From a single produce stand in 1919, Adams Fairacre Farms in Poughkeepsie grew into a full market with bakery, deli, seafood, and garden center.
Ralph and Mary Adams borrowed $500 in 1919 to buy 50 acres on Dutchess Turnpike and start selling produce to other retailers. What started as a produce stand grew because customers kept asking for more: first cheese and meat, then a full deli, until gradually it became one of the Hudson Valley's most-visited grocery stores, with produce, a bakery, a rotisserie deli, a seafood counter, a cheese section, a flower shop, and a garden center all under one roof.
That growth came from four generations responding to what customers wanted, not a corporate expansion plan. Nearly every department carries something made or grown within a short drive: Hudson Valley apples, local honey, regional cheeses, vegetables from neighboring farms.
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