ABOUT
OUR HISTORY
In 1937, Grandpa Milton Burdick leased this farm to grow potatoes. After purchasing the property in 1952, he began growing blueberries. Milton’s daughter Helen and her husband Buzz continued the careful tending to the farm for decades. They had three children: Paula Jo, Peter, and Amy. Paula Jo joyfully brought the farm into the twenty-first century with her signature creative touch. Today, Burdick Blueberries is managed by Amy with her partner, Beth. Every step of the farm’s operation is made with gratitude for and in loving memory of the family who cultivated this beautiful space.
PRODUCTION
Since 1961, our family has been committed to fruit growing principles that are healthy for you, safe for wildlife, and good for the environment. Burdick Blueberries takes your trust seriously, therefore we use Integrated Pest Management (IPM), a practice widely advocated by environmentalists, entomologists and ecologists. We are in touch with Cornell University to ensure we are up to date on the latest research for fruit growers.
IPM emphasizes the growth of a healthy crop with the least possible disruption to agro-ecosystems, and encourages natural pest control mechanisms and preventative practices. Its sound principles protect human health, wildlife including beneficial insects, and the environment. We grow eight different varieties of berries to sustain a healthy crop best suited for local growing conditions and provide picking continuity during the season. We monitor actively to ensure we identify specific pests and deal with them in the least invasive way—using mechanical and biological controls with organic solutions as necessary. Our flower gardens also feed beneficial insects throughout the growing season.
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PLANNING YOUR VISIT
1. You may bring your own containers to pick into or use the containers we provide. We also recommend hats and sunscreen. Water is available in the field and at the Shed.
2. Children of any age are welcome when supervised by an adult.
3. No dogs are allowed. Please leave your pets at home.
4. Park on our grass parking lot. Outhouses are provided for your convenience. Additional hand washing stations have been added at outhouses and shed area.
5. Weigh in. If you brought a berry container from home, weigh them so we don’t charge you for its weight. Save the receipt we’ll give you for weighing out.
6. We drive you out to the field to the day’s ripest, best berries and our guides show you where to pick. You ride in one of our “surreys.” This scenic journey takes only a few minutes.
7. When you have finished, we drive you back to the Shed to weigh out.
8. You select other products to add to your final purchase. Create your own bouquet in our flower gardens or grab a ready to go bouquet while checking out at the Shed. We also carry local raw honey, maple syrup, homemade blueberry pies, Burdick Blueberry hats and T-shirts, and blueberry wood chips for smoking and grilling.
9. Then the day is yours. Walk through our flower gardens, picnic under the pines.
