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Fifth- and sixth-generation sugarhouses, wood-fired evaporators, and NYS Maple Weekend — 18 producers from Salem's cluster of three to the Thurman sugarbush belt.

The most core-to-the-brand guide in the series — 23 farm stands, U-pick orchards, and CSAs, from an 11-generation Rockland farm to the Black Dirt's biggest onion grower.

Blacksmiths, glassblowers, fiber mills, and weaving studios — 31 working craft shops where you can watch the making happen, not just buy the result.

An eighth-generation farm-stay, Scottish Highland cows on a heritage-breed sanctuary, and the wildlife rehabbers who nursed the Rockefeller Center owl back to health.

Eleven county fairs, a folk school born from the fiddle tune it inspired, and the farm-training programs turning newcomers into the next generation of growers.

The 700,000-acre Catskill Park, the Battenkill's wild trout, and the rivers and rail trails around them — plus where to find the region's 16 fire towers.

New York's first licensed cultivators were existing farmers — 11 sun-grown, small-batch operations from Columbia County creek-side plots to the Adirondack foothills.

Farmstead cheesemakers aging wheels underground, tiny pasture-based goat dairies, and a seven-generation creamery scooping ice cream from its own herd — 29 stops for anyone who likes milk in all its forms.

A cash box, a cooler, and a hand-lettered price list — 19 farm stands and stores that trust you to pay on your own, several of them open around the clock.

Fill the freezer straight from the farm — 30 farms selling quarter and half beef, half and whole hogs, and lamb shares, from Wagyu in Greenwich to heritage Mulefoot pork in Cambridge.

Choose-and-cut firs, wreaths off the farm, and a thermos of cocoa — 36 tree farms and holiday stands, from Rensselaer County's cluster of seven to a 109-year-old Westchester fruit and fir farm.

Raw wildflower honey from Catskill hives, a 200-hive apiary in Salt Point, and the region's beekeeping clubs and supply shops — 46 stops for anyone who likes honey or wants to start keeping bees.

Stone-milled flour from local fields, naturally leavened sourdough, and small-town bakeries worth the detour — 16 stops from the grain farm to the bread basket.

Rare-breed sheep, alpaca herds, small mills spinning local fleece, and yarn shops that dye their own — 36 stops for knitters, spinners, and weavers.

America's oldest winery, the birthplace of New York craft distilling, and farm distilleries making brandy from their own apples — 64 wineries and distilleries, grouped by what they make.

A third-generation mushroom farm on 700 acres, shiitake grown on logs in the Catskills, and licensed guides who'll teach you what's safe to pick — 23 stops for mushroom lovers.

Chemical-free dahlias and heirloom blooms, lavender fields, flower CSAs, and u-pick rows — 19 flower farms for bouquets straight from the field.

Native-plant nurseries growing local ecotypes for pollinators, century-old family garden centers, and greenhouse farms full of spring starts — 39 places to fill your garden.

Petting zoos, hayrides, corn mazes, pumpkin patches, and farms where kids can milk a cow — 21 farms built for a day out with the family.

An orchard farmed by eleven generations since 1711, a Bicentennial Farm where guests still milk the cows, and family farms that have outlasted three centuries of change — 26 farms with deep roots.

Markets and farm stands that accept SNAP/EBT, WIC and senior coupons, FreshConnect checks, and Double Up Food Bucks, which can stretch your benefits further — 36 places to buy fresh, local food on a budget.