Tilly Foster Farm Stand Now Selling Produce 6 Days A Week

SOUTHEAST, NY — The garden at Tilly Foster Farm and Educational Institute is producing such bounty that its farm stand will now be open six days a week, Putnam County Executive MaryEllen Odell announced.

That raises questions for Putnam County Legislator Amy Sayegh, who told Patch she and the county's Agriculture & Farmland Protection Board were going to look into the farm stand's sales operation.

"I am not in favor of selling produce from Tilly Foster to compete with our local farmers, nor is the Ag board. We will research this further," she said.

Growing crops on the farm has been part of the agricultural plan for Tilly Foster since Putnam County took over management of the property in 2014, Odell said in the announcement.

The three-quarter-acre garden has already produced several orders of vegetables and herbs that are sold at market rate to Tilly’s Table — the restaurant based at the county-owned farm.

This is the garden’s fifth growing season, said Farm Assistant Lisa Walker. The farm stand had a special spot at the Putnam County Country Fest and 4-H Showcase in mid-July and sold out.

“People want fresh, local and homegrown,” Walker said. “We supply that as well as a beautiful destination to visit.”