FREE! Farms • Farmers’ Markets • Stores • Activities • Restaurants • Events PURE CATSKILLS 2010 - 2011 GUIDE TO FARM FRESH PRODUCTS WWW.BUYPURECATSKILLS.COM Serving the New York State counties of: Delaware • Greene • Otsego • Schoharie • Sullivan • Ulster CATSKILL HARVEST MARKET Farm Market * Gourmet Grocery * Garden Center The Catskills’ premier source for local farm-fresh food & garden products. Open Daily www.CatskillHarvest.com 2758 State Route 52, Liberty, NY 12754 845.292.3838 www.buypurecatskills.com 1 PUBLISHING BUY FRESH. BUY LOCAL. Publishing services provided by About us About our logo Luminary Publishing, Pure Catskills is a buy local cam- Developed from the 1940’s era label Publishers of Chronogram paign that promotes farm and food of the Walton-Hamden Cauliflower 314 Wall Street businesses in the Catskill Region. Grower’s Cooperative, the Pure Kingston, NY 12401 Our goal is to increase support of Catskills logo is a celebration of our Tel (845) 334-8600 the local food system. This guide is www.chronogram.com created in collaboration with farmers regional heritage. From the 1920s to and purveyors of fresh food across 1940s, local cauliflower was shipped Publisher Delaware, Greene, Otsego, Scho- in huge quantities via rail and high- Jason Stern harie, Sullivan and Ulster Counties. way to ready metropolitan markets, Advertising Sales When farms thrive, our communities making the Catskills synonymous with benefit in many ways. Eva Tenuto fine quality produce. The image of the Rita Adami Why buy local food? logo exemplifies the long tradition of quality products from a working land- Production & Design Director IT TASTES BETTER. Kristen Miller Food that is grown closer to home is scape here in the Catskill Region. fresher and tastes better. Photographs For more information All photos by IT IS BETTER FOR YOU. Ulla Kjarval Fresher food has more nutritional Visit us online at www.buypure- value. catskills.com and join our e-mail news- Production Designers IT creates ACCOUntability. letter list, view extended member Adie Russell, Kerry Tinger Farmers take responsibility for food listings, find the latest calendar dates, that they sell directly to consumers Editorial & Advertising news clippings, maps and to sign up who in turn know and trust the source Consultant for next year’s guide. of their food. Challey Comer Direct questions about Pure Catskills IT supports ThE LOCAL Printing ECOnOMY. to Challey Comer by e-mail at Kenyon Press Inc. Buying from local farmers ensures [email protected] or by that rural farming phone at (607) 865-6090, ext. 217. communities survive. • Support for this project comes SPONSORED BY IT PROTECTS ThE EnvIROnMEnT. from Pure Catskills members, Catskill Well-managed farms must maintain Mountain Foundation and the Water- ecosystems that plants, animals and shed Agricultural Council. humans inhabit. • Pure Catskills is an economic initia- IT PRESERvES ThE WORKIng tive of the Watershed Agricultural LAndSCAPE. Council. WAC is a not-for-profit orga- Watershed Agricultural Council The sustainability of farming prevents nization whose mission is to support 44 West Street, Suite 1 unwanted and excessive development. Walton, NY 13856-2500 IT IS part OF OUR culture. the economic viability of agriculture (607) 865-7090 Losing our farmers would compro- and forestry through the protection www.nycwatershed.org mise an essential part of our cultural of water quality and the promotion heritage. of land conservation in the New York IT IS An InvESTMEnT In ThE City watershed region. WAC is funded FUTURE. by the New York City Department This year, our agricultural imports of Environmental Protection, the exceeded the value of our exports. A www.chronogram.com safe food system supports local farm- U.S. Department of Agriculture and ers so that we can feed ourselves for other public, foundation, and private generations to come. sources. 2 Pure Catskills 2010-2011 Guide to Farm Fresh Products A letter from Challey Comer TABLE OF Welcome to the 2010 – 2011 CONTENTS Pure Catskills Guide to Farm Fresh Products! e are excited to bring you this, the seventh edition, of our buy local guide. With nearly 200 farm and food Wbusinesses included, the Guide becomes a more comprehensive resource each year. It is an exciting time for local food in the Catskills. Com- munities across the region are starting community gardens, organizing farm-to-school collaborations, sustaining farmers’ markets and welcoming new farmers and food entrepreneurs to their villages. Each of these efforts strengthen the con- Farms & Retail nections between our agricultural communities and our local Members .................. 4 economies. Pure Catskills is just one component of the work done through Farmers’ the Farm to Market Program at the Watershed Agricultural Markets .................... 4 Council. Through this program, our organization works to sup- port the economic viability of agriculture in the greater New Restaurants & York City Watershed region. We organize events and work- Lodging .................... 4 shops for food-based businesses; build business connections between growers and buyers; and support the development Food Organizations 4 of regional projects that benefit farmers. Similar opportunities ................... 4 are available for forestry businesses including a Pure Catskills Activities branding campaign for forest products and business listings at growing Season www.catskillwoodnet.org. Calendar ................... 4 This year’s guide features the photographs of artist and de- signer Ulla Kjarval. Ulla’s family owns Spring Lake Farm in Products Index ........ 4 East Meredith where they raise pastured sheep and beef. The images featured are also posted at Ulla’s webpage, Goldilocks Members Map ......... 4 Finds Manhattan at www.goldilocksfindsmanhattan.blogspot. com. Visit her site for seasonal recipes, updates from the farm Calendar of Events . 4 and – of course – great photos! Stay connected with Pure Catskills throughout the year by vis- iting our webpage at www.purecatskills.com or by following us on Facebook. Please contact me with any questions regard- ing Pure Catskills at (607) 865-7090 or ccomer@nycwatershed. org. Thank you for your interest in supporting local food in the Catskills! Pure Catskills is a Buy Fresh Buy Local (R) Chapter through Food Challey Comer Routes, our national partner. Farm to Market Manager, Watershed Agricultural Council www.buypurecatskills.com 3 FARMS & RETAIL MEMBERS Farms & Retail Abundance Farms Adams Fairacre Farms Apple Pond Farm and Terry hAnnUM RTE 9W Renewable Energy 230 ROSES BROOK ROAd KIngSTOn, nY 12449 Education Center SOUTh KortrighT, nY 13842 (845) 336-6300 SOnjA hEdLUnd (607) 538-1836 A family-owned farm market/garden 80 hAhn ROAd [email protected] center. Featuring Hudson Valley CALLICOOn CEnTER, nY 12724 Small farm stand with eggs, starter products, a vast selection of fresh (845) 482-4764 he3irloom vegetable plants, fresh produce, meats, cheeses, fish, deli, [email protected] herbs, young trees, herb plants and gourmet grocery items, sweets and Enjoy a farm vacation year-round seasonal organic produce. E-mail to more. Open 7 days. in our three-bedroom guest house. request tour and vegetable-fruit tree www.adamsfarms.com Try free-range eggs, goat milk and tutoring. garden vegetables. Participate in farm chores. Dogs are welcome! 4 Pure Catskills 2010-2011 Guide to Farm Fresh Products Cattle at Applegarth Farms Farms & Retail Ulla Kjarval Arcadian Pastures dEBRA & LAUREnT dAnThInE 591 SAddLEMIRE hILL Rd SLOAnSvILLE, nY 12160 (518) 339-6076 [email protected] Heritage breed, grass-fed livestock farm. On-farm butcher shop allows us to sell the best, freshest, custom cuts of our meats. 100% grass-finished beef, pastured pork, lamb, chicken, duck, goose, rabbit, turkey and a full-line of our homemade artisanal sausages. www.arcadianpastures.com Barber’s Farm jIM & CIndY BARBER 3722 State ROUTE 30 MIddLEBURgh, nY 12122 (518) 827-5454 Vegetables: fresh, homegrown and hand-harvested. Vibrant herbs, sweet fruits, flowers and plants. Bustling farm market and greenhouses with friendly staff, bushels of produce. A 6th-generation family farm famous for melons, potatoes and sweet corn (insecticide-free). Over 100 variet- ies of homegrown produce. U-pick tomatoes, peppers and eggplant. (3 1/2 miles south of Middleburgh). www.barbersfarm.com Just two hours from NYC! We also Maryland, nY 12116 Bearkill Road Maple Products sell horses, lamb, goats, eggs and (607) 638-5784 dAvId CAMMER wool. Visit our webpage or see the [email protected] 440 BEARKILL ROAd calendar section for more informa- Know where your food comes from! gILBOA, nY 12076 tion on year-round programming for At Applegarth we’ve been raising (607) 588-6057/6257 adults and children: workshops on animals naturally and humanely for Maple syrup available for retail or wool, cheesemaking and renewable over thirty years. Place your order for wholesale. Dave Cammer and Jake energy. beef, poultry, lamb or pork or select Laban are the operators. Available www.applepondfarm.com from our farm store freezers. Apple- through RSK Farms in Prattsville, NY, garth also boards horses and offers Rexcroft Farms in Athens, NY, and Stonehedge Farms-CSA in Cairo, NY. Applegarth Farm wool and wool products for sale. www.applegarthfarms.com ALLISOn jOnES 137 AxTELL ROAd www.buypurecatskills.com 5 FARMS & RETAIL MEMBERS Beaver Dam Brook Farms also produce maple syrup and maple Brovetto Dairy & Cheese Matt BURnS products. All