All workshops are led by Jane Desotelle and include tea and jelly tasting, one free plant, and a list of plants in the botanical sanctuary with common and scientific names. Please pre-register to be sure you get in. Walkways are flat with woodchips, okay for walkers and wheelchairs. To secure your spot, please contact Jane […]

Join us for chicken harvest day on the farm. Our "broiler" chickens are an integral part of our grass-based pasture rotation. They live in mobile chicken coops, allowing them to forage along the pastures behind our dairy cows, adding impotant functions for soil and ecosystem health. In this workshop, you will learn how to harvest […]

Join the Champlain Area Trails (CATS) team for a hike around Barred Owl Brook Farm. Learn about how CATS works with area farms to preserve wildlands for wildlife, like many of the fall-migrant birds you may see along the walk. See Alex and Audrey Caskey's growing farm featuring a tree nursery, katahdin sheep, ducks, and […]

Worked/Wild is an award-winning exhibition featuring thought-provoking materials designed to spark visitors’ awareness of how the Adirondack landscape has determined the path of its human history.  Complex themes and differing perspectives of the meaning of “worked” and “wild” compel visitors to explore the multifaceted relationships of our region and its people. Rather than being a […]

All workshops are led by Jane Desotelle and include tea and jelly tasting, one free plant, and a list of plants in the botanical sanctuary with common and scientific names. Please pre-register to be sure you get in. Walkways are flat with woodchips, okay for walkers and wheelchairs. To secure your spot, please contact Jane […]

Worked/Wild is an award-winning exhibition featuring thought-provoking materials designed to spark visitors’ awareness of how the Adirondack landscape has determined the path of its human history.  Complex themes and differing perspectives of the meaning of “worked” and “wild” compel visitors to explore the multifaceted relationships of our region and its people. Rather than being a […]

Learn some tasty new recipes through an interactive outdoor cooking demonstration with fresh, seasonal produce directly from our fields. Registration is required, please pre-register HERE. Pitney Meadows Community Farm's mission is to "celebrate and explore agricultural education, healthy food production and recreation on this preserved working farm. We are committed to empowering community members to […]

Join farmers Bob Washo and Flip Filippi for a tour of their diversified gardens to learn about their Homestead Share, which grows bulk amounts of vegetables and herbs for participating shareholders to preserve for the off-season. This session will focus on how littleGrasse plans and manages dozens of vegetable and herb crops in a subsistence […]

Worked/Wild is an award-winning exhibition featuring thought-provoking materials designed to spark visitors’ awareness of how the Adirondack landscape has determined the path of its human history.  Complex themes and differing perspectives of the meaning of “worked” and “wild” compel visitors to explore the multifaceted relationships of our region and its people. Rather than being a […]

Watch Essex County 4-H youth show their project animals and visit their static exhibits in Floral Hall. Rabbit Show: 5:00 pm Poultry Show: 5:30 pm Goat Show: 6:00 pm The Essex County 4-H Tractor Club will also have a display of antique tractors for visitors to view. 4-H connects youth to hands-on learning opportunities that […]

All workshops are led by Jane Desotelle and include tea and jelly tasting, one free plant, and a list of plants in the botanical sanctuary with common and scientific names. Please pre-register to be sure you get in. Walkways are flat with woodchips, okay for walkers and wheelchairs. To secure your spot, please contact Jane […]

The Hub on the Hill's weekly Makers-Market will be extended to other partners, vendors and friends this week! The Essex County Soil and Water Conservation District will be offering resources for landowners and farmers, as well as demonstrations on how they use drone technology in their work to preserve water quality. Additionally, the Essex Farm […]

Master Gardener Volunteers will be at the fairgrounds to answer any questions you may have about fall care and clean-up in your garden. Good Bug/Bad Bug by Lorraine Miga Toxic Weeds & Horses by Florence Sears Herb Butters & Preserving Herbs by Diane Lassen Community Gardens by Trisha Best Recycling by Kathy Linker Sensory boxes […]

Worked/Wild is an award-winning exhibition featuring thought-provoking materials designed to spark visitors’ awareness of how the Adirondack landscape has determined the path of its human history.  Complex themes and differing perspectives of the meaning of “worked” and “wild” compel visitors to explore the multifaceted relationships of our region and its people. Rather than being a […]

Join Ashlee and Steven for a guided tour of their organic dairy farm and creamery where they make yogurt, cheese, and other dairy products. Pets are ok on leash in our outdoor spaces. North Country Creamery is a "100% grassfed, Non-GMO, and Animal Welfare Approved dairy in Keeseville, NY. We produce and sell an array […]

Join David and Rhonda for a guided or self-guided farm tour at Asgaard Farm! Farmstore will be open to purchase of their goat milk products, cheeses, eggs, and meat.   Asgaard Farm, near AuSable Forks, is the former home of artist, writer, adventurer and political activist Rockwell Kent. It was acquired by David Brunner and […]

Join us for an open house! See some of our highland cows and learn about how we raise our natural beef and pasture-raised chicken available for purchase at our farmstore. No pets please. Moon Valley Farm raises "all natural Highland beef, Non GMO pasture raised chickens, and NY certified organic hay in the Adirondack mountains." 

Learn about each of the 3 types of compost methods used at Up Yonda Farm, the pros/cons of each, and how to start your own. For adult learners and families. $5 per participant, in addition to the $5 per vehicle day use fee. Participants are welcome to explore the facilities and grounds on their own […]

Presented by Thankful Sage Farm School! Learn to work with natural dyes. This workshop will focus on indigo.   HANDS ON WORKSHOPS AT WHITCOMB’S These workshops, led by experienced instructors, are designed to develop skills and creative expression. Presented by the Grange at Whitcomb’s, the former garage in Whallonsburg, now reborn as a center for […]

After more than a year, Mark will once again lead a Farm Tour through Essex Farm's vegetable fields, pasture, and livestock areas. Afterwards, take an optional self-guided hike along the farm roads to some of the farm’s more remote areas. Farm Tours take place rain or shine. Participants should bring all-weather clothing and sturdy rubber […]

Join us at the Whallonsburg Grange for a documentary focusing on regenerative agriculture, "Kiss the Ground"(2020). "Kiss the Ground" (2020) is an "inspiring and groundbreaking film that reveals the first viable solution to our climate crisis."  Documentary focusing on regenerative agriculture. The historic Whallonsburg Grange is located in the heart of the Champlain Valley, 5 […]

Ben Wever Farm invites you to enjoy a self-guided grasslands and forest-edge bird walk. Ben Wever Farm raises grass fed cattle and sheep and free ranging poultry. Black Angus beef cattle are ranged over 50 paddocks during the grazing season leaving plenty of time in between rotations. Hay is not harvested until babies have fledged. […]

Join Ashlee and Steven for a guided tour of their organic dairy farm and creamery where they make yogurt, cheese, and other dairy products. Pets are ok on leash in our outdoor spaces. North Country Creamery is a "100% grassfed, Non-GMO, and Animal Welfare Approved dairy in Keeseville, NY. We produce and sell an array […]

Worked/Wild is an award-winning exhibition featuring thought-provoking materials designed to spark visitors’ awareness of how the Adirondack landscape has determined the path of its human history.  Complex themes and differing perspectives of the meaning of “worked” and “wild” compel visitors to explore the multifaceted relationships of our region and its people. Rather than being a […]

A Yesterday, Today, & Tomorrow Farm tour of the over 200-year-old Ben Wever Farm at 2:00 pm as well. Please no pets. Dress for the weather, bring your own sunscreen, bug spray, water. As always, the year-round Farm stand is open. Meet in front of the Red Farm House (444 Mountain View Dr. Willsboro, NY […]

Pull into the farm at the DaCy Meadow Farm sign and turn Left. Park next to the "park here" sign.