About us
Ed and Rebecca Staehr started Cayuga Pumpkin Barn in 2008, an offshoot of our field crop farm, Staehr Family Farm. Ed is the third generation of the Staehr family to work this land.
Ed and Rebecca each grew up on dairy farms in New York State, and are pretty sure that the "farming bug" is in their blood. We have both worked in the agricultural service industry, including for Cornell Cooperative Extension.
Our mission is to farm in a way that supports our family, while acting as stewards of the environment.
When we started growing pumpkins, some of our family were a little skeptical about what we'd do with all those pumpkins! But, we've met some great neighbors, as well as people just passing through the area, who've become wonderful supporters and customers. Each year, we grow a few more kinds of produce and upgrade our 150-year-old former-dairy barn. We are slowly transforming the farm.
We hope to build a farm business that is sustainable, so that it can be taken up by the next generation and the land will remain in agriculture.
Ed and Rebecca each grew up on dairy farms in New York State, and are pretty sure that the "farming bug" is in their blood. We have both worked in the agricultural service industry, including for Cornell Cooperative Extension.
Our mission is to farm in a way that supports our family, while acting as stewards of the environment.
When we started growing pumpkins, some of our family were a little skeptical about what we'd do with all those pumpkins! But, we've met some great neighbors, as well as people just passing through the area, who've become wonderful supporters and customers. Each year, we grow a few more kinds of produce and upgrade our 150-year-old former-dairy barn. We are slowly transforming the farm.
We hope to build a farm business that is sustainable, so that it can be taken up by the next generation and the land will remain in agriculture.
