Local Farms
We spent months visiting local farms to select the finest local ingredients for use in the River Tavern kitchen. Check out our featured local farms for the current season...
Van Wie Natural Foods, Inc.
Richard Van Wie of Van Wie Natural Foods, Inc. is a farmer and butcher of local, all natural USDA certified beef, pork, chicken, turkey, lamb & goat. He raises the livestock the old fashioned way - no hormones, no antibiotics, no artificial ingredients in the feed. He grows the corn and soy supplement to pasture grass himself and grinds it three times a week. He has been farming for more than 50 years and his stock is mostly heritage breeds - the same ones his grandfather started with.
Come suport local agriculture & enjoy one of the many dishes featuring Van Wie's organic meats on your next visit to the River Tavern!
Little Seed Gardens
Little Seed Gardens is an eighty-five acre family run farm in the town of Chatham in Columbia County where we buy or specialty greens and lettuce. Claudia Kenny and Willie Denner are answering the growing demand for food that is real. In contrast to the homogenous products of today's megafarms, Little Seed offers vibrant produce that expresses the variety of Hudson Valley seasons, grown and tended with the very best agriculture practices. Come into River Tavern to enjoy fresh farm to market greens and support local sustainable agriculture.
Tune in again because our featured farms change seasonally!