Jim Bittner
President and General Manager, Bittner-Singer Orchards
Appointing Authority: Minority Leader of the NYS Senate
County of Residence: Niagara
Board term ends 2030
Advisory Board
Jim Bittner is the managing partner of Bittner-Singer Orchards, a 400 acre fruit farm located in Northern Niagara County in Appleton, NY. The farm currently grows apples (including some organically), sweet cherries, tart cherries, peaches, plums, apricots and nectarines. Markets for the fruit include U-pick, Buffalo Market, delivering to retail farmers markets, servicing CSAs, and supermarket deliveries. Bittner is a first generation farmer. Previous to Singer Farms, Mr. Bittner was a partner in Retawta Farms, an 80-cow dairy. He received his BS degree from Cornell University.
