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STONE BARNS CENTER FOR FOOD AND AGRICULTURE Tarrytown
Visit the cafeteria for
coffee and light breakfast, then walk the campus to take in the idyllic pastoral surroundings — and see the
farm’s varied livestock. Grab a lunch made from the same world-class ingredients that feed guests at the legendary Blue Hill restaurants. For your afternoon, book a
farm tour, cooking class, agroecology demo, or communal dinner.
Above: Muscoot Farm; Bottom: Hilltop Hanover Farm & Market
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WHETHER IT’S FLANNEL SHIRTS and apple cider or getting your hands dirty in the local ecosphere, it’s always a good time to spend a day at Westchester’s working farms and orchards!
HILLTOP HANOVER FARM & MARKET Yorktown Heights
Get in a hike on the trails at this historic working farm and environmental center, then hit the farm stand for an abundance of home- grown goodness. There are also plenty of educational classes for kids (and adults) to learn about everything from bee keeping to how to cook local.
HEMLOCK HILL FARM & MARKET Cortlandt Manor
Visit the farm that supplies produce to some of your favorite local restaurants, starting daily at 8 a.m.
In the spring and fall,
enjoy a mid-morning tour to discover how the farm works and meet a few of its animals. Don’t forget
to stop by the market
and butcher shop for plenty of Hudson Valley- made products.
MUSCOOT FARM
Katonah
Weekend farm chores
begin at 8:30 a.m. at this late 19th-century dairy farm turned Westchester County Park. Scope out
the farm museum or hit
up the Sunday farmers’ market, then stay for afternoon events like “Farm Apothecary” and the “Farm to Fable” book club.
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BOTTOM PHOTO BY TED BOHLK