GardenShare News

6/20/2008
EBT Dollars Doubled!
A new program at the Canton Farmers’ Market enables EBT/food stamp shoppers to double their buying power of locally grown food this summer.. more...

6/09/2008
2008 Local Food Guide
GardenShare's annual guide to the best food born and raised in St. Lawrence County is now available. more...

4/10/2008
Barbara Damrosch
The New Strategies Project of the NYS Farm Viability Institute is sponsoring a three-day event celebrating the progress of farmers and community in establishing direct marketing connections. "Local Foods Connections: Opportunities and Challenges in the North Country" will bring Barbara Damrosch, author of "The Garden Primer," and Shannon Hayes, author of "Grass-Fed Gourmet," to three venues in May. more...

4/9/2008
GardenShare is co-sponsor of the upcoming conference,The Role of Adirondack North Country Foods in Community & Economic Development to be held on April 18th, 2008 at the W!LD Center in Tupper Lake, NY.. more...

3/9/2008
On April 3, GardenShare will host a forum to present its proposal to build a refrigerator/freezer storage facility where area farmers can store produce and meats for sale throughout the year. more...

3/3/2008
Bion's St. Lawrence County Project
The GardenShare board of directors has adopted a statement on the proposal from Bion Environmental Technologies to develop an integrated beef cattle and renewable energy project here. more...

2/28/08
NOFA-NY North County CSA Gathering Canceled
The North Country CSA Gathering scheduled for Saturday, March 1 at North Country Community College in Malone, NY has been canceled due to winter weather. more...

11/23/07
Gardenshare is the recipient of the inaugural Exemplary Service Award given by the Canton Community Fund. more...

8/23/07
Annual Local Harvest Dinner
Chef and food historian Amy Trubek will be the featured speaker at GardenShare's annual Local Harvest Dinner on Friday, September 14, at the Parishville Fireman's Hall. more...

2/16/07
Free Guide to CSA Farms
GardenShare's current newsletter explains the delicious benefits of Community Supported Agriculture and includes a complete guide to CSA Farms in the North Country and the Adirondacks. To request your free copy, email info@gardenshare.org

For more about CSA Farms, click here

 

 

 


2008 Local Food Guide

GardenShare’s annual Local Food Guide lists farmers’ markets, farm stands, U-pick farms, organic growers, orchards, CSA farms, and grocers in St. Lawrence County, New York, where shoppers can buy locally grown vegetables, fruits, cheese, honey, maple products, meat, and eggs.

Email info@gardenshare.org to request a free paper copy.

The farms listed in this guide have assured us that they sell food they have raised themselves or food they have produced themselves using largely local ingredients. Beyond this simple honor system, GardenShare does not certify locally grown food or farming practices. In addition to their own food, these farms may also sell food that is not locally grown or produced. When shopping for local food always ask, Did you grow this yourself?

To have your farm or business included next year, email info@gardenshare.org or write to GardenShare, 860 Maple Ridge Road, Richville NY 13681.

Terms
Certified Organic: Certified organic farms have met USDA standards for organic food production, as verified by an accredited agency such as the Northeast Organic Farming Association of New York (NOFA-NY). Other farms may also follow organic practices but have chosen not to undergo the certification process. For example, signers of the NOFA-NY Farmer's Pledge commit themselves to ecologically sound farming and to socially responsible labor and local marketing practices. Ask the farmer about his or her farming practices.

CSA: Some farms offer a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) option. Consumers can purchase a share of the farm's harvest at the beginning of the growing season and then pick up a box of freshly harvested produce (or meat, honey, maple syrup, eggs) each week throughout the season.

Farms (listed in alphabetical order)

Adirondack Acres Farm
45 Sykes Road, Harrisville
Self-serve farm stand. No Sunday sales.
Gerald & Candace Follett
(315) 848-2322
Mixed vegetables, herbs, berries.

Annie’s Garlic
273 Morrill Road, Canton
Anne Clark (315) 386-3366
Garlic, loose & braids, starting August 1.

Apple End Farm
346 Catherineville Road, near Parishville
Must call ahead.
Miles Wolpin (315) 265-9421
Mixed vegetables, berries, apples.

Bawden Farms
119 Factory Road, Hammond
Call to order.
Brian & Liz Bawden (315) 324-6926
Beef, turkey, pork.
NOFA-NY certified organic.

Birchland Farm
3025 SH 11B, Hopkinton
Mike & Meribeth Richael
(315) 244-9044
Mixed vegetables, lamb.

Birdsfoot Farm
1263 CR 25, Canton
Must call ahead.
Dulli Tengeler (315) 386-4852
Mixed vegetables, herbs. Plus CSA.
NOFA-NY certified organic.

Bittersweet Farm
1249 SH 184, Heuvelton
Ann & Brian Bennett (315) 344-0443
Mixed vegetables, herbs, lamb, turkey, chicken, eggs, pork.
NOFA-NY certified organic.

Blue Heron Farm
68 Streeter Road, DeKalb Junction
Must call ahead.
Bryan Thompson (315) 347-2178
Maple syrup, lamb, U-pick blueberries.

Brandy-View Farms
24 Walker Road, Madrid
James Hargrave (315) 322-4429
Maple products, beef.

Burns Farm
271 Jeffers Road, DeKalb Junction
Thom & Barbara Burns (315) 347-5690
Must call ahead.
Mixed vegetables, lamb, turkey, chicken, eggs. U-pick pumpkins.

Canton Central School Fish Farm
CCE Learning Farm, SH 68, Canton
Must call ahead.
Carol Wright (315) 386-8561x367
Rainbow and brook trout, sold live.

County Meadows
6384 CR 27, Canton
Don & Shirley Hitchman
(315) 386-8912
Goat cheese.

Drumlin’s End Farms
178 Fayette Road, Massena
Must call ahead.
Sue Rau & Andy Soutar
(315) 769-5061
Mixed vegetables.
NOFA-NY certified organic.

Eight O’Clock Ranch
293 Old Canton Road, DeKalb Junction
John & Kassandra Barton
(315) 347-4352
www.eightoclockranch.com
Beef, lamb, pork, eggs, apples. Plus CSA.

Fantone's North Winds Farm
248 Douglas Road, Norwood
Must call ahead.
Claudia & Paul Fantone (315) 353-2218
Mixed vegetables.

Farmer Bill and Annie’s
1005 CR 25, Canton
Bill & Valerie Pulver (315) 379-1493
www.farmerbillandannie.com
Mixed vegetables, herbs, apples.
Also off-farm fruit & sweet corn.
Plus CSA for above produce & chicken.

Food for Thought Community Farm
1180 CR 25, Canton
Bob Washo & Valerie White
(315) 379-0434
www.foodforthoughtfarm.blogspot.com
CSA only (mixed vegetables, herbs, berries, beef, lamb, turkey, chicken, eggs, pork, legumes).

Fresh Produce Market
1687 SH 11B, Potsdam
Andrew & Lovina Yoder (no phone)
Mixed vegetables, herbs, berries, eggs. Plus off-farm honey & maple products.

Gadway’s Sugar House
530 Austin Ridge Road, Norwood
Must call ahead.
Joanne Gadway (315) 353-2402
Maple products.

Gramma's Grass Acres
485 Porter Lynch Road, Norwood
Must call ahead.
Bill Quinell & Nancy Lynch (315) 384-4677
Beef, chickens, eggs, pork.

Harmony Farm
273 Randall Road, Waddington
Greg & Debs Kalicin (315) 322-4208
www.harmonyfarm.net
Honey & bee products.

Hatch’s Elm Creek Valley Farm
616B CR 21, Hermon
Must call ahead.
Lester & Paul Hatch
(315) 347-2241 or 3702
Beef.

Hawkshaw Farm
4147 CR 14, Madrid
Paige & William Roome
(315) 322-5490
Mixed vegetables, herbs, berries, apples, honey, beef, chicken, eggs, pork.
Plus CSA. NOFA-NY certified organic.

Hugh’s Sugar Shack
5373 SH 56, Potsdam
Hugh Newton (315) 265-7397
Maple products.

Hurlbut’s Maple Products
2965 CR 21, Canton
Andy & Elisha Hurlbut (315) 854-5382
www.mynymaple.com
Mixed vegetables, maple products.

J & W Orchards
737 CR 38, Norfolk
Walt Shyne (315) 384-4464
Apples, bagged & U-pick.

Kaneb Orchard
182 Highland Road, Massena
Elizabeth Kaneb (315) 769-2311
Apples.

Kent Family Growers
1200 SH 184, Heuvelton
Dan & Megan Kent (315) 344-6571
CSA only (mixed vegetables & berries).

Kilcoyne Farms
116 Barnage Road, Brasher Falls
Must call ahead.
Patrick Kilcoyne (315) 389-5640
www.kilcoynefarms.com
Beef.

Kingston’s Roadside Stand
2969 CR 14, Madrid
Don & Linda Kingston (315) 322-0524
Mixed vegetables, berries.

Lazy River Farm
341 Lazy River Road, Hermon
Mike & Catherine Watkins
(315) 347-4960
Mixed vegetables, berries.

Little River Croft
140 Little River Road, Canton
Must call ahead.
John & Elizabeth Watkins
(315) 212-2141
Apples, grapes.

Marlow & Sons Truck Farm
2035 Linden Street, Ogdensburg
Doug & Steve Marlow
(315) 393-2477
Mixed vegetables.

Martin’s Roadside Market
1261 SH 11B, Potsdam
Daniel & Mendy Martin (315) 265-1246
Mixed vegetables, herbs, berries, apples, honey, maple products, asparagus. Roadside stand and some U-pick.

Merkley’s Farm & U-Pick
4581 SH 68, Ogdensburg (Flackville).
Mark Merkley (315) 344-7152
U-pick berries.

Mile Creek Jersey Farm
1456 W. Lake Road, Heuvelton
Must call ahead.
Walter & Sherry Kawecki
(315) 344-7399
Honey, beef, eggs.
Stellar certified organic-biodynamic.

Munson's Beef Farm
623 Taylor Road, Brasher Falls
Must call ahead.
Gary & Roxanne Munson (315) 389-5175
Beef.

Noble Farm
1789 SH 68, Canton
Garry & Wendy Noble, (315) 262-0824
Mixed vegetables, berries, apples, turkey, chicken, eggs.

North Country Grown Cooperative
2000 SH 68, Canton
Must call ahead. Half-case minimum.
Sue Rau, (315) 769-5061
www.northcountrygrown.com
Mixed vegetables, herbs, berries, apples, honey, maple products.

Oakwood II
1572 CR 15, Heuvelton
Must call ahead.
Gary & Cheryl Crowe (315) 344-2207
Rabbit. Also NOFA-NY certified organic food-grade soybeans.

Orebed Sugar Shack
503 Orebed Road, DeKalb Junction
Must call ahead.
Jeff & Lori Jenness (315) 347-3415
Maple products.

Pickering Farm
2750 SH 310, Madrid
Must call ahead.
Francine Pickering (315) 322-0408
Mixed vegetables, berries.

Powers Farm
217 Pyrites-Russell Road, Hermon
Jerry & Arlie Powers (315) 347-2145
Mixed vegetables, berries.
Also off-farm fruit and potatoes.

Racquette River Bison
540 South Canton Road, Potsdam
Must call ahead.
Dale & Mary Ellen Healey (315) 265-6940
Bison.

Sawyer Creek Farm
80 California Road, Gouverneur
Must call ahead.
Sheila Warden
(315) 287-0437 or 286-1606 (cell)
Mixed vegetables, herbs, berries, turkey, chicken, eggs.

Seven Springs Farm
15 Willow Street, Richville
Charles & Karen Ax (315) 287-7788
U-pick strawberries and roadside stand.

Sow's Ear Farm
110 Hill Road, Hermon
Rich Douglass (315) 379-9145
Raw milk (cow-share agreement program).

Squeak Creek Honey Company
437 Hurley Road, Brasher Falls
Must call ahead.
Mark & Barbara Berninghausen
(315) 769-2566
Honey.

St. Lawrence Nurseries
325 SH 345, Potsdam
Must call ahead.
Bill & Diana MacKentley
(315) 265-6739
www.sln.potsdam.ny.us
Berries. NOFA-NY’s Farmer’s Pledge.

Stony Knoll Bison
119 CR 55, Lawrenceville
Must call ahead.
Richard Downs (315) 328-4306
Bison

Sugar Hill Farm
116 Rice Road, DeKalb Junction
Renee & Roy Smith (315) 347-1039
Mixed vegetables, herbs, beef.
Plus beef-only CSA.

Sundance Knoll Grassland Growers
65 Cassidy Road, Hermon
Must call ahead.
Katrina & Ken Hebb (315) 379-0776
Beef.

Sweet Core Farm
266 Hewlett Road, Russell
Must call ahead.
Kathy & David Rice (315) 347-3073
Mixed vegetables, herbs.
NOFA-NY certified organic.

Tupper Hilltop Maple Treats
760 SH 68, Canton
Jean & Ken Tupper (315) 386-2162
Maple products.

Valley Creek Maple
865 Pond Road, Hermon
Must call ahead.
John Woodrow (315) 347-1728
Maple products.
NOFA-NY certified organic.

Vebber's Maple Products
765 Glenmeal Road, Canton
Must call ahead.
James & Shelley Vebber (315) 386-1067
Maple products.

Veggies 'R' Us
452 CR 46 Lot 2, Massena
Shirley Peck (315) 769-5322
Mixed vegetables, herbs.

Windmill Livestock
55 Ward Road, Hammond
Mike & Michelle VandenBerg
Honey, maple products, beef, pork.

Windy Point Angus
208 Sissonville Road, Potsdam
Must call ahead.
Jim & Michele Sheehan (315) 265-8427
Beef.

Stores
These locally owned businesses make a special effort to stock local food.

1844 House Fresh Market
6885 SH 11, Potsdam
Brian & Jenny Walker (315) 268-1844
www.1844House.com
Mixed vegetables, herbs, berries, apples.
Opening mid-June: Tues–Sat (11–7).

Heritage Cheese
4775 SH 812, Heuvelton
Robin Irvine (315) 344-2216
Cheese.
Open Mon–Sat (8–5)

Nature’s Storehouse
21 Main Street, Canton
Rainbow & Joshua Crabtree
(315) 386-3740
Mixed vegs, herbs, berries, apples, honey, maple products, cheese, bison, eggs.
Open Mon–Fri (9–6); Sat (10–5); Sun (12–4).

Potsdam Food Co-op
24 Elm Street, Potsdam
Scott Miller (315) 265-4630
www.potsdamcoop.com
Mixed vegetables, herbs, berries, apples, honey, maple products, cheese, beef, bison, chicken, eggs.
Member owned but open to the public: Mon–Fri (8–7); Sat (9–6); Sun (12–4).


 

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