Join us for this free, family-friendly event showcasing Tompkins County's agriculture!
This year's tour features an alpaca farm.
This year's tour features two dairy farms!
Sites include hard cider makers, a hop farm and brewery, and a winery!
See how goat cheese is made -- and meet the goats! -- at Lively Run farm.
Tour Laughing Goat Fiber Farm and see angora and cashmere goats, alpacas, and sheep
Hawk Meadow Farm in Trumansburg features mushrooms and medicinals made from them.
Visit small and large vegetable & CSA farms.
Tour the farm and brewery at Hopshire Farms (yes, there will be samples!)
Visit blueberry farms on both days!
Open Farm Days
Experience local agriculture up close at Open Farm Days, Saturday and Sunday, August 10th and 11th from 12 to 4pm each day. 20 farms will welcome you for FREE tours, food tastings, animal visits and MORE! Visit farms that raise alpacas, heirloom apples, mushrooms, goats, sheep, fruits, organic vegetables and MORE! Meet hard cider and cheese makers, pick blueberries, tour a dairy or a hop farm and brewery! There's something for everyone in the family.
Different farms are open each day. Farms on the east side of Cayuga Lake will be open for tours on Saturday, August 10 th while farms on the west side of the lake will be open on Sunday, August 11th.
Admission to all farms is FREE, dogs are not permitted. Visitors are encouraged to bring a cooler as many farms will have products for sale. Read through the farm descriptions and pick the farms you want to visit. It is generally possible to visit about 5 farms during the 4 hour Open Days’ time period.
Find photos and detailed information on all the tour sites at OpenFarmDays.org, a mobile-friendly website that enables visitors to use their smart phones to plot their tour route in real time.
Sponsored by Cornell Cooperative
Extension of Tompkins County. Made possible in part by grants from the Tompkins County Tourism Program and Tompkins County Farm Bureau.
Contact
Monika Roth
Agriculture Specialist (Part-Time)
mr55@cornell.edu
(607) 272-2292 ext. 126
Last updated August 8, 2019
2019 Open Farm Days
Visit these links for details on all the farms that are opening their gates for one day only!
Saturday, August 10, 12-4pm
Farms on the East side of Cayuga Lake will be open to visitors. MAP (8.5"x11")
Sunday, August 11, 12-4pm
Farms on the West Side of Cayuga Lake will be open to visitors. MAP (8.5"x11")
OpenFarmDays.org
Use your smart phone for tour info and directions, at OpenFarmDays.org.
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Volunteer!
Sign up to greet and direct visitors at your favorite farm! Shifts are 11:45am-2:00pm OR 1:45-4:15pm. Come for one or stay all afternoon! Sign up on the links below:
Saturday, 8/10/19, Eastside Farms
