Cahoon Farms Inc

Donald Cahoon Sr. purchased the original 100-acre home farm in 1943 located in western New York State, near Lake Ontario, just outside the small village of Wolcott. It is situated on some of the best fruit growing property in the world. Donald Sr. was a graduate of Cornell University with a degree in agriculture. With his wife Marjorie, they raised 10 children on the homestead. The farm.s original products were general agriculture. Donald Sr. soon decided to focus on growing only fruit. He eventually realized that in order to obtain the best return for his fruit, he needed to market his fruit in processed form to area bakeries. He then set out traveling upstate New York in his panel truck delivering to bakeries, while Marjorie took care of the books and those 10 kids. In the early 1960.s, Mrs. Smith bakery was rapidly expanding their apple pie sales and was searching for a company that could supply processed apples. Cahoon Farms small processing plant was selected and a long-standing relationship was created. Cahoon farms produced apples and later red sour pitted (RSP) cherries for Mrs. Smith Bakeries.