Spring is Here!
And Stokes Farm is now back in all our New York City Greenmarket locations, including Union Square, Tribeca and Tucker Square near Lincoln Center. You can find your favorite bedding plants and herbs prefect for starting your garden or brightening up your patio.
Our Farm & Garden Center in Old Tappan, NJ will open April 9th with a wide variety of spring and summer flowers, annuals, perennials, herbs and vegetable seedlings. Additionally, at our farm stand you can pick up some potting soil, creative flower boxes and stands, and an assortment of other fun outdoors items.
So, stop on by and see what we're growing. We'd love to see you again and hear how you're doing.
Attention Union Square Customers
Starting in April 2008, a 2-year construction project will begin in Union Square displacing many of your favorite farmers on the North end of the market (including Stokes Farm). Please look for us in our new (temporary) home on the South end of the market, across from Whole Foods. For more information, please visit NYC Greenmarket.
New York City GreenmarketsPlease visit us at any of our three markets in New York (from mid-March until late December):
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New Jersey MarketsYou can find our fresh flowers and produce at several New Jersey locations this summer!
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Recent Pictures from Stokes Farm
Recent Press
- Speak up, if you want your (Jersey) asparagus Star-Ledger 4/23/2008
As the mercury inches upward and the local asparagus season heats up in response, in the upper reaches of Bergen County, Ron Binaghi, Jr., of Stokes Farm in Old Tappan tries to steer clear of his 15 rows of green and purple-tinged spears. "I can't pick it because when I'm out there, I keep eating it," he said. [read more] - The culinary spell of cilantro Star-Ledger 10/30/2007
"About three or four years ago, it went mainstream," agreed Ron Binaghi, Jr., of Stokes Farm in Old Tappan. He grows the (aptly named for this time of year) Santo variety of cilantro for sale at his farm and in New York City greenmarkets. "I think we'll have it for three more weeks, right until Thanksgiving. It doesn't like a big freeze, but it doesn't mind a frost." [read more] - Tender is the Zucchini Star-Ledger 8/29/2007
Ron Binaghi, Jr., of Stokes Farm in Old Tappan grows cousa, a light green squash that's shaped like zucchini but is a bit more plump. "It's native to the Middle East and has the same consistency as zucchini, but it's got better flavor. It's sweeter." [read more] - At the Greenmarket New York Magazine 7/23/2007
Ever wonder what "molokhia" is? New York Magazine's Greenmarket blog explains, and we have it. - America's Top Farmer's Markets Eating Well 7/2007
The Union Square Greenmarket was listed in this issue as one of the best Farmer's Markets in the country. You might recognize the picture of Angelo in our pepper field from our own gallery. - Weather Worries Trouble Jersey's Asparagus Growers Star-Ledger 4/18/2007
"We're a unique niche. We're not affected by large agribusiness and foreign competition," said Ron Binaghi, Jr., of Stokes Farm in Old Tappan, who expects to begin harvesting his first full crop of asparagus around the third week of May. - A Springtime Dose of Dill Star-Ledger 3/21/2007
"It's totally not grassy," said Ron Binaghi, Jr., of Stokes Farm... "Dill is a unique flavor. It's one of the nicest scents on our whole counter. It's Chanel No. 5 for an herb guy." [read more] - Stokes Farm on YouTube The People Who Feed Us 2/10/2007
The People Who Feed Us recently put together a great video about our farm. You can find it on YouTube. And be sure to check out The People Who Feed Us for more videos of other New York City area farmers. - More news...
Our Business is "Growing"
We have come a long way since Isaiah Stokes bought 40 acres of property in Old Tappan, New Jersey in 1873. Over the past 130 years, we have gone from a wholesale vegetable farm to a retail-based specialty herb and vegetable producer. We currently operate 35,000 square feet of greenhouse space (and more is on the way) where we produce over 75,000 4.5" flowers, 5,000 hanging pots and 4,000 bedding plant flats each year.
Contact Us
Phone: 201-768-3931
Fax: 201-768-2239
E-mail: stokesfarmron@yahoo.com
Last Updated April 24, 2008