Family Farm Day 2023 Farm Registration Now Open

Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE) is pleased to announce that the 11th Annual Family Farm Day (FFD) will be held on Saturday, August 26, 2023. If you are a farm in Schoharie, Otsego, or Delaware County, regardless of whether you participated in any previous year, CCE welcomes your participation. Registrations are being accepted through Friday, May 12, 2023. Information, including eligibility, registration, contacts, and agritourism resources are available online at www.familyfarmday.org. Farms that participated in previous years may register directly online. We ask that newcomers to FFD contact your respective county coordinator to confirm eligibility. In Schoharie and Otsego Counties, contact Nicole Thompson at 518.234.4303 (x111), or Schoharie@cornell.edu; in Delaware County, contact Carla Crim at 607.865.6531, or ceh27@cornell.edu.

FFD provides local farms and related businesses the opportunity to introduce current and new customers to diverse, high-quality products, generate farm-gate sales, build long-term customer bases, and share the ever-evolving farm ‘stories’ that keep the importance of agriculture in the public dialogue. “Our signature agritourism event continues to thrive,” said Liz Callahan, Executive Director for CCE Schoharie and Otsego Counties. “The feedback from participating farms and visitors has been overwhelmingly positive over the years.”

There will be an informational (Zoom) conference call on Monday, May 1, at noon and repeating at 6:00 p.m., for new and returning farm participants only. Attendance is optional, but registration is required online at www.familyfarmday.org, by noon, Monday, May 1.  

Family Farm Day is an agritourism collaboration among CCE Schoharie and Otsego Counties, CCE Delaware County, Delaware County Tourism, Destination Marketing Corporation – Otsego & Schoharie Co. Tourism, as well as local chambers of commerce, county Farm Bureaus, local farmers, and loyal sponsors.