To our black friends: we see you. we are holding you in our heart so big now and always. We love you, I love you. we are so sorry for all this hurt and heart ache and callousness. We will fight to dismantle white supremacy forever and in all that we do. We love you. For our white friends, please read and listen and think: An excerpt from our weekly postcard writing group: We have a different sort of ask this week. […]
May 2020 At Redbyrd we are always looking to improve our orchard system. Experimenting with and discovering new ideas, and ways of management has always been interesting to us. One of those ideas is the quest of finding and breeding new varieties. For years we have found, propagated, named and distributed our favorite wild found varieties. These apples Gnarled Chapman, Redbyrd Bitter, Searsburg Cherry Bomb , Barn Hill Sharp are all treasures bred by nature, selected by us for their flavor and […]
Ithaca Area Peeps: You can order Redbyrd Orchard Cider right from our online shop and choose the Local Delivery Option for pick up on Thursdays at PressBay Food Hub…. here’s more info From the website: Curbside Food Hub in Downtown Ithaca A distribution option for area farmers and Free Food Pantry FARMS TO ORDER FROM EACH WEEK Free Food Pantry Mondays (3 – 5 PM) Customer Pick Ups Weekly on Thursdays (3-7 PM) 110-1 Green St., Ithaca (PressBay Court) curbside We are committed to keeping food flowing through […]
Hello Savvy Cider Fans, Redbyrd’s fermentation process and style has always been in the category of low-intervention cider making or as we […]
Thank You Everyone!!! For attending our wonderful Wassail on January 17th, It was a beautiful evening full of cider, singing, music, bonfires, candles and […]
Our county, Tompkins County of New York State, has declared today officially Indigenous Peoples’ Day. Our orchards (in Schuyler and in Tompkins County) are both on what are the traditional Cayuga Nation lands of the Haudenosaunee. It is our hope that someday we can be a part of land reparations. In a small (too small we will admit) step towards that we at Redbyrd Orchard Cider have made a commitment beginning August 20th of 2019 to give a portion of every non-alcohol […]
Hello All! We’re excited to have another harvest season upon us AND getting ready for Finger Lakes Cider Week. Redbyrd’s featured events […]
The last two tanks of our 2017 cider are finishing up their fermentation as we speak. What an awesome year it was […]
Come Cider With Us!!!! Find out where Redbyrd will be during Cider Week FLX 2017 FRIDAY 9/29: Meet the Cider Makers at […]
