A Special FILM Event Coming to The

This Month’s Member Special Events

August 30th - October 11th September 12th and 13th Bethel Woods Harvest Festival season Harvest Festival, Farmer’s Museum, Cooperstown www.bethelwoodscenter.org www.farmersmuseum.org September 5th September 19th Bovina Farm Day, Sunflower Farm, Bovina Susquehanna Valley Garlic Festival Contact Evelyn Stewart at (607) 832-4418 Wood Bull Antiques, Milford www.svgarlicfestival.com September 5th Ecoheritage Festival, Ashokan Center, Ashokan September 26th and 27th www.ashokancenter.org Fall Harvest Festival, Maple Hill Farm, Cobleskill www.maplehillfarms.biz www.purecatskills.com September 6th Farm Fair at West Kortright Center, East Meredith September 26th www.westkc.org Cauliflower Festival, Margaretville espite one of the rainiest summers on record, this fall is still packed www.cauliflowerfestival.org September 6th Dwith celebrations of the fall harvest. Take a look at the upcoming Trailer Talk at Callicoon Farmer’s Market, Callicoon September 26th opportunities in our region. www.sabrinaartel.com Opening Day at Maple Shade Farm www.mapleshadefarmny.com September 7th What’s inside: Slow Food Upper Delaware River Valley September 26th Eat-In for School Lunch Reform Jennie Bell Pie Festival, Kelder’s Farm, Accord • Get Fresh with Buy Local Month this September www.slowfoodupderiva.org www.kelderfarm.com • “Food, Inc.” comes to the Catskills September 17th and 20th September 8th September 27th • Share a whole animal buying guide with freezer beef and pork customers Put Some Poultry in Your Pasture, Scarecrow Festival, Stamford • Sales opportunity with institutional buyers in Delaware County NOFA-NY Field Day, Stony Creek Farm, Walton Contact Diane Frances at (607) 538-9707 www.nofany.org or www.stonycreekfarm.org • Photos of local business members in action • A full calendar of local festivals and educational events

A special film event coming to the Catskills! Nonprofit org US Postage Paid n Food, Inc., filmmaker Robert Kenner lifts the veil on our nation’s food industry, Walton NY Iexposing the highly mechanized underbelly that’s been hidden from the American Permit No. 250 consumer with the consent of our government’s regulatory agencies. Our nation’s food 33195 State Hwy. 10 Walton, New York 13856 supply is now controlled by a handful of corporations that often put profit ahead of consumer health, the livelihood of the American farmer, the safety of workers and our own environment. We have bigger-breasted chickens, the perfect pork chop, insecticide- resistant soybean seeds, even tomatoes that won’t go bad, but we also have new strains of E. coli — the harmful bacteria that causes illness for an estimated 73,000 Americans annually. We are riddled with widespread obesity, particularly among children, and an epidemic level of diabetes among adults. Featuring interviews with such experts as Eric Schlosser (Fast Food Nation), Michael Pollan (The Omnivore’s Dilemma) along with forward thinking social entre- preneurs like Stonyfield Farms’ Gary Hirschberg and Polyface Farms’ Joe Salatin, Food, Inc. reveals surprising — and often shocking truths — about what we eat, how it’s produced, who we have become as a nation and where we are going from here.

Hungry for change? Get your tickets now for the following local screenings:

• September 17th, South side Mall, Oneonta • September 20th, Walton Theater, Walton

Each screening starts at 7 pm. Tickets are available for $8 by calling Liz at (607) 278-5427. Events are sponsored through the Pure Catskills Buy Local campaign, an economic initiative of the Watershed Agricultural Council. The WAC is funded by New This event is part of Catskills Buy Local Month – learn more inside! York City Department of Environmental Protection, U.S. Department of Agriculture and other federal, foundation and private sources. The WAC is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer. September is Buy Local Month in the Catskills! Members Shine at Summer Events ure Catskills is teaming up with Farm Catskills for a month-long Pcelebration of the bounty of foods available and the multitude of great events happening in September! We’re asking members of our community to show their commitment to local farms and fresh foods by taking the Buy Local Challenge, a pledge to spend $10 each week on local food for the month of September – or even longer! Our goal is to sign on 500 community members by September 30th. In October, we’ll celebrate the thousands of dollars pledged toward our local businesses.

Buy Local Month kicks-off at Farm Fair to be held on Sunday, Sep- Ublf!uif Cvz!Mpdbm!Dibmmfohf Find out more about Buy Local Month Lonny Schaefer of Catskill Cattle in tember 6 from 2:30 to 7:00 pm at the West Kortright Centre, East Meredith.cz!qmfehjoh!up!tqfoe Throughout September,at www.buypurecatskills.com Buy Local Month Carol Clement of Heather Ridge %21!b!xffl or visit the following September events: Deposit sells local beef and veg- po!mpdbm!gppe!gps!uif! Farm (center) greets customers representatives will ask residents at local farmers markets and seasonal festivals to take the9/5 EcoHeritage Buy Festival, AshokanLocal Center, Ashokan, Challenge. Ulster County npouiÒps!mpohfs etables in the Agricultural Aware- 9/6 Farm Fair, West Kortright Center, East Meredith, Delaware County Members of the Slow Food 9/12 Pakatakan Farmer’s Market, Halcottsville, Delaware County at her recently opened Bee’s Interested in getting involved? 9/12–13 Harvest Festival, Farmer’s Museum, Cooperstown, Otsego County Upper Delaware River ness area at the Delaware County 9/13 A Taste of Sullivan, Bethel Woods, Bethel, Sullivan County Knees Café in Preston Hollow, Contact Challey Comer at [email protected] or (607) 865-7090; we’ll mail a9/20 packet Earth Day, Bethel Woods, of Bethel, promotional Sullivan County materials Valley Chapter judge the Fair. 9/20 Susquehanna Garlic Festival, Wood Bull Antiques, Schoharie County. to you for use at your business or event. Buy Local Month posters, Buy Local Challenge Milford, Otsegopledge County cards, ideas for $10 9/26 Cauliﬂ ower Festival, Margaretville, Delaware County professional entries to the purchases and fliers are available to share with your neighbors and customers. 9/27 Scarecrow Festival, Stamford, Delaware County cook-off contest at “The Buy Local Month is a collaboration of Farm Catskills, Pure Catskills and Food Routes.

Pledge today! Sign up online at www.buypurecatskills.com. Events are sponsored through the Pure Catskills Buy Local campaign, an economic initiative of the Watershed Agricultural Council. The WAC is funded by New York City Department of Environmental Protection, U.S. Department of Agriculture and other federal, foundation and private sources. Great Zucchini Challenge” The WAC is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer. at the Cutting Garden in Youngsville, Sullivan Upcoming Educational Events County. Farmer’s Marketing Meeting Tuesday, September 15th, from 7 to 9 pm, Delaware Youth Center, Callicoon Free; registration is recommended. Buying and selling local produce is the focus of this increasingly important discussion. Farmers, businesses and Opportunities and Resources consumers are encouraged to attend the “Farmer’s Marketing” event. The pros and cons of “Local” will be fleshed Institutional sales opportunity out by area business owners and farmers who have successfully engaged in buying and selling local. Bring your Delaware County Office of the Aging and Delaware Opportunities are seeking local produce for use in their commu- questions and your business cards as we grow these opportunities to help each other prosper. Panelists will in- nity food programs. This is an excellant opportunity for regional fruit and vegetable producers looking to make con- clude representatives from local grocery chain, Peck’s Markets; Chef Pete Schott of Restaurant 15 Main; Farmer nections with new sales outlets. Produce is sought for senior meals located in Delhi, Walton, Sidney, Hancock, Grand Greg Swartz of Willow Wisp Organic Farm; market manager Denise Frangipane of the Bethel Woods Harvest Gorge or Margaretville. Volume sought is between 10 and 15 pounds of each product available weekly. Fair market Festival and Challey Comer of Pure Catskills. The event is sponsored by The Sullivan County Division of Plan- prices will be paid. For more information, contact Americorps Volunteer Liz Sigler at (908) 447-2593 or ning and Environmental Management. [email protected]. For more information or to register, contact Heather Jacksy at (845) 807-0527 or [email protected]. Online event submission Sustainable Development and Land Conservation: A morning with Ed McMahon A new resource is available at www.buypurecatskills.com – public event submission! Organizers of farm or food-related Saturday, September 26th, 9:00 am to 12:00 pm, CVI Building, Liberty events are invited to share information about their upcoming events for publication on the Pure Catskills Webcalendar. $10 per person; advanced registration is required. The public submission form is available in the Calendar section of the front page of www.buypurecatskills.com. Ed McMahon is an author, attorney, lecturer, and expert in green and sustainable development practices, community planning, growth management, land conservation, urban design, and historic preservation. He will Consumer meat-buying guide explore how new development can be made more attractive, efficient, profitable, and environmentally sensible, as As fall approaches, livestock producers across the region will be connecting with consumers interested in purchas- well as the importance of maintaining our downtown districts. ing whole or halves of local meat. University of Iowa Extension recently published a guide to help guide consumers The event is sponsored by Delaware Highlands Conservancy (DHC), Sullivan Renaissance and New York through the use, storage and preparation of whole animal purchases. Producers may also consider using the publication City Department of Environmental Protection. to help clients make smart buying decisions that keep them coming back. For more information or to register, contact DHC at (845) 807-0535 or [email protected]. The guide is available as a free download at www.extension.iastate.edu/store/ItemDetail.aspx?ProductID=13056 No Internet access? Contact Challey Comer at (607) 865-7090 and we’ll mail you a copy.