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Farm Stands, Wineries and Pick Your Own
Jersey Fresh produce is ripe for the pickin'



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Bellview Winery
Since planting their first vines in 2000, Jim and Nancy Quarello have expanded their family-owned winery to include 30 acres of vineyards, a gift shop, wine tastings, special events and award-winning wines. Pop in to sample their latest vintages, enjoy a picnic at their quiet picnic area or take a tour of the vineyards.
 
Bordentown Cranberry Festival
For a berry, berry fun afternoon, head to the Bordentown Cranberry Festival. Each October, the main street in this charming downtown turns into a rollicking, frolicking street fair with fine arts, crafts, vendors, musicians, an antique car show and of course, all kinds of cranberry treats.
 
Creamy Acres Farm
Whether you are a city mouse or a country mouse, you’ll enjoy a trip to Creamy Acres Farm. Owned by the same family for more than 40 years, the farm has something for the whole family. Greenhouses, dairy farm tours, landscaping services, pick-your-own pumpkin patches and other activities, keep folks coming back all year long.
 
Duffield Farm's Pick-Your-Own
The family farm is alive and well at Duffields. And thanks to the owners’ participation in a farmland preservation, it always will be. The farm has been in the Duffield family since the 1930s and after several generations and several expansions, it is now at 136 acres. The family grows more than 35 varieties of fruits and veggies and they let you pick some yourself, they added a deli, a bakery and lots of family activities
 
Farmer Jack's Christmas Trees, Halloween & Home Grown Produce
A visit to Farmer's Jack can be themed for any season. In the winter, the farm features an impressive collection of Christmas trees and wreaths. Additionally, with a tree purchase, every member of the family is offered a free pony ride. Fall is time for Halloween, horse drawn wagon rides, farm tours, and an invitation to buy your fill of New Jersey vegetables and fruits. Produce is also available for purchase throughout the summer.
 
Fruitwood Orchards Honey Farm
It’s a bee-autiful day so head to Fruitwood Orchards Honey Farm. But this isn’t your usual farm. In addition to growing fruits and veggies and opening their fields up so you can pick-your-own berries, peaches, pumpkins and other crops, and having their own farmstand in case you’re not in the mood to do all that work yourself, the Wright family raises bees. Millions of bees. Which means you can choose from dozens of flavors and products that use their pure, unfiltered honey.<
 
Hallock's U-Pick Farm & Greenhouses
When supermarket produce just won’t do, don some old jeans and sneakers that you don’t mind getting a little dirty and head to the Hallock UPick Farm and Greenhouse. From June until November, the fields are ripe with produce that you can pick for yourself. Or let the pros do it and pop into the farm market to stock up on whatever they brought in from the fields. The Greenhouse, open May through July, also sells what you need to grown your own.
 
Heritage Station Pick-Your-Own Farm
Part farm, part winery, Heritage Station in Richwood is the best of both worlds with U-pick orchards for families and activities for kids and an award-winning winery for grown-ups that offers samples from their tasting bar daily. On their 115 acres of orchards, the fifth generation of the Heritage family grows peaches, apples, pears, cherries and plums. From July through October, you can head into the orchards and snap the freshest fruit right off the trees.
 
Hopewell Valley Vineyards
Take acres of sandy New Jersey soil, a third-generation winemaker, and a flair for creating lively events and you have the secret to Hopewell Valley Vineyard’s success. Well, that and a talent for making award-winning wines. Bring a picnic lunch or just a sandwich and enjoy an afternoon taking in the view from the deck with sweeping views of the vineyard. Or join in the Friday evening happy hours, monthly music events, wine release parties and other festivities.
 
Johnson's Corner Farm
For four generations, various members of the Johnson family have been tilling the fields growing berries, corn, peaches, apples and other Jersey Fresh produce. Spend a day on the farm and pick what they have been growing, go on a hayride and visit the barnyard animals. Then if you are bitten by the growing bug, pick up hanging baskets, annuals and other supplies at the greenhouse. Bring last year’s pots and they’ll even plant them for you.
 
Lee Turkey Farm
No need to wait for Thanksgiving to spend a day at Lee Turkey Farm. Since 1868, the Lee family has been working the land, growing fresh fruit and produce and providing fresh turkeys on their 54 acre farm. Pick up a whole bird or take home a few drumsticks and wings. Best of all, the Lees use no growth hormones or medications and feed their birds a natural feed mix. You can also head into the orchards and pick whatever is in season.
 
Riverside Homestead Farm at Taylor's Lane
There is something special about land that has been in the family for years. You can feel that energy when you visit River Side Homestead Farm, a pick-your-own farm that has been in the Taylor family for nine generations. Today, even after donating an 89-acre conservation easement to the New Jersey Natural Lands Trust, they still grow top-quality, organic produce which you can pick yourself or purchase from a roadside stand. There is even a self-guided trail that recount the farm’s hist
 
Sager/Reeves Farm
This roadside market specializes in fresh, locally-grown blueberries.  Snacks and refreshment stand also available.  Open daily during the month of July.    
 
Strawberry Hill Farm
They like to keep things simple at Strawberry Hill Farm. Everything here on this 75 acre farm is pick-your-own. From sometime in July through Halloween, you can drop by, chat with the farmers and then head into the fields to snap peaches, nectarines, plums, pears and apples off the trees. Take a minute though to give Lucy, the black lab pup, a pat on the head.
 
Terhune Orchards
The family farm is alive and well, thanks to the folks at Terhune Orchards. From their 200 acres, the Mount family produces more than 35 kinds of crops, many of which you can pick for yourself. If do-it-yourself farming isn’t your thing, drop by the farm market, an old barn that is packed with their field-fresh produce. And they have lots of activities and programs for kids with live animals, hay rides, parties and more.
 
A. L. Gaventa & Son
Three generations have now farmed at the Gaventas' 200 acre fruit and vegetable farm in Logan Township, NJ.  Ed Gaventa's grandfather bought the farm in 1905, then passed it on to his two sons, who have now turned it over to their sons. The farm specializes in peaches, nectarines, strawberries, pumpkins, sweet corn, and cantaloupe. Ed hopes to use his produce to establish a winery at his Cedarvale Farm.  
 
Allen Family Farm
The Allen Blueberry Farm is a thriving family farm in Dennis Township. With an annual Blueberry Festival and close proximity to various Cape May activities and sites, a day trip to the Allen Farm is a highlight on any must-see list.
 
Amalthea Cellers Winery
Now the beverage of kings is being created in South Jersey and it is capturing the attention of wine experts from around the world. Under Louis Caracciolo’s hands-off approach, Amalthea Cellars recently was the upset winner in an international blind taste-test, beating entries from France, California and other top wine districts.
 
Atlantic City Farmers' Market
Since 2000, the Atlantic City Farmers' Market has been providing one of NJ's leading urban areas with direct access to locally grown produce and an opportunity to interact with the farmers and families who provide their freshly harvested fruits and vegetables.
 
B & B Farms
A summer afternoon among thousands of blueberry bushes is hard to beat. B & B Farms hosts a vibrant pick-your-own atmosphere and is open to visitors throughout June, July, and August of every year.
 

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