Sunshine Valley Organic Berry Farm

02/20/2026

Dear Friends,

After 20 wild, wonderful, and wacky years, Rob and I are looking to retire from the farming life and we are seeking Sunshine Valley Berry Farm's next stewards.

We have engaged William Brokhof of Vermont Backcountry Real Estate to broker the sale for us. All inquiries about the sale need to go through him at the outset. Showings will begin Feb 24th.

Please reach out to William if you have questions or would like to schedule a time to see it. He can can be reached by email at [email protected] or by phone at 802-431-7006.

You can enjoy a description of our Farm and our lovely Village of Rochester on his website, with photos, at this link: https://www.vermontbackcountryrealestate.com/rochester-vermont-farm-for-sale

Thank you all for tuning in, showing up, taste-testing raw honey, and last but not least… picking berries (‼️) over the last 19 years. It feels like it has been a labor of love 💝, not just for us, but for all who worked for and with us, cherished friends and family who carried us through some tough times, and so many customers from near and far, many of whom became part of the fabric of our lives over the years.

And best of wishes to everyone for a peaceful and prosperous 2026!

💗🙏🏼🫐🫐🫐👍🫐🫐🫐🙏🏼💗
Patricia Rydle & Rob Meadows

Organic 11.25-acre berry farm for sale in Rochester, Vermont along scenic Route 100. Established in 2007 with 2,500 blueberry bushes, raspberries, active apiary, and a fully equipped farm stand. Includes tractors, harvesting equipment, refrigeration, drilled wells, septic systems, and an elevated ho

07/18/2025

We have BLUEBERRIES🫐👍🫐😋🫐‼️‼️
Some at the farmers market in Rochester (town green) today from 3 to 6 PM, and there are Many, MANY more at the farm please come and pick! Always check our website for picking conditions.
www.vermontberries.com

12/06/2024

Rob and I will be at our store (Sunshine Valley Berry Farm) tomorrow, Saturday-December 7th, from 10 AM to 2 PM. It will be cozy inside, with CHRISTMAS tunes playing🎄🎼 and Rob in the “warm room“ jarring honey🍯😋.
 Hope to see anyone and everyone there when you suddenly realize you absolutely need Raw HONEY (22 types from all over Vermont and neighboring states), or JAM (low-sugar, vibrant taste, blueberry or raspberry - made just seven days ago), or SYRUP “nips”, for holiday stocking stuffers!! —Or … you can get a bucket of honey, which will probably not fit in the stocking, but is a great gift too — Or … any size in between! (Did you know that honey lasts 3,000 years - stable shelf life!!)
HAPPY HOLIDAY hugs to all~🎄😊❣️
[See Website for full listing of honey types, sizes, and all prices…]

December, 2024 You can catch us on the below dates in December for sales of raw honey (22 varieties-see below!), frozen blueberries, Patricia’s famous low-sugar jam, local syrup, Vermont-made soy candles, and Vermont-themed cookbooks. We have twenty-two different vintages of honey in stock includi...

07/21/2024

It is time for BERRY PICKING!! The crop is SUPER ABUNDANT this year, it ripened EARLY, the weather and berries are GORGEOUS, and we could definitely use the HELP🙏👌🫐🫐🫐🫐🤪❤️❣️‼️
Open most days, 10-6 — (closed tomorrow Monday, 7/22) — Daily update on picking conditions and hours is via voicemail 802–767-3989 ~ See you at the farm ~ ☺️☀️

12/02/2023

Ray Charles and I tour our wee farm store 🎄😅👍❤️‼️

12/02/2023

Hello out there! It’s a bit gray and chilly outside, but it feels really sweet in our store — literally (honey, jam, syrup, frozen berries!), and figuratively. Just happy to be here with the open sign up and Christmas carols in the background and a few lovely long-time customers meandering in. We are sharing the day with some of our favorites — Ray Charles, James Taylor, Oscar Peterson, Perry Como (from my home town;), and many others!! A quick tour of our humble store is below — including Rob in the honey room — who is my true all-time favorite!
What a touching time of year, even during these difficult times in the world. Feeling so very much gratitude, and wishing everyone peaceful, happy holidays! 🙏🎄‼️

12/01/2023

Berry Farm Store is Open Saturday 10:00-3:00

Still need goodies for your holiday gifting? Sunshine Valley Berry Farm store will be open tomorrow, Saturday December 2, from 10-3.

We have a big range of raw honey, Patricia's raspberry and blueberry (low-sugar) jams, Vermont-made soy candles, and several Vermont-themed cookbooks. And of course frozen blueberries and raspberries too. A full listing of the raw honey types can be found on our website, http://vermontberries.com

If you can't come to the farm Saturday please contact Rob by email ([email protected]) or phone (802-349-6485) and we can either meet you at the farm at another time for pickup or we can ship the non-perishable items to you.

Make a day of it--drop of your recycling at the town lot and swing by the farm to pick up your gifties! We are next to the Ranger Station, half way between Rochester and Hancock.

10/28/2023

And suddenly……. PYO, in earnest.

LOTSO FALL RASPBERRIES for “Pick-Your-Own”—due to a couple days of (weird but welcome) warmth!

TODAY is LAST (official) DAY OPEN !!
10:00:- 5:00

Come and get ‘em ‼️
(plus honey, jam, syrup, and frozen berries)
~ or just come for a wee visit
❣️❤️👍😋🫐🍯🍯🍯🫐😋👍❤️❣️

10/27/2023

LAST (official) Farm DAY is tomorrow SAT‼️
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Hello~!! I have been an infrequent Facebook poster of late ~ The following is from Rob’s Front Porch Forum (FPF) post!
And, as always, the best place for daily updates (including hours—which shift in the bumper season— as well as picking conditions!) is our website: www.vermontberries.com.

Meanwhile, here is today’s post from Rob on FPF (Front Porch Forum):
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Last Day of the Season at the Berry Farm

Tomorrow, Saturday, will be the last day of the season at Sunshine Valley Berry Farm. Our hours will be 10:00 - 5:00.
We still have fall raspberries to harvest because there has not yet been a frost (it will likely come on Monday night), but Sunday and Monday will be raw and wet so we will make Saturday our season finale. As well as fresh and frozen raspberries we have plenty of frozen blueberries for your winter supply and a variety of raw honeys including some recent arrivals, notably one from the hives on the farm. Details of our twelve raw honeys can be found at www.vermontberries.com.

Thinking ahead to holiday gifts, we now carry a range of wonderful 100% soy candles made in Vermont: http://www.ardentflamecandles.com/category/all-products. What caught our eye was the Blueberry Pie Taffy variety, but they are all good.

Do come on down to the Berry Farm on Saturday to pick up your goodies and say hello!

Rob & Patricia

In traditional Vermont fashion, we are committed to keeping our product locally crafted in small batches and hand pour each candle with care. We source all of our candle materials exclusively from suppliers in the USA. Our commitment to sourcing supplies domestically stems from a desire to support o...

10/14/2023

Fall Raspberries on the shelves…
I haven’t posted in a while, because the fall raspberries were late and slow to come in for (a number of) weather-related reasons.
I am finally including photos from the last month, mostly of kind, humorous, generous, and happy customers❣️Even when the fresh berries were jus coming in, these lovely folks were ready and willing (!) to taste-test our other offerings (honey, jam, syrup), enjoy, and take some home!
We are now getting some Raspberries just a little bit more steadily, but we are still not doing “Pick Your Own” – we sell what we pick every day.
THIS WEEKEND we have additional raspberries from Edgewater Farm. They are not certified organic, but the Sprague’s have “good practices“ which bears mentioning. We purchased them because of our “less than” crop—we always make it very clear if we have non-certified organic for sale —via signs and verbally.
I will say that our own certified Golden raspberries – if there is no frost for a while longer – look like they will continue to come in nicely (just late and slow, as mentioned – I am definitely a broken record these days). I am also slow -to learn to make No promises!
And now….Onward into the day —crispy, but lovely nonetheless. Despite the challenges that mother nature throws our way, I am immensely grateful for the peace and beauty of the farm, the bees—still buzzing around our fall raspberries, all the work Rob and others have done to keep it going and afloat, and the cheerful, appreciative customers! Long days, but happy ones! 🫶✌️💪Time to run 🏃🏼‍♀️☺️❣️

Sent from Patricia's iPhone

09/04/2023

The youngest: “Dad, we have to come to Vermont more often!!”
 Happy guys with their Honey from New Hampshire ~ A Dad with 3 of his sons enjoying the last day before school…
Great family … Great finale to a gorgeous Labor Day weekend.
Happy, kind, people make it all worthwhile❣️
😊❤️🫐🍯‼️