Stephentown, NY, Rensselaer County
Acres Available
Open Tillable Acres
Wooded (or other) Acres
Condition & Current Use
Currently an active, successful berry/fruit and vegetable operation with an established customer base, selling at the Troy Farmers Market, to various restaurants and wholesale markets, and at a roadside farm store located on New York State Route 22. Property is a turnkey operation with farmer housing, a farm store on a high-traffic state route, pre-existing sales relationships, and infrastructure such as high tunnels, irrigation, farm equipment, refrigeration, etc. with different potentials for transition.
Soil Types
Tenure Options
For Sale or For Lease:
- Tax parcel 207.-1-24.1 which includes 5 acres (not under conservation easement), the house, an older barn, and two rental income properties is for sale at $475,000 or for lease. Sale or lease of the house and 5 acres would be in conjunction with a sale or lease of the farm business.
- The approximately 24 acres (under conservation easement) which the business is situated on is for lease-to-own in a proposed partnership LLC, subject to subdivision approval (see below).
- The 108-acre conservation easement (on which the farm business operates) may allow for subdivision and sale of part of the property if terms of the easement are met. Please discuss any subdivision ideas with the landowner and together submit a proposal to ASA for approval or pre-approval.
Are you willing to mentor a new or beginning farmer?
Do you require a farmer who qualifies for agricultural assessment?
Production Preferences
Livestock / Crops Description
The operation is currently an established fruit and vegetable operation. In the event of a potential sale, the easement does not control which types of crops/animals or management practices are on the property. In the event of the potential lease, conversation with the landowner is needed for which types of production landowner would permit on their land.
Crops Permitted
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Vegetables
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Fruits
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Flowers or Ornamentals
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Grains
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Hay
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Maple
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Other Crops
Livestock Permitted
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Cattle - Beef
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Cattle - Dairy
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Equine
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Goats/Sheep
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Pigs
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Poultry
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Bees
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Other Livestock
Preferred Farming Method
Farm Infrastructure
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Barns - Equipment Storage
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Electrical access
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Equipment
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Farmer housing
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Water access
Equipment
- A wide variety of vegetable equipment is available for purchase or rental. Many of the pieces of vegetable equipment are like new, being used on small acreages. Major items include a 85 hp Case 4 WD tractor with creeper gear, Kubota M4050 42 hp tractor, and a Farmall Cub. A more complete listing can be provided upon request.
- Walk-in cooler – Large walk -in cooler with shelving, concrete floor with floor drain that drains to a dry well, and roof mounted condenser. The compressor was replaced with a new one in 2025.
- Stainless steel cooler – kept in the back room, we use this as our “coldest cooler” to hold products such as berries and stone fruits that benefit from temperatures lower than 40 degrees. We generally run it to hold product at 34-35 degrees. It holds many flats of berries.
- Display cooler, freezers, registers, display tables, display shelving – “True” brand two door lighted display cooler with adjustable shelving, display freezer with glass top sliding panels, storage freezer for holding re-stock items, display tables and shelving on north and west walls for products, two cash register tables with shelving for bags and other items. Two high quality durable “Sharp” brand cash registers with 32 categories assist with determining sales of specific products on a daily basis.
- Wash line – Complete wash line with in-feed table, washer, outfeed with sponges and rotary table made by Tew manufacturing. Very helpful for washing many different vegetable crops from tomatoes and peppers to cucumbers, summer squash, winter squash, and gourds.
- Greenhouse supplies such as tables, benches, conveyor segments (used as temporary benches), sawhorses, 3 fertigators and 4 water timers. Everything one needs for areas to grow plugs, transplants, and potted plants.
- Farmers’ Market Booth supplies – tents, weights, tables, closable flip top tote bins, display containers and slanted displays, tablecloths, liners. Everything that we take to the market on a weekly basis to run our booth.
Water Access
- Well with potable water for farm store, all 5 tunnels, and worker housing. It can also be used for the front field that currently has flowers and melons. New pump installed approximately 5 years ago.
- 1/3-acre, 11' deep pond, electricity to pump area, telephone line to pump area, pumphouse to protect pumps and sand filter from the elements, electric pump, back up gasoline powered pump, sand filter for drip system, and the ability to run water through the underground irrigation supply line or through above ground aluminum irrigation pipe. The electric pump was replaced two or three years ago. The pond is fed by multiple tile drains.
- Underground irrigation supply line that runs to property boundary with 5-acre parcel. It has 3 hydrants to run irrigation submains to anywhere on the property north of the 5 acre residential parcel.
Farmer Housing
House sits on 5-acres of land not under the conservation easement. 3-4 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms and 1 kitchen. The 1st floor has a renovated room that could be bedroom, office, or family area, bathroom, kitchen/small dining area, and a living room with refinished original wood flooring. The 2nd floor has 2 bedrooms and an office which could be a 3rd bedroom, as well as a brand new bathroom. The enclosed porch on the first floor was renovated and could be additional living/lounge area or a seed starting room.
House was built c. 1870, moved 50' onto a cement block foundation in 1961, and then renovated from basement to attic from 2022-2025. Renovations include new house support system and drainage in basement; completely new kitchen with all new appliances; completely new bathroom downstairs with tile and floor heat and washer/dryer; New electrical through the house and new hot water baseboard heating, zoned separately on second floor.
Good well with good flow rate drilled c. 2020. Septic was inspected Fall 2025 and found to be a modern septic with good leach field. Risers were added so that it is easy to pump in the future.
House is on 5 acres of prime Hoosic Gravelly loam soil and has two rental properties that generate approximately $2000/month in rental income.
Additional Property Information
The property is under a conservation easement with the Agricultural Stewardship Association (ASA), a non-profit land trust focused on conserving working farms and forests. For inquiries related to easement rights/restrictions, please see the attached conservation easement. For further questions, please contact ASA's Regional Navigator, Alexander Warshal ([email protected]), for more information.
Is the Property Conserved
Current Land Zoning
Is the property located in a NY Agricultural District?
Can the public be on the property as a part of the farm business?
Additional Information About This Property
If you're interested in learning more about this property, please call ASA Project Manager and Regional Navigator, Alexander Warshal at 518-692-7285.
