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New York Locavore Overview

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New York Locally Grown Product

There are plenty of seasonal Locavore opportunities to find exactly the fruit, vegetables, beef, lamb, poultry, wine or dairy products that you may be looking for. The 2007 USDA Farm Census reported that New York had approximately 36,352 farms and the average number of acres per farm was 197. Of those farms, 3,192 showed that they raised vegetables for sale, there were 2,686 orchards, 1,027 organic farms and 364 CSAs in the state.

Synopsis of 2007 USDA Ag census for New York

Classification
Number of farms within the State
Top five counties with the greatest number of farms in each type of classification
Farms with Vegetables harvested for sale
3,192
 Monroe Suffolk Niagara Erie Wayne
Number of Orchards
2,686
 Chautauqua Wayne Yates Niagara Suffolk
Sweet Corn
1,424
 Niagara Monroe Wayne Erie Cayuga
Potatoes
860
 Suffolk Wayne St. Lawrence Yates Orange
Tomatoes
1,407
 Suffolk Niagara Wayne Monroe Chautauqua
Apples
1,350
 Wayne Orleans Niagara Ulster Columbia
Peaches
439
 Wayne Ulster Niagara Orleans Columbia
Cantaloupe
199
 Niagara Suffolk Chautauqua Ontario Ulster
Watermelon
125
 Suffolk Niagara Yates Chautauqua Ulster
Strawberries
625
 Suffolk Niagara St. Lawrence Monroe Wayne
Blueberries
467
 Cattaraugus Chenango Wayne Erie Oswego
Raspberries
525
 Ulster St. Lawrence Suffolk Columbia Wayne
Blackberries and Dewberries
219
 Ulster Suffolk Columbia Chautauqua Erie
Poultry and egg production
1,005
 Oneida Steuben Dutchess Orange Washington
Dairy cattle and milk production
5,237
 Lewis St. Lawrence Yates Steuben Jefferson
Beef and Cattle ranches
4,302
 St. Lawrence Steuben Chautauqua Chenango Allegany
Bison
29
 Cattaraugus Delaware Rensselaer St. Lawrence Steuben
Aquaculture or other animal production
5,111
 Erie Dutchess Saratoga Orange Chautauqua
Farms that collect Honey
540
 Chautauqua Otsego Washington St. Lawrence Erie
Farms that collect Maple Syrup
1,313
 Lewis St. Lawrence Cattaraugus Allegany Clinton