New York has wine and craft beer trails in order to promote local products and tourism. The July issue of the Mohawk Valley Living magazine has an article about the latest New York tourism trail, the Central New York Cheese Trail. It features 9 local farms who make and sell cheese products. The farms each have their own hours of operation where people can stop by and watch the cheese being made. They can also purchase the cheese products and other products sold by the farms, such as eggs and meat. Farms range from goat farms to cow farms to cheese factories.
The farms who are participating include:
Adirondack Cheese Co.
8190 State Rt 12 Ste 1, Barneveld
315-896-2170
Hours: M-F: 10am – 6pm, Sat: 10am – 5pm, Sun: 11am – 4pm
Cooperstown Cheese Company
107 Oxbow Rd Route 28, Milford
978-257-4635
Hours: Memorial Day – Columbus Day, 11:30am – 5pm daily, closed Thursday
Grassy Cow Dairy
9628 Prospect Rd, Remsen
315-831-3276
Hours: Daily dawn until dusk
Jewett’s Cheese House
934 Earlville Rd, Earlville
315-691-5858
800-638-3836
Hours: M – F: 9:30am – 5pm, most Sundays: 10:30am – 3pm, closed Saturdays
Jones Family Farm
753 Caldwell Rd, Herkimer
Hours: Memorial Day – Thanksgiving Day: 10am – 7pm, closed Mondays
Kriemhild Dairy Farms
1093 State Rt 12B, Hamilton
315-333-2336
Hours: Daily dawn until dusk
Original Herkimer Cheese Co.
2745 state Rt 51 S, Ilion
315-895-7428
Hours: M – F: 8am – 4pm
Poplar Hedge Farm & Creamery
671 Forks Rd, West Winfield
315-822-3416
Hours: June – Aug, M – F: 10am – 5pm, Sept – May Tu & Th: 4pm – 7pm
Stoltzfus Family Dairy
6300 Skinner Rd, Vernon Center
315-829-4089
Hours: M – F: 10am – 5pm, Sat: 10am – 1pm
Farm visitors can pick up an official Cheese Trail Blazer card which can be stamped at each farm. When the card is filled, visitors receive a free gift.
I’m always looking for ideas on short day trip ideas to take with the kids. Visiting farms on the cheese trail will be a good family friendly activity.
#cnycheesetrail
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