Food & Nature Day Trips from New York City

3 food and nature day trips from New York City: forage, pick and taste with local makers, back by evening.

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  Hudson Valley Orchard & Cider Day

  Ride Metro-North up the Hudson, pick apples in the orchard, then taste cider in Beacon.

  Full day · from New York City · September to October

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  Stone Barns Farm Day

  Walk a working farm with the people who grow for one of America's best-known farm-to-table kitchens.

  Full day · from New York City · Year-round; best spring to autumn

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  Catskills Mushroom Forest

  Find and identify wild mushrooms in the Catskill forest with an expert, then taste them.

  Full day · from New York City · Summer to autumn

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