Jam, jelly, preserves and chutney made with love in Brooklyn, New York.

local.handmade.artisanal.urban

Anarchy is freedom from food tyranny.

We get around. Where are we selling jam now?

MARKETS & EVENTS

New Amsterdam Market: Starts Sunday, June 5, 11-4

Smorgasburg: Starts Saturday, May 21, 9-5

BROOKLYN

Fort Greene
>Greene Grape Provisions

Clinton Hill
>Choice Greene

Park Slope
>Blue Apron Fine Foods

Ditmas Park
>Market

Williamsburg
>Radish

>Bedford Cheese Shop

>Spuyten Duyvil Grocery

Carroll Gardens
>Court Street Grocers

>Brooklyn Farmacy & Soda Fountain

>By Brooklyn

Cobble Hill
>Cobblestone Foods

Boerum Hill
>Da Vine Provisions

Greenpoint
>Eastern District

MANHATTAN SHELVES & TABLES

>Whole Foods, all NYC locations LES Bowery, UWS, Union Square, Tribeca, Chelsea, Columbus Circle

>Murray's Cheese in the West Village & Grand Central Terminal

>Lucy's Whey in Chelsea Market

>Lafayette Espresso Bar and Marketplace in SoHo, Manhattan

>Nolita Mart in Chinatown

>Blue Ribbon Bakery in the West Village

Steve's Ice Cream in Manhattan at Bryant Park (4 East 42nd St.) and coming soon to Boerum Hill in Brooklyn (420 Atlantic Ave)

ONLINE

Buy our jam online at Sif Foods
or Murray's Cheese
or New York Mouth

Our favorite organic*, pick-your-own fruit farms in Southeast New York.

Thompson-Finch Farm
gorgeous organic strawberries and raspberries.
Ancram, NY http://thompsonfinch.com

Garden of Eve farm
vegetables, fruits and flowers. Pick-your-own and farmstand. They also have a stand at Brooklyn's McCarren Park Farmer’s Market.
North Fork, Long Island http://www.gardenofevefarm.com

Fishkill Farms
apples, peaches, cherries! Hopewell Jct., NY http://www.fishkillfarms.com

Handsome Brook Farm
raspberries and tomatoes. Franklin, NY www.handsomebrookfarm.com

Fix Brothers Orchards
cherries (sweet, sour or black), peaches and apples. NOT certified organic, but the best cherries, including the rare dark-red morello cherry! A beautiful spot overlooking the Hudson River.
Hudson, NY  Phone: (518) 828-7560

Liberty View Farm
fruit, vegetable, and honey.
Highland, NY

Montgomery Place Orchards
all kinds of fruit, especially great for heirloom varieties. A beautiful spot near the Hudson River and the pretty towns of Red Hook & Rhinebeck.
Annandale-On-Hudson, NY 
Phone: (845)758.6338

*growing organic fruit in the NE is very hard, and therefore there are very few farms that do it, hence the inclusion of low-spray. We feel that local trumps organic: support your local farms!

Local Fruit Harvesting Dates
Tart Cherries: July 1-July 25
Blueberries: July 15-August 25
Summer Raspberries: July 15-August 15
Apples: Mid-July-Late October
Fall Raspberries: Sept 3-Oct 31 (or hard freeze)

Need some jam RIGHT NOW? Do you live in Brooklyn or lower Manhattan? We can deliver the goods to your door via our bike, Bluebell.

It's a recession, people, and eating out is so passe. That's why Traffic Jam is here to rock your Sunday morning.

For details and to place an order, visit the "Get Jam" page.

"Tumultuously tasty." ~Edible Brooklyn

"extraordinary preserves." ~Julia Moskin, New York Times

"In Laena McCarthy's hands, chaos is sweet." ~Tasting Table

"exceptional Strawberry Balsamic Jam." ~Cool Hunting

"a delicious and quirky play at locavorianism." ~MadeMan

"The first bite was so good, saliva literally sprayed out of my mouth." ~Halle

"Nom Nom." ~Holly

"It's amore!" ~pseudo-Italian guy

"Totally rad." ~jam loving hipster

"I've been dreaming about your jam." ~ Caroline

"Nothing compares to you." ~JB

Go to our FAQs page where the jam queens answer your most intimate jam questions and expel deceitful rumors.

Find out the answers to such zingers as:

Q: What’s the difference between jam, jelly, preserves, marmalade and conserves?

Q: What’s pectin?

Q: What’s an “heirloom”?

Q:Can jam kill you?

>Tasting Table -- Jam Wow

>Edible Brooklyn -- When Canning Became Cool

>Cool Hunting

>New York Times Style Magazine--Holiday Gift Guide: Group Therapy

>Heritage Radio Network -- Happy New Year with Let's Eat In (radio broadcast)
>New York Times -- Future by Hand

>New York Times -- We Jammin'

>Heritage Radio "Spicy vs. Sweet"

>New Yorker
>The Greenpoint Gazette

>Edible Manhattan

>Not Eating Out in New York

>NBC "Want This"

>Brian Lehrer Show on WNYC

>Pivot Zine

>The Haystack Needle

>The Brooklyn Paper

>-Ing and Things "hot dang! it's jam!" (jam class review)

>Giver's Log