Sheldon Farms

Sheldon Farms is a family farm in the Battenkill Valley region of New York situated in Washington County in the town of Salem. The sixth-generation farm has been in operation since 1845.Local Harvest.] The farm is 600 acres in size situated on the Battenkill River and White Creek which are rich in minerals which contribute to the terroir of their produce. The farm utilizes 250 acres of its land for production.My Personal Farmers.com.]

The farm is known for its heirloom vegetables including the Green Mountain potato, Ozette Potato, Radiator Charlie's Mortgage Lifter tomato, and Aunt Molly's Husk tomato (aka Ground Cherry). They also produce the hybrid potato varieties Adirondack Red potato, Adirondack Blue potato developed by Cornell University. [Wickham, "Cornell develops potatoes with a patriotic twist."] The Sheldon family opened a market at their farm in 1999 and introduced green beans, peas, zucchini and summer squashes, varietal eggplant,pumpkins, winter squash, Brussels sprouts, kale, tomatillos, and edible flowers to their production mix. In the spring the farm also produces maple syrup. [Farm to Chef Express]

Sheldon Farms is a member of the Saratoga Farmers' Market Association, Pride of New York, and Slow Food USA.

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*Farm to Chef Express, "Sheldon Farms", retrieved from http://www.sheldonfarmsny.com/ on 7-01-2008.
*Local Harvest, "Sheldon Farms", retrieved from http://www.localharvest.org/farms/M19395 on 7-01-2008.
*My Personal Farmers.com, "Sheldon Farms", taken from http://www.mypersonalfarmers.com/sheldonfarms.html on 07-01-2008.
*Wickham, Samantha. "Cornell develops potatoes with a patriotic twist." Ithaca:Cornell, 2007. retrieved from http://www.cals.cornell.edu/cals/public/comm/pubs/ecalsconnect/vol13-1/features/potatoes.cfm on 7-01-2008.