17 food & preservation in Columbia County, New York.
A biodynamic 250-acre farm just outside Hudson, Columbia County, producing NY State award-winning cheeses, organic beef, pork, eggs, and raw milk using regenerative organic and biodynamic principles. Farm store and creamery open daily. Welcomes visitors for farm tours and hosts educational events including beekeeping, quilting, and cheesemaking workshops throughout the year.
Certified organic 53-acre farm in the foothills of the Berkshire Mountains in Copake, using 100% organic methods for dairy, vegetables, fruit, mushrooms, and flowers. Offers eight different CSA share options tailored to member needs, with weekly pickups at local farmers markets across the Hudson Valley. Produce includes pickles, ferments, and fresh vegetables alongside seasonal fruits. A small-scale, diversified organic operation serving the Columbia County and wider Hudson Valley community.
A Columbia County farm in Hillsdale producing pasture-raised sheep with a distinctive flavor, raised on regenerative pastures in the Berkshire foothills. Committed to pasture-raised livestock and sustainable land stewardship.
A 900-acre Demeter-certified Biodynamic farm in Ghent, Columbia County, operating since 1972. One of the most complete farm-to-table operations in the Hudson Valley: 14 acres of vegetables for a 300+ member CSA, dairy herd, Biodynamic creamery, organic bakery, sauerkraut enterprise, farm tours, and a full-line natural foods store open daily 7:30am-7pm. Accepts SNAP/EBT and Double Up Food Bucks. Also runs on-farm education programs and a Waldorf school. Public farm tours on the 1st and 3rd Wednesday at 11am by appointment.
First-generation certified organic CSA farm run by Ben and Lindsey Lusher Shute on 100+ acres of vegetable fields and pastures in Clermont, in southern Columbia County. Produces a wide variety of certified organic vegetables, plus sheep, pigs, bees, and laying hens. CSA season runs approximately June through November with pickup at seven Hudson Valley locations and NYC. On-site Farm Market sells their own produce alongside locally sourced milk, cheese, bread, flowers, pasta, and more.
Second-generation 50-acre game meat farm at 283 County Route 6 in the southwestern corner of Columbia County, founded in 1984 by Mark MacNamara, a former Bronx Zoo Curator of Mammals with a PhD in deer behavior, on a former dairy property. Operates under NYS Agriculture & Markets cervid licensing and Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) Herd Certification Program standards to raise red deer, fallow deer, elk, and a proprietary red deer-elk hybrid ("super reds") for premium game meat. Product line includes venison, elk, bison, ostrich, and a wide selection of sausages and smoked meats, plus specialty ostrich and emu eggs in season. Pasture-raised, no hormones, no antibiotics, processed on-farm between 15 and 27 months of age. Available year-round through the website (eat-better-meat.com), at the Kingston, Hudson, Copake-Hillsdale, and Rhinebeck farmers markets, and wholesale to regional restaurants and grocers.
A Hudson Valley institution producing premium goat cheese for over 35 years from their creamery on Route 9 in Hudson, Columbia County. Specializes in fresh goat cheese logs available in multiple flavors — rich and creamy with a mild taste. One of the region's leading goat cheese producers.
Land-based aquaculture facility in Hudson, Columbia County, raising steelhead trout in recirculating indoor tanks and supplying fresh fish to regional restaurants and consumers. One of New York State's few inland commercial steelhead operations, holding a NYS DEC Commercial Fish Hatchery Permit for the rearing and sale of certified disease-free steelhead trout.
Premier pasture-based farm on preserved historic Dutch farmland in Valatie, in operation since 2003. Specializes in 100% grass-fed and finished beef and lamb, woodlot and pasture-raised pork and whole chickens, and eggs from hens on pasture. Year-round farm store stocked with frozen cuts, sausages, chops, roasts, ground meats, and soup bones, all raised by the farmers who sell them directly. Pioneer in the farm-to-table movement with longstanding relationships with NYC craft butchers and chefs. Apprenticeship program has launched many young farmers across the country.
A nationally recognized small-batch artisanal cheesemaker in Hudson, Columbia County, using milk from small local dairy farms. Founder Colin McGrath has earned over a dozen national recognitions including two Good Food Awards and first place at the New York State Fair Dairy Competition. Produces The Rascal (semi-firm, nutty, aged cow's milk), The Goliath (farmhouse cheddar), and seasonal varieties. Available at area farmers markets, grocery stores, and provisions markets.
A heritage farm store on Route 9 in Hudson, Columbia County, open year-round Thursday through Monday 10am-5pm. A community farm stand selling locally grown and sourced foods in the heart of the Hudson Valley.
Producer-consumer cooperatively owned market, commercial kitchen, and café in the Village of Philmont, founded in 2012 in a former gas station repurposed by the community. Features a year-round retail market carrying 75%+ locally sourced produce, meats, breads, value-added products, maple syrup, locally roasted coffee, handcrafted teas, and honeys. Operates a shared-use licensed commercial kitchen for local food businesses at below-market cost. Mission-driven anchor institution connecting Columbia County farms directly to consumers while revitalizing the village center and providing equitable food access.
Seasonal pestos made with local and raw greens. Raw-milk aged cheeses from Cooperstown Cheese Co., Churchtown Dairy, and Chaseholm Farms, cut to order.
Full-service cooperative grocery store at 6 South 2nd Street in Hudson, open every day 9am–7pm, using a unique Fair Pricing System designed to make quality local and organic food affordable for all income levels in Columbia County. Carries fresh produce, dairy, bread, grains, meat, seafood, and non-perishables, with a strong emphasis on local and regional sourcing. Worker-owned and community-rooted — a Columbia County institution that puts food access and local agriculture at the center of everything it does. Delivery available to homebound community members.
One of the largest and longest-running Community Supported Agriculture operations in the Northeast, established in 1990. Now run by sisters Jody Bolluyt and Keri Latiolais on 375 acres, the farm serves 930+ CSA members with NOFA-NY and Real Organic Project certified vegetables, beef, pastured pork, chicken, and eggs. Season runs June through Thanksgiving with a winter share option. Donates leftover produce to food pantries at every pickup location. Serves members in Albany, Columbia County, Westchester, and NYC.
Family farm stand in Valatie offering fresh produce, sweet corn, potatoes, jams, honey, and plants.
A pastured poultry farm in Canaan, Columbia County, raising approximately 2,000 broiler chickens, 250 laying hens, and 100 turkeys per season on open pasture. Fresh Thanksgiving turkeys available by pre-order. Uses certified non-GMO grain from Stone House Farm in Livingston. Livestock guardian Maremma dogs protect the flock. Named CSA partnership roots at Roxbury Farm in Kinderhook.