Farm Stops
Bike the Barns is all about connecting with our food, our farms and our farming landscapes. We are honored to partner with the following farms and venues, who will graciously share their stories and spaces with Bike the Barns riders on Sunday, September 21, 2025.
An outdoor finish-line celebration at Camp Dudley will feature a delicious local food meal prepared by the ADK Food Hub of Tupper Lake, craft beverages by Ausable Brewing Company of Keeseville, and live music by Essex-based “dirty folk jam band” Ploughman’s Lunch.
In coordination with Camp Dudley, ADK Food Hub and ANCA’s Compost for Good program, our team aims to make this a zero-waste event! Bike the Barns participants will have the chance to learn about local community-scale composting opportunities and be a part of regional food waste reduction efforts!
Camp Dudley
For over 140 years Camp Dudley & Kiniya have provided boys and girls ages 10 to 15 with the opportunity to develop as individuals through a balanced program of arts, athletics, outdoor exploration, and spirituality. With a boys campus located in the heart of New York’s majestic Adirondack Mountains and a girls campus on the peaceful shores of Lake Champlain in Vermont, campers are encouraged to develop moral, personal, physical, and leadership skills while thriving in an atmosphere of fun and fellowship.
Founded in 1885 and landing at its current site in Westport in 1908, Camp Dudley is a strong ANCA partner and community leader. Camp staff have engaged with ANCA programs including the Adirondack Diversity Initiative and Compost for Good to create welcoming and sustainable spaces for their campers and others who visit the lakeside property.
Visit www.campdudley.org to learn more.
Barred Owl Brook Farm
Barred Owl Brook Farm is a small farm in Westport, N.Y. committed to the expansion of temperate agroforestry and proud to be one of more than 30,000 farms nationwide that utilize agroforestry practices. Farmers Alex Caskey and Audrey Crocker believe that temperate agroforestry holds the potential to mitigate climate change, improve farm resiliency and farmer livelihoods, and fundamentally transform our society’s broken relationship with the natural world and the food we eat. In the farm’s nursery, Alex and Audrey propagate cold-hardy, regionally adapted tree crops including fruit and nut species, ornamentals, and trees grown for fodder, hedgerows, riparian protection and more.
Learn more at www.barredowlbrookfarm.com.
Essex Food Hub
Essex Food Hub advances local and regional food-system resilience through market coordination, services for small food businesses, food-sovereignty initiatives, and collaborations that drive systems-level change. The nonprofit continually creates adaptive solutions to food-system gaps in an ever-changing landscape, and uplifts rural communities by connecting small farms with their neighbors. In addition to playing a vital behind-the-scenes role in our local food system, it also features a self-serve market that carries some of the best locally-produced goods around, as well as seeds, plants, and other supplies to help community members grow their own food. The market is open 7am-10pm daily in downtown Westport and welcomes everyone in to help build a vibrant, equitable food system!
Learn more at essexfoodhub.org.
DaCy Meadow Farm
DaCy Meadow Farm is a complete farmstay experience. They offer various on-farm lodging options, as well as farm to table dining and private dining experiences. Located on more than 150 acres near Westport, N.Y., DaCy Meadow Farm is also home to over three miles of hiking trails through the Champlain Area Trail System (CATS). The “Localvore Gallery” features artwork and memorabilia that celebrate agricultural and rural lifestyles.
Learn more at www.dacymeadowwestport.com.
Echo Farm
Located in Essex, N.Y., Echo Farm encompasses nearly 170 acres of tillable and forested land that was acquired through conservation partnerships and a 75-acre lease a historic family farm. Nestled between Sprig and Whipple Mountains, Echo Farm originated as a diversified homestead and dairy operation that now provides catering services and local food and farm experiences for events. Producing a diversity of crops that vary year to year, their practices remain consistent with the philosophies and values of organic and sustainable small-scale farming. Many of Echo Farm’s livestock and crops are heritage and heirloom varieties, selected for optimum flavor and presentation. Farmstead Catering offers a culinary invitation to not only gather around the farm table, but also to explore the magic of Echo Farm.
Learn more at www.farmsteadcatering.com/echo-farm.