(Courtney Diener-Stokes / For MediaNews Group) If you’d like to devote a day to apple picking for the ultimate fall experience, you can head to Frecon Farms in Boyertown where you can pick ...

Climbers struggle as their teammates climb on their shoulders during the greased pole competition at the 2022 Italian Market Festival. (Erin Blewett for Billy Penn) This week, we’re looking at ...

On Thursdays and Fridays Forte’s Fresh Burger Stop courtesy of Damon Forte will be on site and every day Frecon Farms will offer cider and Winding Path Brewing Company will be selling beers. Jamaican ...

My thirsty search was aided by some Oley Valley High School senior students, who were serving apple cider from two local orchards, Beekman and Frecon Farms. Not knowing which brand I was sampling, I ...

After two decades in agriculture and landscape design, Jennifer Villa has a new vision for local farming in Connecticut: Grow crops, run a co-op farm stand and operate a mobile farmers market, too.

But over time, hard cider fell out of favor, and Prohibition delivered a real blow to the industry. Now the alcoholic drink is staging a comeback. Frecon Farms in Boyertown, which has acres of ...

Participating cideries will include Big Hill Ciderworks of Gardners, Dressler Estate of Downingtown, Frecon Farms of Boyertown, Jack’s Hard Cider of Gettysburg, Hale & True Cider Co. of ...

BOYERTOWN, Pa. — The rain was steady and looked like it might put a damper on the specialty crop tour for young growers scheduled for the morning of May 16 at Frecon Farms, an orchard in eastern Berks ...

“It’s kind of neat that the original beverage is coming back,” agreed Jamie Bock, cider maker at Frecon Farms in Boyertown. Using Frecon apples, including old cider varieties, he bottles ...