Farm Stands and Farmers Markets

Farm food near the cabins starts about four road miles away, at a farm store in Owls Head that runs on self-checkout around the clock. From mid-May to early October the Malone Farmers Market sets up on Wednesday afternoons about 12 road miles north, and the Saturday markets in Saranac Lake and Plattsburgh are each an hour or a little more from the cabins. Below are the markets and their days, the farm stands, cheese makers and ice cream stands within reach, what comes into season each month, and how to turn a market bag into dinner at the cabin.

Market days at a glance

The Adirondack Harvest program at Cornell Cooperative Extension counts more than 65 farmers' markets in northern New York between Albany, Utica and the Canadian border, most of them outdoors from late May to mid-October. The table lists the ones within reach of the cabins, with the 2026 seasons from the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets list of authorized markets, published September 22, 2026, and from the markets' own pages. Expect the same days in 2027, and check a market's page before you drive, because opening dates move by a week or two from year to year.

For a short trip, Malone on a Wednesday is the easy one. For the widest choice, plan around a weekend: Saranac Lake on Saturday morning and Keene Valley on Sunday give two different sets of growers within an hour and a half of the cabins.

The farm store in Owls Head

Cooks' Country Store is the shop at The Cook Farm, 189 Ragged Lake Road in Owls Head, about 4.1 road miles from the cabins. A self-checkout kiosk keeps the door open at any hour, so it covers a late arrival as well as a forgotten carton of eggs; the groceries and supplies page sets it next to the supermarkets in Malone. What matters here is what is on the shelves, because the farm posts the names of the producers it stocks:

• Meat and eggs: beef and eggs from Harmony Hills Farmstead, lamb from Banjo Acres Farm, and the Cook Farm's own pasture-raised meat.
• Dairy: milk from Hidden Acres Dairy, cheese and yogurt from Meier's, McCadam cheese, and Cabot cheese and butter.
• Bread: bread and pastries from Brainardsville Bake House and baked goods from Goodies to Go.
• Pantry: maple syrup from Brandy Brook Maple Farm, honey from Adirondack Honey, applesauce and apple chips from Canton Apples, coffee from a Tug Hill roaster and tea from One Steep At A Time.
• Produce: seasonal vegetables from North Point Community Farm, specialty garlic from Running Roots Farm, and the Cook Farm's own organically grown produce.
• Drinks: Saranac Soda and Saratoga Spring Water.

The farm covers 42.5 acres below Owls Head Mountain. Goats, pigs, turkeys, chickens and ducks live there, and the farm is best known for soap made from its own goats' milk. The family offers small-group visits of about an hour and a half, booked through Airbnb, in which guests pick whatever is in season, help with the animals, check the temperature of the compost pile and groom the two goats, Chuck and Larry. Larger groups can arrange a tour with the farm. In 2026 the farm also ran Yoga on the Farm on Monday evenings at 6, from June 22 to September 14, for $10 a person, weather permitting; watch the farm's site for a 2027 series.

The Malone Farmers Market

The Malone Farmers Market meets on Wednesdays from noon to 5 p.m. under the pavilion at the Malone Town Office, 27 Airport Road, which is Route 11 across from the Walmart Supercenter. From the cabins it is about 12 road miles, 20 to 25 minutes. The 2026 season ran from May 13 to October 7, so the market is a late-spring-to-early-fall stop; between October and May the farm store in Owls Head is the local source.

The market is one of five run by the Adirondack Farmers' Market Cooperative, set up to give farmers, bakers and craftspeople an economical place to sell; the others are the Sunday market in Keene at Marcy Airfield, a Keene winter market, and the markets in Elizabethtown and Willsboro. Staff from Cornell Cooperative Extension of Franklin County set up at the Malone and Saranac Lake markets during the season. The extension office is in the Franklin County Courthouse, 355 West Main Street, Suite 150, and keeps printed copies of its fold-out guide to the farms and roadside stands that sell locally grown or made products; a new edition covering St. Lawrence, Franklin and Essex counties was due in summer 2026.

A Wednesday afternoon fits a stay well. Shop the market first, cross Route 11 for whatever the farmers do not grow, and be back at the cabin before dark to light the grill. The Malone town guide has the rest of the village.

Saranac Lake on Saturdays

The Saranac Lake market sets up in Riverside Park on Lake Flower Avenue every Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.; its 2026 outdoor season ran from May 16 to October 10. It is about 43 road miles from the cabins, about an hour by NY 30 and NY 86. It is a producer-only market, so the people behind the tables grew or made what they sell: vegetables and fruit, baked goods, cheese and crafts, with live music every week. Leashed dogs are welcome.

The market is one of the High Peaks Farmers' Markets, a program of the Adirondack North Country Association, a nonprofit with its office at 67 Main Street in Saranac Lake. The same group runs the Lake Placid market and the Saranac Lake winter market, and it holds special days through the season: a Mother's Day market, Markets to Meals, a customer appreciation day and the High Peaks Harvest Festival.

The third annual High Peaks Harvest Festival is set for Saturday, October 17, 2026, on Berkeley Green in downtown Saranac Lake. The farmers market opens at 10 a.m. and the festival starts at 1 p.m., with live music from the Midnight Stargazers, food trucks, local breweries and a mobile bar; Gristmill Distillery sells at its market table. For the rest of the village, the Paul Smith's College trails and the drive, see Saranac Lake and Paul Smiths.

Lake Placid and Keene Valley

Lake Placid on Wednesday mornings

The Lake Placid Farmers' Market moved in 2025 to the James C. Sheffield Speed Skating Oval at 2634 Main Street. It runs on Wednesdays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., and its season is short: July 1 to September 2 in 2026. Expect produce, ready-to-eat meals, coffee, skincare and local art, from a vendor list that has included vegetable farms, mushroom growers, a flower farm and a creamery, with live music on market days. Dogs are not allowed at this market because of the venue's rules, so leave a dog at the cabin or pick the Saranac Lake market instead. Lake Placid is about 53 road miles from the cabins, about an hour and a quarter; the Olympic sites guide covers the oval and the arenas beside it.

Keene Valley on Sundays

The Keene Valley market sets up on Sundays at Marcy Airfield, 2204 NY 73, between Keene and Keene Valley, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.; the 2026 season ran from May 24 to October 11. It is one of the largest farmers' markets in the Adirondacks, with up to 80 farmers and craft vendors at the peak of summer, and there is parking at the airfield. It is about 69 road miles from the cabins, about an hour and a half. A Sunday here pairs with a morning hike in the High Peaks: the Cascade Mountain trail leaves the same highway, NY 73, between Keene and Lake Placid.

Tupper Lake and the ADK Food Hub

In Tupper Lake the local food goes through the ADK Food Hub at 320 Park Street, about 57 road miles from the cabins, about an hour and a quarter. The hub brings together products from North Country farmers, food makers and craftspeople, takes orders online through the Open Food Network, and offers a CSA share, party platters and a menu of its own. The state lists its farm stand as open Thursday to Saturday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., from June 4 to November 19 in 2026.

On summer Fridays the Tupper Lake Farmers Market sets up at the hub from 2 to 6 p.m.; the 2026 season ran from June 26 to September 11. An afternoon market suits a day that starts at The Wild Center in the same village: walk the museum's trails in the morning, buy dinner at the market, and drive home on NY 30.

Plattsburgh and the Champlain Valley

The Plattsburgh Farmers' and Crafters' Market moved from the Durkee Street parking lot to the harborside when the lot was redeveloped under the city's Downtown Revitalization Initiative, and it now sets up at 26 Green Street by the marina. It runs on Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., rain or shine, from Mother's Day weekend to Columbus Day weekend; in 2026 that was May 9 to October 10. Farmers sell next to craft vendors and home food processors, and there is music every week. It is about 62 road miles from the cabins, about an hour and a quarter.

Of the four counties around the cabins, Clinton has the most farm stands on the state's 2026 list. These are the ones with their posted days; call before a long drive.

• Souza's Farm Stand, 184 Rapids Road, Champlain: May 1 to December 31, noon to 5 p.m. Thursday to Saturday and Monday, and 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Sunday. Adirondack Harvest lists it as Souza's Farm Stand and Maple House.
• Northern Orchard, 470 Union Road, Peru: May 11 to December 23, every day from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• Shield's Vegetables, 6303 State Route 22, Plattsburgh: June 1 to October 31, every day from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
• Jim's Homegrown Vegetables, 726 Prospect Street, Champlain: Saturdays from 9 a.m. to noon, June 1 to September 1.

Two smaller markets run near the Canadian border. Champlain's sets up at the Paquette Park gazebo on Main Street (Route 9) on Saturdays from 9 a.m. to noon, from mid-July to September 19, and Rouses Point's meets on the lawn of the Dodge Memorial Library, 144 Lake Street, on Fridays from 3 to 6 p.m., from June 12 to September 11. The big orchards, Rulfs in Peru and Chazy Orchards, are in the Plattsburgh guide, and the picking seasons are in apple picking.

Potsdam, Canton and Akwesasne

West of the cabins, St. Lawrence County's markets stay open later in the fall than most. The Potsdam Farmers' Market meets in Ives Park, 3 Riverview Drive, on Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. until October 31; it is about 48 road miles from the cabins, about an hour. Its opening Saturday falls in May or early June, so check the date before a spring trip. Canton, the next village on US 11 and about 59 road miles from the cabins, holds two markets a week in Village Green Park, 17 Park Street, on Tuesdays and Fridays from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., from May to late October. Both towns' markets take SNAP and Double Up Food Bucks. See Potsdam and Canton for the museums and parks in the two college towns.

Two farm stands nearer the cabins are on the state list for St. Lawrence County. Whitten Family Farm, 1101 County Route 49 in Winthrop, about 37 road miles away, posts hours of 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday to Wednesday from June 16 to December 31 and takes SNAP. The Drumlins farm stand sets up at 105 Harte Haven Plaza in Massena on Sundays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., from July 12 to October 11.

The Akwesasne Farmers' Market meets on Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at 30 Margaret Terrance Memorial Way in Hogansburg, about 34 road miles from the cabins; its 2026 season ran from June 13 to October 10. It pairs with a visit to the Akwesasne Cultural Center in the same hamlet.

Markets and farm stores after October

Most outdoor markets close by mid-October. These keep going:

• Cooks' Country Store in Owls Head, open around the clock all year.
• The Saranac Lake winter market, in the lobby of the Hotel Saranac, Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. from October through December. Its organizers also run Park-It, an online pre-order with curbside pickup behind the hotel on Saturdays from 10 a.m. to noon, which carries on after the indoor market ends, through May 9.
• The Keene winter market, listed for Sundays from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., October 18 to December 20, 2026. Ask the cooperative for the place before you go.
• The ADK Food Hub farm stand in Tupper Lake, listed through November 19.
• Souza's in Champlain to December 31, Northern Orchard in Peru to December 23 and Whitten Family Farm in Winthrop to December 31.
• The McCadam cheese store in Chateaugay, open all year except three holidays (below).

Winter shopping is meat, eggs, dairy, maple, honey and baked goods, plus the crops that keep. On the state's produce chart, apples, potatoes, onions and dry beans are available all year, carrots, cabbage and turnips into March, and beets and winter squash into February.

Cheese makers and dairies

McCadam in Chateaugay

The Chateaugay Farm and Cheese Store, at 36 McCadam Lane in Chateaugay, is about 22 road miles from the cabins, roughly 40 minutes. McCadam dates its cheese to 1876, when William McCadam started making it in the St. Lawrence County hamlet of Heuvelton, and the brand won its first medal at the Chicago exposition of 1894. Today it says it is owned by New York farm families. The store sells McCadam cheese in seven flavors, from Muenster to horseradish cheddar, alongside farm and garden supplies such as gloves, boots and baling supplies.

It is open Monday to Friday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Saturday from 8 a.m. to noon, closed on Sunday and on Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's Day. The company asks visitors to call first, (518) 497-6341, because hours can change. A cheese stop fits a day at the Chateaugay Lakes and High Falls.

Meier's cheese at the farm store

Meier's supplies the cheese and yogurt on the shelves at Cooks' Country Store in Owls Head, so a cheese board for the deck is four miles from the cabins. The same store carries McCadam and Cabot for a side-by-side tasting.

Sugar House Creamery in Upper Jay

Sugar House Creamery, 18 Sugar House Way in Upper Jay, makes its cheese from the milk of its own small herd of Brown Swiss cows. The farm store sells the creamery's cheese, meat and raw milk alongside goods from neighboring farms and makers, among them Blue Pepper Farm, a sheep dairy in Jay. The store lists hours of Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; call 518-300-0626 to confirm before the drive. It is about 67 road miles from the cabins, about an hour and a half, and its Sunday hours line up with the Keene Valley market.

Asgaard Farm in Au Sable Forks has put its dairy on hold to focus on beef, so do not plan a cheese stop there.

Milk sold at the farm

New York lets a permitted dairy sell raw milk only directly to the customer at the farm where the milk was produced, so you will not find it at the markets or in stores. A farm that sells it must post a sign at the point of sale stating "Notice: Raw milk sold here, raw milk does not provide the protection of pasteurization."

Ice cream stands

Cornell Cooperative Extension of Franklin County runs an ice cream trail each summer. The third one ran from May 25 to September 7, 2026: pick up a punch card at any of the stands below and collect the stamps as you go.

• Malone: Uncle Sankie's Ice Cream, 7 Henry Road; Bokie's Drive In, 3960 US 11; Poup's Scoops Ice Cream Stand, 192 Fort Covington Street; and Stewart's Shops, 289 West Main Street.
• Burke: Leonard's Cherry Knoll Restaurant and Molly's Ice Cream Stand, 5676 US 11.
• Brushton: Bushey's Ice Cream Shop, 1192 Washington Street, and the Stewart's at 1271 Washington Street.
• Chateaugay: Merrill's Ice Cream & Grill, 6277 State Route 374, and the Stewart's at 195 West Main Street.
• On the way south: Teddy's Ice Cream, 1663 State Route 3 in Bloomingdale; Mountain Mist Custard, 260 Lake Flower Avenue in Saranac Lake; and Skyline Ice Cream, 1970 NY 30 in Tupper Lake.

Watch the extension's site in May for the 2027 trail and its list of stands.

What is in season by month

The Department of Agriculture and Markets publishes a statewide chart of harvest seasons for New York produce. It calls the periods approximate, notes that a warm year can bring crops a week to ten days early and a cool spring delays them, and tells shoppers to call farms for exact dates. Malone's average low in May is 44 degrees, so expect the early crops here toward the later end of each window, and ask at the table.

Spring is short on fresh vegetables here, and it is maple season; the sugarhouses that welcome visitors are in the maple guide.

Paying with SNAP and market coupons

Bring cash in small bills for the farm tables, and ask about cards at each stand. For shoppers using benefits, Adirondack Harvest's 2026 lists of the markets and farm businesses that take them are the guide:

• SNAP and Double Up Food Bucks: the Saranac Lake, Tupper Lake, Potsdam and Canton markets, and the ADK Food Hub and Whitten Family Farm. Double Up gives an extra $2 in benefits for every $2 of SNAP spent at the markets that offer it.
• SNAP: the Champlain market, Souza's in Champlain, Northern Orchard in Peru, Nori's Village Market in Saranac Lake and the North Country Food Co-op in Plattsburgh.
• Market coupons: every market on the state's list is authorized for Farmers' Market Nutrition Program coupons, which go to WIC families and older New Yorkers, and Malone, Plattsburgh, Champlain, Rouses Point, Tupper Lake and Akwesasne also take Fresh Connect checks.

The state's list marks the markets that take SNAP, so look a market up there if it is not named above.

Shopping for the cabin kitchens

All three cabins list a refrigerator and freezer, a stove and oven, a microwave, a toaster, a kettle and a coffee maker, with pots and pans, oil, salt and pepper, and outside a grill with barbecue utensils and a fire pit. That is enough to cook a full market dinner, so shop for what the kitchens leave out: butter, herbs and any seasoning beyond salt and pepper.

Some ways to use a market day:

• Grill night. Beef or lamb from the Owls Head farm store, sweet corn from mid-August, and peppers or zucchini cut thick for the grill.
• Cheese board on the deck. McCadam from Chateaugay or Meier's from the farm store, bread from Brainardsville Bake House, apples from September on, and local honey.
• Breakfast. Farm eggs, local milk and a bottle of syrup.
• A winter stew. Stored potatoes, carrots, onions and squash with beef from the farm store, for the night after a ski day at Titus.

Pack a cooler with ice packs for the markets an hour or more away. Saranac Lake, Lake Placid, Tupper Lake and Plattsburgh are each a drive of about an hour or longer, and cheese, meat and berries travel better cold. For more menus built around the cabins' kitchens and grills, see cooking at the cabins, and for the region's dishes, food of the North Country.

A market week from the cabins

From late spring to early fall there is a market or a farm counter open within reach every day of the week. A week at the cabins could run like this:

Any day, the farm store in Owls Head is four miles away. The events calendar lists the harvest festivals and fairs by month.

Maple, apples and the county fair

Three neighbors of this guide cover the rest of the farm year. Sugarhouses and New York's Maple Weekends in March are in the maple guide. The Champlain Valley's U-pick orchards are in apple picking and in the Plattsburgh guide. And in August the Franklin County Fair in Malone, held since the 1850s, brings the county's livestock and farm families to the fairgrounds on East Main Street.

For a look at how a North Country farm ran in the 1800s, the Almanzo Wilder Homestead in Burke is the boyhood farm described in Farmer Boy. In 2026 Cornell Cooperative Extension has held a series of farm classes there, and the last one, on seed saving, is set for October 20.

Questions

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Facts on this page were checked against these sources in October 2026. Hours, fees and schedules change; confirm before you go.

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