For seven days in August (15^th – 21^st), farms around Vermont open up their doors to the public for a unique on-farm experience. With almost 100 farms hosting events during open farm week, there’s tons going on! With so much happening all around the state, it might seem overwhelming to plan out a fun week. To make it easier on you, we’ve created a list of events happening on each day of Open Farm Week!

Tuesday, August 16^th

Addison County

Lester Farm & Market

• Lester Farm & Market welcomes you to Open Farm Week. Come visit and enjoy produce sampling and wagon rides around the farm!
• 11am – 6pm: Tastings of in-season produce
• https://www.diginvt.com/events/detail/open-farm-week-lester-farm-and-market

Lincoln Peak Vineyard

• Lincoln Peak is open daily 11-5 for wine tastings and picnics. Come sample wines made entirely from grapes grown on the farm, and enjoy a glass with some VT cheese on the winery porch.
• https://www.diginvt.com/places/detail/lincoln-peak-vineyard-and-winery

Treleven Farm

• Treleven Farm invites you to explore farm and forest with self-guided trails!
• https://www.diginvt.com/events/detail/open-farm-week-treleven-farm

Twin Maple Sugarworks

• We’ll be open from 9:00 – 5:00 pm every day, offering samples to taste and a complete explanation of the process of making maple syrup at our sugarhouse.
• https://www.diginvt.com/events/detail/open-farm-week-twin-maple-sugarworks

Agricola Farm

Farm Stand

• A small sustainable farm using Italian traditions to raise pastured chickens, sheep and pigs. We process our meat using Italian approaches to butchering and processing fresh and cured meats. Come to the farm during Open Farm Week! Farm Stand open 8am – 8pm. Self-guided farm activities for children with an adult 11am – 2pm. Farm-made Italian baked goods ready to eat 8am-8pm.
• https://www.diginvt.com/events/detail/open-farm-week-agricola-farm-farm-stand

Last Resort Farm

• The Last Resort Farm invites you to tour the beautiful farm and sample organic treats. Come see our famous garlic drying in the former dairy barn and learn to make a braid!
• https://www.diginvt.com/events/detail/open-farm-week-last-resort-farm

The Willowell Foundation Farm

Bennington County

Merck Forest & Farmland Center

Learn to Care for Draft Horses

• If you’re between the ages of 12 and 15 years old, here’s your chance to get some hands-on experience with Fern & Arch, our Suffolk Punch draft horses. Learn about heritage breeds, receive instruction on how to care for our two gentle giants, and give Katie a hand harnessing and driving them around.
• https://www.diginvt.com/events/detail/open-farm-week-merck-forest-and-farmland-center-learn-to-care-for-draft-horses

Caledonia County

Caledonia Spirits

• We’ll be open every day from Noon – 5:00 pm offering free tastes of spirits, free distillery tours, free tastes of raw honey and free tastes of Urban Moonshine Bitters. Visitors will have the opportunity to purchase spirits and gifts on site.
• https://www.diginvt.com/events/detail/open-farm-week-caledonia-spirits

Chittenden County

North Williston Cattle Company

• Come watch our herd of 240 Holstein cows being milked by robots, pet the baby calves and learn how a mid-size family dairy farm operates. Brief tours of the robots milking cows and of the calf barn each week day.
• https://www.diginvt.com/events/detail/open-farm-week-north-williston-cattle-company

Franklin County

Boston Post Dairy, LLC

• Boston Post Dairy, a family run farm, invites you onto the farm for Open Farm Week! Come and visit the goats and chickens and taste our award winning farmstead cheeses, made here on the farm!
• https://www.diginvt.com/events/detail/open-farm-week-boston-post-dairy-llc

Farmer Brown

• Farm store open 10 am to 4 pm | Farm tours available all day. Come join us, visit the animals and enjoy our farm!
• https://www.diginvt.com/events/detail/open-farm-week-farmer-brown

Grand Isle

Hackett’s Orchard

• Visit Hackett’s Orchard for Open Farm Week! Take a wagon ride through the orchard and learn about apple growing; there will be a story trail, scavenger hunt and apple quiz.
• https://www.diginvt.com/events/detail/open-farm-week-hackett-s-orchard

Hall Home Place & Hall’s Orchard

• Hall Home Place and Hall’s Orchard invite you to visit this historic property that has been in the Hall family since the 1790’s. Tour the grounds, count the fossils and purchase specialty local products. The café and tasting room are open daily with games for all ages.
• https://www.diginvt.com/events/detail/open-farm-week-hall-home-place-and-hall-s-orchard

Lamoille County

Foote Brook Farm

• Foote Brook Farm invites you to visit our farm stand during Open Farm Week and sample some of our produce and specialty products.
• https://www.diginvt.com/events/detail/open-farm-week-foote-brook-farm

Valley Dream Farm

• Certified Organic Produce Farm. We have a retail farm stand, Kid friendly activities and snacks!
• https://www.diginvt.com/events/detail/open-farm-week-valley-dream-farm

On-Farm Dinner

• Your evening begins with an educational one-hour tour of this beautiful certified organic farm, nestled into the picturesque Pleasant Valley outlined by gently rolling organic fields and breathtaking backdrop views of the majestic Mt. Mansfield. Guests are then seated in an outdoor covered setting with fresh flowers picked on the tour. The Valley Dream Farm dining experience is prepared by a local guest chef of the week from one of the area’s great restaurants.
• https://www.diginvt.com/events/detail/open-farm-week-valley-dream-farm-on-farm-dinner

Orange County

Silloway Maple

• Learn all about how maple syrup is made, and sample the different grades. Shop for syrup, maple cream, candy, sugar, and maple sugar covered almonds. Bring a picnic, and enjoy the beautiful scenery.
• https://www.diginvt.com/events/detail/open-farm-week-silloway-maple

Shire Beef

• We manage our cattle in an innovative way that rebuilds and maintains soil health and activity, sequestering more carbon than we produce. Hang out with the cows and goats. Take walk in our beautiful fields and woods.
• https://www.diginvt.com/events/detail/open-farm-week-shire-beef

Orleans County

Jed’s Maple Products

• A Certified Organic Maple Farm, we invite you to visit our Family Maple Museum, eco-friendly sugarhouse and more during Open Farm Week! Guided tours of how we used to make maple syrup compared to how we make it now. Kid-Friendly activities, tastings, tours and more!
• https://www.diginvt.com/events/detail/open-farm-week-jed-s-maple-products

Hollandeer Farm

• Hollandeer Farm invites you for an informational tour of our facilities via cart/tractor ride with educational information on deer farming. Farm store will be open.
• https://www.diginvt.com/events/detail/open-farm-week-hollandeer-farm

Washington County

Peaceful Harvest Mushrooms

• Come and see how science and the art of growing come together to cultivate fresh edible and medicinal mushrooms.
• https://www.diginvt.com/events/detail/open-farm-week-peaceful-harvest-mushrooms

Callahan Farm

• Shop our farm store for 100% awesome meat and vegetables produced on our small-scale farm in Central Vermont. Prize winning tomatoes, natural meats & chicken, plus maple syrup. Callahan Farmers Fred & Mary look forward to meeting you!
• https://www.diginvt.com/events/detail/open-farm-week-callahan-farm

Windham County

Adams Farm

• Adams Farm welcomes you during Open Farm Week! Visit our wide variety of friendly farm animals. Join us for paintball in our sheep pastures, or for a guided trail ride on our docile horses. Wagon rides around the perimeter of the farm depart daily. Paintball and trail rides require reservations.
• https://www.diginvt.com/events/detail/open-farm-week-adams-farm

Boyd Family Farm

• Please join us for a great farm experience. Blueberry fields will be open for picking! Pack a lunch and enjoy the view from the mowing!
• Boyd Family Farm’s Farm-to-Table dinner has been postponed until next Tuesday (8/23) due to inclement weather.
• https://www.diginvt.com/places/detail/boyd-family-farm 

Taylor Farm

• Taylor farm is open to the public daily from 8:00 am – 6:00 pm, and on any given day might have activities such as cheese making, kite flying, farm tours, and woodland hikes.
• https://www.diginvt.com/events/detail/open-farm-week-taylor-farm

Dwight Miller Orchards

• Dwight Miller Orchards invites you onto our farm for Pick-Your-Own Organic Blueberries during Open Farm Week!
• https://www.diginvt.com/events/detail/open-farm-week-dwight-miller-orchards

Windsor County

One Chicken at a Time Farm

• One Chicken At A Time Farm is a diversified farm. Our main attraction is our 30 friendly goats, they love to run and play. We have a great view for a walk or picnic in the fields. Haying is also something we will be doing. Come pick some veggies from the gardens or some flowers. You never know what’s going to happen on this busy farm!
• https://www.diginvt.com/events/detail/open-farm-week-one-chicken-at-a-time-farm

Sugarbush Maple & Cheese Farm

• Sugarbush Farm invites you sample maple syrup, 15 varieties of cheese, and many Vermont made jams, mustards and spreads. Visit the farm sugar house for an educational display & walk in the maple woods. Make friends with our farm animals!
• https://www.diginvt.com/events/detail/open-farm-week-sugarbush-maple-and-cheese-farm

Kelly Way Gardens at Woodstock Inn and Resort

• Kelly Way Gardens invites you to explore the Woodstock Inn and Resort’s certified organic chef’s and cutting garden! Come see our culinary and decorative inspiration before enjoying it at the Resort.
• https://www.diginvt.com/events/detail/open-farm-week-kelly-way-gardens-at-woodstock-inn-and-resort

Source: Dig in VT Trails