VonThun Farms
VonThun Farms, located in Central NJ, offers a Country Farm Market, School Tours, Pick-Your-Own fruits and vegetables, and Fall Harvest Days. Open May through October, fall activities start September 19, and run through Halloween. VonThun Farms is home of the most fun, interactive Corn Maze in New Jersey! Opening on September 19, this year’s Maze will benefit the NJ Brothers Helping Brothers Firefighter Organization! Pick your own pumpkins, hayrides, pony rides, and lots of additional fun fall farm activities are available, weekends only.
The Best Beef Farms in New Jersey are organic
New Jersey is home to rolling hills, open fields and the best beef farms. There is no doubt that the best meat to be found is organic and New Jersey is full of organic farms that produce great meat.
Beechtree Farm is an organic beef farm located in Hopewell, NJ. They have been selling grassfeed beef to consumers for more than 20 years. The cattle that they raise are Devon and Polled Hereford. The cattle are grazed on a rotation schedule. The are involved with both local and regional farmland preservation associactions which work to encourage and promote local and sustainable agriculture. At the Beechtree farms they believe it is important to educate local landowners and they hold forums for the public both farmers and consumers. Meat is sold frozen or fresh in our sale room and is processed at a USDA certified facility. For more information contact:
- Beechtree Farm, Lucia and Charles Huebner, 105 Crusher Road, Hopewell NJ 08525. (609) 466-0277. E-mail: beechtreefarm@mac.com.
- website: http://web.mac.com/beechtreefarm
PCO certified Birchwood Farms is near the New Jersey border. The cows are raised on a diet purley of grass and hay. They are Angus cattle.
- Birchwood Farms, Mike Tierney, 428 Brownsburg Road, Newtown PA 18940. (215) 598-8633.
- Website: http://www.birchwoodfarmdairy.com
Specializing in sustainably low input agricultural practices, Cherry Grove Farm is located west of Princeton. They have recently expanded their farm to include chickens, pigs, sheep, beef cows and dairy cows. Cherry grove is a family farm and they invite visitors to come the their farm and see their special methods in action- they also offer free eggs to all their visitors. They raise Hereford Beef and it is available to both commercial and residential customers. Their meat is processed at a local USDA certified facility and meets the highest standards possible.
- Cherry Grove Farm, Kelly Harding, 3200 Lawrenceville Road, Lawrenceville NJ 08648 (609) 219-0053 E-mail: cherrygrovef@aol.com
- website: http://www.cherrygrovefarm.com
When you want for the best beef farms in New Jersey- you gotta go organic!
Strawberry Farms in New Jersey
Nothing tastes as sweet as fresh berries right from the vine, and New Jersey is lucky to have a number of farms that feature the red heart-shaped fruits growing in local fields during late May and early June.
In Morris County find Alstede Farms, a family owned and operated enterprise located at 84 Route 513, Chester. During pick-your-own strawberry season, the plump fruit is easily spotted since the best rows are marked with flags. Start at their store, and borrow a wagon to cart your berries from the field, or perhaps forgo the picking part to select strawberries ready for purchase from their market stand. The Alstede Farms Strawberry Harvest Festival Days take place on the second and third weekends of June, and includes fresh strawberry pies, and their yummy homemade strawberry ice-cream. (908) 879-7189.
Travel next to Mercer County and stop at Terhune Orchards, one of Central New Jersey’s most popular strawberry farms at 330 Cold Soil Road, Princeton. Owners Pam and Gary Mount have dedicated two acres of their 200-acre farm to cultivating two strawberry varieties. The Farm Store features delicious homemade strawberry bakery items; events include the Read and Pick program where children listen to a farm story before parents escort them to the orchard for strawberry picking. (609) 924-2310.
Burlington County is home to Johnson’s Corner Farm, established at 133 Church Road, Medford, since 1953. Long a family affair, the farm is manned by 13 members of the Bill and Bette Johnson clan. With strawberries being the first harvest of the year, the farm gears a number of activities around the prized fruit including hayrides to the picking fields, and a lively Strawberry Festival during the last weekend of May and the second weekend of June; guests can enjoy delectable treats including the Johnson’s award winning pies and cobblers while listening to live music. (609) 654-8643.
Remember that strawberry season is short, sometimes only a few weeks long and often impacted by weather, so call ahead for availability. New Jersey strawberry farms are sure to provide you with high quality fresh fruit, and many fond memories.
Fruitwood Orchards Honey Farm
For years honey has been used to improve peoples health and diet. Fruitwood Orchards Honey Farm in the State of New Jersey is making some of the best in the country. If you stop by there farm make sure you pick up some apple butter, it is the best in the state and some bee pollen. Fruitwood is all about pure all natural product you will never find any artifical ingredients or add on’s.
If you are in Elk Township, New Jersey stop by and pick some of your own fruit. Picking fruit can be a great family activity.
Cherry Grove Farm in Lawrenceville, New Jersey
Cherry Grove Farm is a certified organic 400-acre diversified farm in central New Jersey. Development pressure here has made farming almost obsolete. We are working hard to make sure that this farm remains a refuge dedicated to producing healthy food for our local community. 200 acres of the farm are replanted grassland where our grassfed cattle and lambs live and graze in an open, carefree environment. Our pastured pigs and free-range chickens likewise obtain a large portion of their nourishment from these grasslands. In addition, this newly formed habitat is becoming a haven where birds and small mammals can nest undisturbed.
The balance of the acreage is comprised of native woodlands, ponds, marshes and streams. We farm in harmony with nature to ensure a fresh, distinctive eating experience that the industrial food system can’t emulate. Taste the difference today!
Space Farms Zoo and Museum
Space Farms originated in 1927 when Ralph and Elizabeth Space bought the first 1/4 acre of a complex that now expands to more than 400 acres. What began as a small general store, repair shop, and a wild animal shelter, grew to become New Jersey’s largest combined zoo and museum. The Space’s children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren continue the family tradition of conserving wildlife and preserving American history. The Space’s were native farm people, both growing up on small family farms in Sussex County. Ralph Space worked hard to support what was soon a growing family. His mechanical expertise enticed him to open a small repair shop and gas station. Elizabeth helped by starting a small general store carrying the few necessities the local people needed: salt, sugar, oyster crackers, corn flakes, bulk cookies, canned salmon, soda pop and penny candy for the kids. Little did they know this small family business would someday become an internationally known attraction! Later, to supplement the family income (which now included 3 children), Ralph was employed by the New Jersey State Game Department to trap predators marauding farm animals. This moonlighting was natural for Ralph, who was always an avid sportsman. Most of the distress calls were from local farmers in the springtime, when bobcats, foxes, and raccoons had young to feed and preyed on the plentiful farm goats, sheep, chickens and ducks. Rather than kill the animals he caught in the spring – when the fur was of little value – Ralph built small enclosures around his garage to save them. Ralph’s original intentions were to keep the animals until the fall when the pelts were valuable. When the time came, however, 3 small Space children – Loretta, Edna and Fred – cried and begged their father to keep the animals. By the next spring, the animals had multiplied and the collection of wildlife grew. People around the area soon heard about the Space family’s wild animal collection and would drive by to see it. They would buy some gas, maybe some candy and soda, and visit the animal collection. Although he never intended it, Ralph Space soon had a very small zoo!
New Jersey Museum of Agriculture, New Brunswick, NJ
The New Jersey Museum of Agriculture’s mission is to tell the story of the Garden State’s agriculture - past, present, and future. Centrally located off U.S. 1 and College Farm Road in North Brunswick, the Museum contains permanent and changing exhibits about the evolution of agriculture in New Jersey. The 30,000 square foot facility is active throughout the year with programming that showcases the people, products, and ingenuity that established, and will continue to position, New Jersey as a leader in agriculture. Established as an independent, not-for-profit 501(c)(3) educational organization in 1984, the New Jersey Museum of Agriculture opened to the public in 1990.
The Old Farms of Cherry Hill, New Jersey
This presentation at the Camden County Historical Society Historic Preservation Awards tells the stories of Cherry Hill, New Jersey’s now-vanished farms. Online a single one — Springdale Farms — remains.
Maple Sugaring 2009 Date: February 28 and March 7
Sugaring time arrives in late winter at Howell Farm and the public joins in the fun of making and tasting homemade maple syrup (and pancakes!). Activities offered continuously on these dates from 10:00am until 4:00pm include syrup making, flour milling, butter making and pancake sampling. Sap gathering takes place at 10:30am and at 3:00pm. Tree tapping demonstrations are held at 12:00 noon and 2:00pm. The trees are tapped begining in early February. For information on that program click here. School groups and the farm staff collect and boil down sap for several weeks. Children’s craft program: Maple Sugar Man - March 7 Groups of eight or more must pre-register Time: 11:00am to 3:00pm Approximate time to complete project: 20 minutes Materials fee: $2.00
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