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Applefest Brings Community Together Amid Weak Apple Harvest
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Even amid a frost-induced weak apple harvest and Homecoming festivities, this year’s Applefest saw a successful turnout.
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Even amid a frost-induced weak apple harvest and Homecoming festivities, this year’s Applefest saw a successful turnout.
The 40th annual Apple Harvest Festival kicked off Cider Week New York this weekend, featuring local vendors and live performances.
Students and residents flooded Ithaca Commons this weekend for the 39th Annual Apple Harvest Festival — popularly known as Applefest.
In true Ithaca fashion, Apple Harvest Festival is something caught between a nostalgic, agrarian county fair and an eclectic, trendy Brooklyn food festival. It’s a celebration of all things apple — apple pies, apple cider and candied apples — but more than that, it’s a celebration of the Finger Lakes area and the people who shape it. With millions of acres of farmland (52,000 of which are devoted exclusively to apple orchards), Upstate New York is a mecca for farmers, chefs, bakers and wine makers who come together one weekend in late September to share their passion for food with the masses.
This past weekend, the Sun dining department’s writers ventured out to the 37th Annual Apple Harvest Festival to experience one of the most iconic food festivals Ithaca has to offer. We’ve recounted some of our most memorable moments and favorite delectable delights from the event, noting local favorites and treats from farmers far and wide.
Crowds of people gathered in the Ithaca Commons this weekend for Tompkins County’s Apple Harvest Festival, an annual celebration of New York’s apple growers and cider makers.
AppleFest: the festival of the season that symbolizes the arrival of Fall in Ithaca, gathering bakers, food truckers, farmers, foodies and critics alike to the festival of apple lovers.