OUR FARMERS
The DeBruce fosters relationships with our local farmers year round, but during the hight of the summer, when there are abundant offerings coming from all corners of the Catskills, we celebrate our farms! Our June 23 - September 13 Tasting Menu Progression highlights specific products from some of the below farms in each course. Other farmers listed here can also regularly be found featured on our à la Carte menu dishes. Learn a bit more about the remarkable folks who continue the region’s farming tradition below.
SOMEWHERE IN TIME FARM
Our outdoor swimming pool overlooks the valley and provides relaxation with lounge chairs. Accessible to in-house guests only. Opening for the 2025 season on May 19th.
Where to this Farmer:
Somewhere In Time Farmstore - Daily 10am - 6PM
17 Somewhere In Time Ln, Parksville, NY 12768
TONJES FARM DAIRY
3rd generation, family-run dairy farm. All products are made on the farm using milk produced by our beloved herd of Holstein cows.
Where to this Farmer:
NYC Union Square Greenmarket - Saturday
Callicoon Farmers Market - Sunday 11am - 1pm
HORAK FARM
Family owned since 1906, Horak Farm’s picturesque Shandelee location showcases old and new. In our current business since 2014, the farm grows heirloom vegetables, berries, and fruit. Seasonally available foraged foods include mushrooms, ramps, watercress, field mint, and fiddleheads. The farm’s hayfields make high quality small bale herbal high protein hay for horses and other well-loved livestock.
Where to this Farmer:
Farm stand located at Stump Pond Road & J. Young Road intersection at the rop of Shandellee Rd.
HALLORAN VENISON
Halloran Farm is approximately 130 acres, has 60 cows, 250 European Red Deer, chickens and a variety of vegetables and fruits. They utilize several hundred more acres to make hay, to keep all their animals fed throughout the winter. The Red Deer were brought in to help diversify the farm income. The farm uses all parts of the deer, and the meat is sold locally and in New York City. The antlers from the stags fall off every year and Glenn Halloram and his grandson, Jakob, together create jewelry, fire-starters, and walking sticks out of the antlers.
beaverkill trout hatchery
WILLOW WISP FARM
We are located along the Delaware River, where we grow a diverse mix of vegetables, herbs, and cut flowers on our 25 acres. Tended with care our river bottom soil grows delicious and nutrient-dense produce. As farmers, we take the long view that while growing food, we should always be improving our soil, increasing the farm’s biodiversity (above ground and below), and contributing to our community. We do this by using cover crops, crop rotation, and creating insect and wildlife habitat. We use no pesticides, herbicides, or synthetic fertilizers and we are Certified Organic by NOFA-NY Certified Organic, LLC. Diversity of crops is integral to our farming success. Not only are we able to offer a good mix of products to our customers, but diversity also helps us through weather fluctuations. Every year some crops will fail. We never know which crops will fail, but most often the conditions which cause one crop to fail will also help another crop to thrive. The diversity of plants growing also helps to increase the diversity of soil organisms.
The Land & Heritage
In the case of the Willowemoc, we have a history and legacy to honor and protect. Just upstream from the Lodge, George LaBranche cast the first American dry fly where the Mongaup Creek joins the Willowemoc. For over 125 years many have come to the valley to cast a line with great hope and patience.
“The Willowemoc is one of the most charming streams. Its variety of water is almost unlimited, and there is a really comfortable inn at Debruce where the guest is accorded that patient consideration of meals at almost any hour, served by hosts who can actually smile.”
— GENE CONNETT, EARLY 1900S (FROM LAND OF LITTLE RIVERS)