In 2010, NOFA-NY hosted its first ever Locavore Challenge to run throughout the month of September. Planning for the 2011 Locavore Challenge is already underway. The goal is to have more than 4,000 participants throughout the state involved in this event. For more information or to volunteer to help, please contact Lea Kone. To learn more about The Northeast Read more
Slow Food Saratoga Region is looking to put together a group of passionate cooks to share their passion with others and volunteer their time to teach others how to cook tasty, easy meals with local ingredients. If you’re interested in participating, send us a message here!
Community Supported Agriculture Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) is a unique collaboration connecting people to a local farm and farmer. When you become a CSA member, you agree to support the costs of running the farm in exchange for a share of the harvest. By contributing a membership fee in advance, you become a partner with Read more
Community Supported Agriculture Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) is a unique collaboration connecting people to a local farm and farmer. When you become a CSA member, you agree to support the costs of running the farm in exchange for a share of the harvest. By contributing a membership fee in advance, you become a partner with Read more
Wild mushrooms Jeremy Zehr Ghent 672-4869
190 acre former dairy farm in the rolling hills of Shushan. We have now grown hydroponic vegetables for the past 15 years. We grow all natural tomatoes, basil, lettuce, spinach, arugula and a variety of other herbs utilizng organic practices and IPM throu Phyllis Underwood Shushan 854-9564 peunderwood@wildblue.net
Cheese products: Fresh chevre in several flavors, and White Lily, a ripened white-rind cheese, all made from our own farmstead Nubian goat’s milk. Carriage House, a raw milk, 6-month aged cheese available seasonally. Jeffrey Bowers Argyle 692-7445 jeffrey.bowers@sweetspringfarm.com
See us at the Glens Falls, Saratoga, and Warrensburg Farmers’ Markets. 25 years of operation in diversified vegetables, bedding plants, and ornamentals. Come to the farm to pick your own vegetables in August and September. Steve & Dee Stevens Argyle 638-8879 deidre@wildblue.net
Providing in season, fresh vegetables, herbs and fruits. Jim & Melissa Stannard Johnsonville 677-8683 StannardFarm@MSN.com
Sheldon Farms is a sixth-generation Washington County family farm specializing in potatoes (over a dozen varieties), famous sweet corn, maple syrup, pumpkins and fall ornamental, cut flowers and a host of summer vegetables. Our farmstore is open mid-June thru mid-October. Called “the most interesting farmstand in Washington County,” It offers everything you need for a Read more
Slow Food is an idea, a way of living and a way of eating. It is a global, grassroots movement with thousands of members around the world that links the pleasure of food with a commitment to community and the environment.
Food is a common language and has the power to bring people together. Slow Food Saratoga not only envisions a world in which all people have food that is good for them and the planet, but also aims to unite our community through the local food and growers that sustain us.
Supporting Ethical Food
