Meet the Vendor: Stony Hill Farms

Welcome to Meet the Vendor, a series on Jersey City Eats profiling different vendors from all the Farmers' Markets around Jersey City. We have a wonderful and constantly growing market scene in Jersey City with unique, dedicated vendors and I encourage everyone to take advantage.

Today's vendor is Stony Hill Farms who can be found at various markets all around Jersey City and throughout New Jersey! Thanks for participating Dana and everyone at Stony Hill! 

(all photos are Jersey City Eats)

Tell us about yourselves. 
Stony Hill is family owned and operated farm. The business started out in 1988 as a florist specializing in cut orchids and has expanded to now include fruits, vegetables, beef, eggs, farmers' markets, a corn maze, pick your own, and new in 2012, a CSA program. We have two home stores located in Chester, NJ. Our farm market is open May through December, and our Greenhouse is open year round. We also attend 14 weekly farmers markets April through December. 

What other markets do you participate in around Jersey City? Any outside of Jersey City?
We participate in the Historic Downtown Jersey City Farmers' Market on Mondays and Thursdays, Hamilton Park on Wednesdays, Journal Square on Fridays, Paulus Hook on Saturdays, and Riverview Fisk Park on Sundays. 

Outside of Jersey City, we are in Maplewood on Mondays, Riverdale on Tuesdays, South Orange and New Providence on Wednesdays, Hoboken on Thursdays and Saturdays, and Chester on Sundays. 

What are your top-sellers?
Our sweet corn and tomatoes are always popular in the summer. We pick our sweet corn fresh every morning, so the taste cannot be beat. In the fall we offer a large variety of apples with Honeycrisp being the most popular. 

Do you have any personal favorites amongst your products?
We eat our own sweet corn just about every night while it is in season! 

What are some of your other favorite stalls at the Jersey City markets?
We love Hoboken farms, their mozzarella and bread pairs perfectly with our tomatoes and basil!

Any other information you think customers would want to know?
We pride ourselves in being a small family owned farm. You can find a member of our family at any market you attend, so be sure to stop by and say “HI”! We also try and keep everyone updated via social media of everything we offer and are doing day to day on our farm, so check us out on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter!