Family-owned and operated by Curtis and Ann Millen, Millen Farms grows fresh strawberries and wild lowbush blueberries in Great Village, Nova Scotia. The farm began nearly 40 years ago and now includes more than 150 acres of strawberries and 600 acres of blueberries, with about 175 hand rakers harvesting much of its berry crop. CanadaGAP-certified, Millen Farms is particularly known for hand-raked blueberries that are frozen soon after harvest and fresh strawberries picked morning and evening.
CanadaGAP Certified
The Blueberry PatchThe Blueberry Patch runs a 37-acre blueberry farm in Mansfield, Ohio, where 37,000 bushes and more than 27 varieties support seasonal U-pick berries and year-round farm-shop goods. This family-owned and operated farm also includes 1285 Winery, a restaurant serving house-made wines alongside wood-fired pizzas and pasta, plus a 4,000-square-foot gift shop with a coffee and tea bar. Sunflowers and special events add to the farm’s seasonal character.MANSFIELD, OH
Lockbriar FarmsSince 1993, family-owned and operated Lockbriar Farms has grown fruit on Maryland’s Eastern Shore near Chestertown, pairing a working farm with u-pick fields and farmmade ice cream. The multi-generational Lockwood family also sells fresh produce and value-added foods through its farm stand and regional farmers markets, while using integrated pest management, cover crops, crop rotation and trickle irrigation to reduce inputs and protect the land.CHESTERTOWN, MD/cahoon-farms/images/CAHOOH_FARMS_RETRO.png)
Cahoon FarmsFamily-owned Cahoon Farms traces its roots to Donald Cahoon Sr.’s purchase of a 100-acre western New York farm in 1943. What began as a small operation serving local bakeries has grown into a long-running fruit processor whose products reach customers across the United States and Canada. The company remains based in Wolcott and retains many key, long-term employees while following SQF-certified food-safety practices.WOLCOTT, NY
Summer Wind Farms, LLCNow in its fourth generation, Summer Wind Farms is a 100-plus-acre South Jersey family farm growing USDA-certified organic produce, garden plants and its much-noted Jersey tomatoes. Owned by Frank A. Ferrucci, whose family has farmed in Franklin Township for 109 years, the farm supplies CSA members, wholesale customers and a retail market in Medford. Its tomatoes are grown in protected high tunnels, a practice that helps extend the season while producing firmer fruit with a longer shelf life.LEBANON, OH