Google filtered my review, so I have no choice but to post it on this unclaimed Yelp page.
My family and I came here on a Monday for the first time to pick blueberries. Though it was a holiday weekend, it was not crowded. It was a fun family event and it would have been the perfect day had it not been for the exchange between the owner and I at the very end (please read 'til the end).
When we went to weigh and pay for the berries, they saw that my mother had picked off one of the blueberry stems. The lady at the counter then very sternly said, "THIS IS NOT OKAY" (because it ruins the crops), to which the few people sitting on the side said, "Can you read???" They pointed to the lopsided sign - I acknowledged it and apologized. She repeated that it was not okay several times.
The lady continued on to say, "You're gonna make that man over there with the beer very upset." I looked over at him and apologized again. They fined us $5 for the branch that they took back, which was okay with us of course. Even so, the people on the side (whom I can only assume is the family that owns this farm) kept talking amongst themselves giving off a hostile energy, though I understand they were probably frustrated with people not reading the signs and breaking this rule.
What I do not understand is what transpired next. Let me indicate that there was no escalation at this point on our part. We recognized our mistake, apologized and paid the fine. There was no yelling. Keep in mind, English being my parents' second language, they kept smiling and thanking them, not knowing that the way they were speaking to us was actually quite rude.
After paying, as we were walking away to leave, the white man with the beer looked at me and said something like "looks like there'll be a lynching today at 5'o clock. is it 5'o clock yet?" I actually looked at the clock and it was almost 4pm. I said, "What?" and he said, "HAVE A NICE DAY" in a weirdly menacing way. He was smiling as he said it but this exchange was extremely unpleasant and if this is his idea of a joke, I understand now what kind of establishment this is.
I was taken aback and did not know how to respond nor did I want to as this was the end of our visit. I was so shocked I thought I must've heard him incorrectly. I wondered if it was even necessary to explain to my Chinese parents what a lynching was and what he had said to me. As I am writing this, I believe people who work for them will know exactly who I am talking about.
In hindsight, I am not sure they would have spoken to us in a manner as condescending if we weren't Asian. And they probably wouldn't have thought the need to repeatedly show us how upset they were about the stem. I did not want to write this review because we did have a good time, but I will not be supporting people like this. I would not have written this review if it were not for the lynching comment.
It looks like this farm, seemingly owned by a white family, gets a lot of visitors of Asian descent and I hope they read this and can safely assume that the owner(s) are racist. I wonder if there had been more exchanges like this one between Asian visitors and the owners. Maybe the language barrier prevented them from truly knowing and writing negative reviews like this one. read more
