, wholesome food to our community since 1982, celebrating 42 years in business! Specializing in natural, organic and local produce and specialty products as well as no spray, pesticide-free, hydroponically grown greens and vegetables from our greenhouses throughout the year! U-Pick pesticide-free berries available July-October. Seasonal garden center featuring a diverse selection of houseplants, annuals, perennials, herbs & more! The Greenhouse Cidery at the farm is open seasonally, Thursday-Saturday. Featuring unique & small batch hard cider made on site using locally grown apples. NYS beer, wine, spirits & housemade cocktails. Yummy Kitchen food, fire pits, pop-ups, live music & events throughout the year. Spacious indoor & outdoor seating. Farm store open daily, 8am-6pm, 364 days a year!
Dog Wood Farm and Rock City Mushrooms
85 Hartigan Road, Old Chatham | 518-821-4282 | Dog Wood Farm website | Rock City Mushrooms website
A diversified farm raising pastured turkeys, grassfed beef, and indoor-cultivated mushrooms. Tours throughout the day from 10 am to 4 pm. Farm foods available for purchase plus Thanksgiving turkey pre-orders.
Grimaldi Farm
22 Old Talerico Road, Ghent | 518-929-3420 | website
Grimaldi Farm’s proudly raised Certified Organic Grass-Fed and Grass Finished Beef. Rotational raised Non-GMO fed Chickens. We have a Farm Store where we sell our Certified Organic Grass-Fed Beef, Farm Fresh Eggs, and support many other local producers. On tour day Benjamin Bruckenthal @thefarmersfeastinc will be serving up our certified Organic grass-fed meats. We will have mei’s dumplings cooking from Noon-4:00pm serving up beef dumplings using our certified organic grass-fed ground beef, and vegetable ones. All sourced from local farms. We will also have Via Ravioli serving up some delicious desserts cannolis and tiramisu. A live band, local craft beer, wine and hay rides.
Hawthorne Valley Farm
327 County Route 21C, Ghent | 518-672-7500 | website | Instagram | Facebook
Hawthorne Valley Farm is a 900-acre Demeter-certified Biodynamic® farm dedicated to farming holistically and producing high quality food. Our farm includes dairy cows, vegetables, a 300-plus member CSA, an organic creamery and artisan bakery, and more! Our on-site Farm Store is a full-line natural foods and grocery store (open daily 7:30 a.m.-7 p.m.) with a deli bar serving fresh organic meals daily. Join us for a guided tours with Farmer Betsy at 11 a.m. or at 2 p.m. Tours will meet at the Farm Store pavilion. If you’d like to watch the cows come in from pasture for milking, join us around 2:30 p.m. Come any time to shop in our farm store, enjoy a picnic lunch outside, and to visit our pastured pigs out by the hoop barns.
High and Mighty Farm
71 County Route 21C, Ghent | 518-672-4202 | website | Instagram
Since 2013, High & Mighty Therapeutic Riding and Driving, Inc. which is a PATH Premier Accredited Center, has provided equine assisted services to those in and around our community. Our mission is to engage the power of the horse-human connection to provide physical, emotional and spiritual well-being to those of all abilities and our programs foster an environment of inclusivity, excellence, positivity, and respect. At High & Mighty we believe that horses provide the opportunity to change lives for the better. Come to the farm and find out for yourself! Tours from 10-2.
Kinderhook Farm
1958 County Route 21 (at the end of Garner Rd.), Ghent | 518-929-3075 | website | Instagram
With fields and operations spanning Ghent and Chatham, visit the center of activity to learn more about raising grass-fed beef, lamb, pastured pork and chickens. A farm store offers beef, lamb, pork as well as raw honey, chicken and eggs for sale. Tours throughout the day.
Little Brook Farm
548 County Route 13 (at Pitt Hall Road), Old Chatham | website | Instagram
Welcome to one of the most diverse equine facilities in the nation! Established in 1977, LBF has been successfully blending equine rescue with educational, vocational and therapeutic programs for 46 years. Riding instruction and summer camps are also offered. Tours will be available on the hour between 11am and 1pm. Children are welcome at Little Brook Farm but must be always accompanied by an adult for safety’s sake, both the children and the horses’ safety. We have horses with many different medical needs and therefore they cannot be fed by anyone but farm staff.
Maple Leaf Sugaring
93 Dupier Road, Ghent | 518-929-0484 | website | Facebook
We are a family owned and operated certified organic maple sugaring operation producing high quality maple syrup. Come join us to learn how maple syrup is crafted. We will provide tours of our operation throughout the day. Sugar house store will be open with syrup, maple cotton candy, maple sugar and maple cream.
Staron Farm
4 Merwin Rd, Valatie | 518-392-2920 | website | Instagram
A family owned business, started in 1978 by Donna and Stanley Staron. We grow a variety of fruits and veggies, with potatoes being our largest crop and we also sell fruit from other local farms. We will be offering the fruits of our labor at our roadside stand during the Chatham Farm Tour. Our regular hours are Hours : Monday – Friday 9:00-5:30, Saturday 9:00-5:00, Sunday 10:00-4:00. June – October.