In Loving Remembrance of

Sidney (Sid) Mead
September 11, 1924 -- January 9, 2008

Sid was born in Hudson, NY, a son of Gordon and Fay Kennedy Mead. He spent his entire life at Mead Orchards: growing up here, and overseeing it change from an old-fashioned general farm, through an exclusively wholesale apple orchards, to a modern retail-oriented fruit and vegetable operation. He was instrumental in placing the original 100 acres under a conservation easement, and was waiting for the adjacent 85 acres to follow suit.

Always advocating farmland protection, Sid was chairman for 20 years of the Red Hook Town Planning Board as it developed the original planning and zoning regulations. He was president of Dutchess Country Farm Bureau, and served on the boards of the New York Farm Bureau and the New York Apple Institute.

He will be greatly missed.

Welcome to Mead Orchards

Harvest season is over for the year, and our Weekend U-PICK and Farm Stand are now closed. Thanks to all of you who came to our farm this season! We hope you enjoyed your visit, and the fruits and vegetables you brought home with you.

The weather was cooperative on most weekends, and we enjoyed the opportunity of visiting with some of you -- some from nearby and some from far away. Please plan to come again next year!

Mead Orchards is our family's picturesque, 180-acre fruit orchard and vegetable farm, located in the beautiful Mid-Hudson River Valley of New York! We've been here since 1916, and now grow nearly 40 varieties of apples, as well as peaches, pears, plums, cherries, strawberries and other berries. We also grow a wide variety of delicious greens, summer vegetables, winter squashes, pumpkins, and decorative gourds.  We're located about 100 miles north of Manhattan, 50 miles south of Albany, and just 4 miles east of the Hudson River. Check out How to find us for map and directions.

ON the farm: JUNE, JULY, AUGUST, SEPTEMBER and OCTOBER

WEEKENDS ONLY and Monday holidays from late June through October, we open our family's picturesque farm, to offer some of our fruit and our pumpkins to you as Pick-Your-Own, and more of our delicious, already picked, fruits and vegetables at our Farm Stand adjacent to the barn.
(Please note that U-PICK dates and varieties are subject to change -- influenced by such things as weather, ripening times, crop size, how soon they are all picked...)

Late JUNE -- Early JULY WEEKENDS 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. (NO farm stand)
            'PICK-YOUR-OWN' CHERRIES (Tart and Sweet)

Early JULY -- AUGUST WEEKENDS 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. (NO farm stand)
            'PICK-YOUR-OWN' BLUEBERRIES

Late JULY -- AUGUST WEEKENDS 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
'PICK-YOUR-OWN' PEACHES. Plus, our FARM STAND is open.
• Weekends throughout August you may come to the farm and pick your own luscious, ripe peaches right off the tree! Please see the Pick-Your-Own page for details. Also, please visit our farm stand, open during U-Pick hours.

 

Late August, SEPTEMBER & OCTOBER WEEKENDS 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
'PICK-YOUR-OWN' APPLES, PUMPKINS. Plus, our FARM STAND is open.
• Weekends in late August, September and October,  you may come to the farm and pick your own juicy apples! Many varieties are available as they ripen throughout the harvest season. And, about mid-September, we'll have several varieties of pumpkins. See the Pick-Your-Own page for details. Also, please visit our farm stand during U-Pick hours.

OFF the farm: MAY-JUNE through NOVEMBER-DECEMBER,

This year (2007) we are participating in Farmers' Markets, located in Dutchess, Westchester, and Bronx counties. We are in six markets this year, on Wednesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays.  Please see the Farmers Markets page for details, and visit our stall at a market near you!

This website last updated: February 9, 2008

Mead Orchards LLC
Mailing address: 15 Scism Rd, Tivoli NY 12583
LOCATED: in northern Dutchess County, just off Route 9,
four miles north of the Red Hook Village traffic light.
Phone: 845-756-5641 -- Fax: 845-756-4008