Enjoy a day of getting to know
where your local food comes from
 Join us on Saturday, September 8 for the 2nd Annual Farm & Food Open House: A day of farm tours, featuring tastings of fresh food and special family-oriented events. . Experience a day out on the farm filled with educational exhibits of fruit, vegetables, flowers, herbs, eggs, honey, dairy and livestock, including hayrides, cooking demos and tastings.
Your day visiting the farms won't be complete without the Farm & Food Cookout Dinner featuring a feast of locally grown food prepared by top chefs and be entertained live music.
The Foodshed Alliance of Northwest Jersey, in partnership with the Northeast Organic Farming Association of New Jersey (NOFA), Slow Food Northern New Jersey, and Whole Foods Market have brought together this day of getting to know where your food comes from. The 2nd Annual Farm & Food Open House is an initiative of the Northwest Jersey BUY FRESH BUY LOCAL Campaign. This campaign connects farmers and consumers through food and farming events. The campaign plays an important role in developing a NW Jersey food network where people can eat and enjoy primarily locally grown, healthy, fresh food and farmers can make a fair living while respecting the environment.
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FARM TOURS
The 2nd Annual Farm & Food Open House begins with self-guided tours of more than a dozen farms in Warren, Morris, Sussex, and Hunterdon counties. Each farm offers unique introductions to their products and farmland.
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Participating farms and their specialties
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Community Supported Garden at Genesis Farm - CSA (Community Supported Agriculture), offering an extensive variety of seasonal Biodynamically-grown vegetables, fruit, berries, herbs, freshly ground cornmeal, and honey.
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Race Farm - Over 45 different fruits and vegetables, apple cider, apple cider vinegar, baked goods, cut flowers. Certified Organic: vegetables, fruits and eggs. Wide variety of Pick Your Own vegetables, apples and pumpkins.
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Howling Wolf Farm - Biodynamically-grown and raised cut flowers, vegetables, free-range chickens, grass-fed beef, lamb and pork.
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Pittenger Farm - Farm-raised beef and pork grown on pasture and farm-produced grains. No hormones, steroids or antibiotics. Click here for more info |
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Windy Brow Farms - Over 40 varieties of apples, peaches and nectarines, plus other tree fruit, fresh-pressed cider and baked goods. Click here for more info |
Central Warren & Morris Counties
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Donaldson Farms - Seasonal fruits and vegetables, cut flowers and honey, plus sweet corn. Pick Your Own strawberries, flowers and pumpkins.
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Best's Fruit Farm - Apples, peaches, seasonal vegetables and cider as well as an on-farm bakery. Click here for more info |
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Tassot Apiaries - Prize-winning honey, honey products, and beeswax items.
Click here for more info Hosted by BURD FARM, 6 East Valley Brook Road, Long Valley Nj 07853. Corner of Rt. 57 (Fairmount Road) |
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Valley Shepherd Creamery - European-Style sheep and cow's milk cheeses and sheep's milk yogurt. Click here for more info |
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Central Valley Farm - Community Supported Agriculture (CSA), chemical-free vegetables, cheddar and colby cheeses plus pasture-raised beef.
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Peaceful Valley Orchards - Diverse selection of apples and peaches, fresh vegetables, farm-prepared foods and extensive farm market.
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Alba Vineyard - Working vineyard featuring nationally and internationally recognized white, red, dessert and sparkling wines.
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Definitions:
Biodynamically grown - One of the worlds's oldest farming methods using a holistic approach to optimize the health and quality of the soil and food.
Community Support Agriculture (CSA) - The public becomes a member of a CSA and in return receives a weekly share of the farm's seasonal harvest.
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Register - As of September 5, please register at farms.
Farm Tours 10:00 am - 4:00 pm - Registration preferred by August 20, we will send your Open House Map via US mail. Late reservations are on a first come first serve bases - - maps will be reserved for you to pick up at ANY participating farm on September 8.
What to do after you register
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LOCAL FOOD COOKOUT DINNER 5:00 - 8:00PM
Dinner Registration Requested by August 20 (sorry, no exceptions)
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At Donaldson Farms in Hackettstown! Directions To This Location
Our benefit cook out dinner is a great way to wrap up a day of tours and experiences at local farms --- or if you can’t join us for the tours - just come out for dinner!
We will be serving some incredible local food dishes prepared by tops chefs. Great food, local music, and good company - and it all benefits our efforts to develop a vibrant farming economy that supports farmers, enriches the land and nourishes us with healthy, great-tasting food.
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This incredible food will be prepared by Singing Chef Billy, Chef Mike Dicenso and other talented chefs.
Register now, and we will email your dinner confirmation. Dinner will be served beginning at 5:30 pm. (Please indicate on Registration Form if you need your tickets mailed, instead of emailed). Seating is limited. Registration required by August 20. Sorry, no exceptions. Join us for a spectacular dinner prepared by some of NJ's top chefs!
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EVENT PRICES
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Farm Tours - Adult
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$10.00
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Farm Tours - Children (under 13)
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$ 5.00 |
Farm Tours - Children (under 3) |
Free |
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$25.00 |
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CookOut - Children (under 13 yrs old)
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$10.00
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CookOut - Children (under 3) |
Free
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Your registration fees support our work to help farmers, strengthen
local economies, safeguard the environment, and build
stronger local communities in Northwest Jersey.
Thank You!
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This event is brought together by:
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WITH GRACIOUS SUPPORT AND SPONSORSHIP FROM:
ComTech Solutions |
Contour Graphics |
Edible Jersey Magazine |
Graphic Image |
JHP Productions |
Lucent Technologies |
Relevant Times Magazine |
The Health Shoppe |
Tranquility Methodist Church |
FFHO Exhibitors
Holistic Moms Network
(Warren/Western Morris Chapter)
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Morris County Frelinghuysen Arboretum |
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