The Al Fresco Farm Tour 2009 Participants

Battenkill Valley Creamery, LLC
Seth McEachron
691 County Route 30, Town of Salem
859.2923

Type of Farm: Dairy Farm & Bottling Plant
Battenkill Valley Creamery is a new business which will be processing and bottling fluid milk on the farm beginning in September 2007. There will be a tour of the processing plant.

Directions to the farm:
From the red light in Salem take Route 30 west for 3.5 miles. Turn left on Black Creek Road. Battenkill Valley Creamery is on the left.

Common Threads Farm
Joanne Steele and Walter Nygard
371 Camden Valley Road
Shushan, Town of Salem
854.3620 or 796.0417
www.commonthreadsfarm.com

Type of Farm: Sheep
At Common Threads Farm we will have sheep for viewing and a discussion about raising grass fed, Icelandic sheep for meat, wool, and milk production.

Directions to the Farm:
South of Salem on Rt. 22 take a left on county rte 64. Take the first left onto Perry hill road, and the third left onto Camden Valley Road (about 4 miles from Perry Hill turn) the farm is 0.8 miles on the left.

Courthouse Community Garden Tour
The new community garden at the courthouse, visit their website.

Flying Pigs Farm
Jen Small and Mike Yezzi
246 Sutherland Road, Shushan, Town of Jackson
854.3844
www.flyingpigsfarm.com

Type of Farm: Pastured Pigs and Chickens
We raise rare heritage breeds of pigs such as Gloucestershire Old Spots, Tamworths, and Large Blacks, outdoors on pasture, along with several hundred hens.

Directions to the Farm:
From Rte. 22, just north of the Burger Den restaurant, turn east onto Rte. 61. Drive up and over the hill. At bottom of hill is the steel deck bridge into the hamlet of Shushan. DO NOT cross the bridge. Instead, turn right onto Sutherland Road. Drive 1/3 mile to the yellow house on the left.

Gardenworks
Meg Southerland
1055 County Route 30, Town of Salem
854.3250
www.gardenworksfarm.com

Type of Farm: Specialty Crops – Blueberries, Raspberries, Flowers
Gardenworks will be at the peak of blueberry season and the marketplace will be overflowing with local cheeses and food products. Visit our greenhouse and tour the art show in the barn gallery.

Directions to the Farm:
From State Route 22, Main Street in Salem, proceed to traffic light. Turn on to County Route 30 (by Stewarts) and travel exactly 5 miles to Gardenworks Farm Marketplace.

Sheldon Farms
Albert and Pat Sheldon
4363 Route 22, Town of Salem
854.6551
http://sheldonfarmsmarket.com

Type of Farm: Sweet corn, potatoes, maple syrup, vegetables, and flowers
Sixth generation farm with famous sweet corn, maple syrup, and potatoes. Our farm was featured on Bobby Flay’s Throwdown (Food Network) in Hattie’s-Fried Chicken episode. Stand open 9 am to 6 pm.

Directions to the farm:
One mile north of the junction of Rte 29 and Rte 22. (One mile south of village). Farm is on west side of Rte 22.

Woody Hill Farms
Sheldon Brown
4330 State Route 22, Town of Salem
854.9352
dsbrown2@yahoo.com

Type of Farm: Dairy
900 cow dairy with rotary milking parlor. Milking times are 10:30 am thru 4:30 pm.

Directions to the Farm:
1 mile south of village of Salem on State Route 22.