The Green Heron Growers

The Green Heron Growers

Mushrooms are a quirky vegetable. You find them growing in your lawn, and on trees and logs in the woods. Did you ever wonder how farmers grow them? It’s certainly an interesting process and probably not what you expect. We visited Green Heron Growers and talked to...
Becker Farms and Vizcarra Vineyards

Becker Farms and Vizcarra Vineyards

The Vizcarra family, owners of Becker Farms and Vizcarra Vineyards, embraces Mother Nature and they want everyone else to embrace it with the same passion as they do. Their fruit and vegetable farm and vineyard is a big place — 340 acres to be exact. And they’ve been...
Stymus 2

Stymus 2

We revisited the Stymus farm in late July to see what was growing in their expansive fields. There were some of the earlier July crops that were still being rotated in, but what we saw this time was different.The crops that were in the cold frame tunnels in July were...
The Kernel

The Kernel

We spent a beautiful August afternoon at the farm with patriarch Bruce Muck. He raises popcorn, garlic, soybeans, field corn, and alfalfa hay for the herd of beef cattle. Bruce has been at this location since 1970. The present farm is 325 acres.He showed us his...
The Summertime Blooms Farm

The Summertime Blooms Farm

When you visit the Williamsville Farmers Market, the kaleidoscope of colors you see from produce to flowers to artisan wares, will surely leave an impression with you. The Summertime Blooms stand at the Market is a like a life-size flower arrangement, full of...
Seabert Farms

Seabert Farms

It’s hard to miss Seabert Farms at the Market. They have an expansive table, manned by the owner himself, Ken Seabert. Seabert Farms is a 4th generation farm located in the town of Cambria, NY. For over 100 years, the Seabert family has been farming their land to...