Even the Largest Farm Stands Are Small Businesses . Let's Support Our Local Farmers !

Even the Largest Farm Stands Are Small Businesses . Let's Support Our Local Farmers  !

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Saturday, August 17, 2013

Peaches! Corn! Tomatoes! Eggplants! Squashes! Beans! It's high summer and the pickings are rich!

Mountain Sweet Berry has ramp "seeds".  Eckerton, Cherry Lane, Sycamore, Cheerful Cherry, Oak Grove, Stokes, and Norwich have lots of heirloom tomatoes, and eggplants are abundant at Lani, Oak Grove, Norwich, and others.
S&SO Tomatillos
Sycamore, Paffenroth, Miglorelli, and others have corn, and there are several stands, including Cheerful Cherry, Oak Grove, Terhune, Caradonna, and Locust Grove, with peak season peaches. (Locust Grove also has grapes -- first sign of a season change.) Many stands have a variety of melons, including Norwich Meadow, Oak Grove, and others.
Cherry Lane San Marzano tomatoes
Mountain Sweet Berry, Phillips, Caradonna, and Fantasy fruit have berries, and currants are also available at a couple of stands, including Phillips.
Phillips currants
Gorgeous beans can be found at Lani, Norwich, and others, and Paffenroth has a wide variety of carrots and onion family vegetables.

Violet Hill has lamb, pork, and chickens, as well as whole rabbits and rabbit parts.  Quattro's and Hudson Valley Duck Farm have poultry, and Hudson Valley has a new item, ground duck!

To see these and other stands and produce:  Saturday Greenmarket

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