Adirondack Harvest

Snowy Grocery : a tiny farmers market
2020-04-05 10:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | Sugar House Creamery, 18 Sugar House Way, Upper Jay, NY, 12987, United States
It’s kind of spring so that means Snowy Grocery will now occur every Sunday from 10-1 at Sugar House Creamery. We are planning for vendors to be set up outside to allow for ample space and fresh air and all who are able will be asked to park on 9N and walk up the driveway – please dress accordingly.
Products and vendors include cheese and milk from Sugar House Creamery plus full availability from the SHC farm store, pork, lamb, beef, and chicken from Mace Chasm Farm, an increasing selection of vegetables from Wild Work Farm, and baked goods from Mona Dubay.
In an attempt to ensure the health of customers, vendors, and our community at large, there will be a couple of changes to Snowy Grocery as we know it:
1) While usually a social affair, we ask that customers approach the market with efficiency and respect for the NYS guidelines on congregation. Please help us limit the number of bodies at this market by sending just one person from your household when possible.
2) Furthermore, we ask that all suggested social distancing protocols be followed. Primarily, keep six feet between you and anyone else… walking, talking, standing in line. Individual vendors will be following industry specific safety guidelines.
IF YOU ARE SICK OR SELF-QUARANTINING BECAUSE OF POSSIBLE EXPOSURE DO NOT COME TO SNOWY GROCERY! Try to find someone who can shop for you.
Be kind, be patient. We’re all in this together.

Thurman Maple Days
2020-03-14 10:00 - 2020-03-15 16:00
Thurman Maple Days
March 14-15, 21-22, 28-29
Free. Thurman Maple Days, will be held 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. March 14-15, 21-22, 28-29, at several sites within a small radius in the small town of Thurman, just minutes from downtown Lake George. Maple Days showcases some of Warren County’s largest maple operations, along with a “sapling” new operation that sprouts new growth each year. These maple farms initiate visitors from near and far to the Adirondack heritage art of turning sap into outstanding maple confections, from the traditional pancake syrup and maple sugar candies to newer delicacies like maple cream-filled chocolate bonbons, maple glazed nuts, cinnamon-infused and bourbon maple syrups and much more.
Each weekend offers a pancake breakfast from 9 to 1. Visitors self-guide with a passport and map to all four maple farms as well as to open houses at neighboring farms–visit the producer of internationally-awarded goat and sheep cheeses, a certified tree farm that offers an artisan market with ongoing interactive demonstrations, and a third farm that produces organic foods. Guests may experience wagon rides to the sugar bush, see traditional sap collection contrasted with technologically-advanced procedures for reducing sap to syrup in the most energy-efficient way. Talk to the farm hosts about the passion that drives them to pursue their age-old arts. Each farm offers shopping so guests can take home some of the products made.
Visitors who are able to come to Maple Days on March 14 will have the opportunity to attend the Thurman Maple Sugar Party, held from 3 to 8 p.m. The party, now it its 60th year, features live music, raffles, and an extensive buffet, with all proceeds donated to the American Cancer Society. Read details and download a passport and map at www.VisitThurman.com/maple-days/
More information: Robin Mahler (518) 623-2736 mudstmaple269@gmail.com. This event is made possible, in part, by Warren County occupancy tax dollars granted by the Town of Thurman.
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Saranac Lake Spring Farmers' "Park-It"
2020-03-21 10:00 - 2020-05-30 12:00 | Hotel Saranac, 100 Main Street, Saranac Lake, NY, 12983, United States
You can still stock up on local food at the Saranac Lake Farmers’ Market, it’s just going to look a little different for a little while.
Order ahead from your favorite market vendors and it will be delivered directly to your car curbside.
The Saranac Lake Farmers’ Park-It!
Details and order form at the following link:
https://tinyurl.com/FarmersParkIt

Food From the Farm
2020-03-07 14:00 - 17:00 | Plattsburgh City Recreation Gym, 52 U.S. Oval, Plattsburgh, New York, 12901
Meet the farmers and sample tasty dishes
3 local restaurant chefs will be preparing samples
Latitude 44 Bistro, Twisted Carrot, Himalaya Restaurant

Farm products for sale, CSA sign-ups
Info on gardening and nutrition
Recipes for cooking with local products
Live music

Admission:
$5/adult, ages 5 & under free, $20 maximum per family

Annual Meeting for Adirondack Harvest
2020-03-03 19:00 - 20:30
Please make sure you have Tuesday March 3rd marked on your calendars for our Annual Meeting. We will conduct our organizational meeting through zoom at 7 pm. Zoom information will follow as the meeting gets closer. Chapter meeting information is below:

Clinton County Chapter: 6 pm. Location: Shady Grove Farm and Wellness Center, 844 Rt 22B, Schyler Falls. Potluck Dinner.
Essex County Chapter: 5:30 pm. Location: Westport Town Hall. Local food will be provided by DaCy Meadows Farm
Franklin County Chapter: 6 pm. Location: CCE Franklin County, 335 West Main Street, #105, Malone. Potluck Dinner.
Southern Chapter: 5:30pm Location: Warren County Soil & Water Conservation District Office. Potluck Dinner.
Western Chapter: No chapter meeting.

Zoom link to organizational meeting will be sent out via the Adirondack Harvest listserv.
Please follow up with your Chapter Rep with any questions.

Feed Back: Everyone Eats!
2020-02-27 09:00 - 17:00 | The Wild Center, 45 Museum Drive, Tupper Lake, NY, 12986, United States
Join us for the 3rd Annual Food Summit at the Wild Center
Online Registration
2020 Theme: Poverty and Food
Previous Food Justice Summit conferences brought together activists, farmers, consumers, and educators to speak about advocacy, politics, and grassroots organizing. This year’s summit singles out a particular strand of these previous broad analyses: poverty and food. This theme reflects the urgency about inequalities in our world, and invites conference participants to work collectively as problem-solvers. We seek to identify obstacles and successful initiatives that address the intersection of poverty and food: activism, institutional change, and policy.
brought to you by the North Country Food Justice Working Group

Essex County Cheese Tour
2019-10-13 10:00 - 16:00 | Asgaard Farm, 74 Asgaard Way, Au Sable Forks, NY, 12912, United States
Please join us for the 6th annual Essex Co. Cheese Tour! This self-guided tour highlights three Adirondack farms that are producing some of the finest artisinal cheeses in New York.
Follow the scenic Au Sable River during peak fall foliage through the foothills of the Adirondacks as you drive from farm to farm, at your leisure, in any order.
Experience the autumnal landscape, meet the animals & the farmers who together take part in this tradition of dairy preservation, and savor the finely handcrafted cheeses of Essex County!

Please note that while the event is listed here as being at Asgaard Farm, it’s actually at all three Creameries at once! 10 to 4 at North Country Creamery, Sugar House Creamery and Asgaard Farm & Dairy.

Thurman Fall Farm Tour
2019-10-12 10:00 - 16:00
It’s time for the free annual Thurman Fall Farm Tour, held on October 12 from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Visitors to Thurman will self-guide to nine farms and a quilt show, And what a tour it will be, as one progresses from farm to farm, each with its own unique products, animals and activities. Bring along a cooler because you may not be able to resist picking up cuts of pork from non-GMO heritage pigs, grass-fed beef, turkeys, chickens and eggs (some certified organic, some all natural), fall vegetables, internationally-awarded goat cheeses, organic breads, jams & jellies. Expect a wide range of maple products, including traditional syrup and cream, of course, maple-glazed nuts, maple peanut brittle, maple bonbons, candy, sugar, cotton candy, and bourbon maple syrup – plenty of things to stock up on for Christmas.
Speaking of food—pancakes (including gluten-free) and sausages will be served from 9 to 1 at one of the maple farms, and at the cheese farm, from noon to 2 p.m. you’ll find a lavish buffet from which to choose. Animals are a main attraction at the Fall Farm Tour, and at the head of the list are the llamas at our local llama farm, where visitor learn how to communicate with these gentle creatures. See also sheep, pigs, goats, rescue animals, turkeys, ducks, cows, horses and more. There will be lots to see and do for all ages, and donations to a pet food bank are welcomed at one farm. A tree farm offers sawing demonstrations, guided walks and talks about trees, plants and mushrooms, and their barn will be full of artisans displaying a wide variety of wares. Guests can shop for gift-worthy home décor, pottery, jewelry, items handmade from paper, wood and forest floor collectibles. There will be periodic demonstrations (some interactive) of sawing and various art activities. Find a photo op in a giant Adirondack chair, from a farm wagon ride through the woods, at any barn yard, or at the ever-popular punkin chunkin’ trebuchet. Hosts for the day will be Thurman Quilt Club, Blackberry Hill Farm and Sanctuary, Mud St. Maple, Adirondack Ranch, Peru Llama Farm, Toad Hill Maple, Whitefield’s Farm, Martin’s Lumber and Certified Tree Farm, Nettle Meadow Farm and Artisan Cheese and Valley Road Maple Farm..
From the south, Thurman just minutes from Warrensburg via routes US 9 and NY route 418, or, from the north, access it via route 8 and south Johnsburg Road, or at the Glen, Glen-Athol Road. Guests may download a map/passport to the farms online or just follow the special corner signs in Thurman and pick up one at the first farm they come to. Passports should be punched at each site visited (try for more than five to have a best chance at winning) and deposited in the special tub at the last site visited. The drawing will be held at the end of the event. Two winners will be selected, and will be phoned, and must pick up their prize basket after the end of the event.
Thurman Fall Farm Tour is made possible, in part, by Warren County occupancy tax dollars.

1st Annual Farm Trail of Franklin County
2019-10-05 10:00 - 16:00
Follow our self-guided trail across northern Franklin County to explore some beautiful farms of varying products. Learn something new about their farm, take a tour and enjoy fun, free activities with your family!
Check out our event page and download the brochure (http://bit.ly/2NTG3eQ) to guide you.
Bring along a cooler for your goodies and be ready to explore their shops (not all will accept electronic payment ~ cash for purchasing is helpful)
Where are we going?
* Merry Den Alpaca Farm, North Bangor
* Prairie’s Orchard, Malone
* Northview Quarter Horses, Chateaugay
* Shady Hill Sheep & Wood, Dickinson Center
* Tucker’s Black Angus Ranch and Kelly Tucker Photography, North Lawrence
* Bonesteel’s Gardening Center, North Bangor

Bike the Barns
2019-09-29 | Tucker Farms, 64 Hobart Road, Gabriels, NY, 12939, United States
Bike the Barns is a fully supported recreational road cycling tour supporting the rich agricultural movement of the North Country. This one-day farm-by-bike experience will feature farm tour stops staged along the route where you can personally connect with the local food revolution. The agritourism experience culminates with a finish line local food celebration complete with a meal, beverages and live music. All proceeds will be used to support local farms and a portion of every rider’s event fee will go directly into the FarmShare fund.

There’s a ride for everyone! At the day’s end, join participating farms, riders and their families and members of the community for a celebration of local agriculture and food, craft beverages and music. Register by September 15th to secure a t-shirt. Registration will increase $20 on September 1st.
Bike the Barns is a casual bicycle tour that highlights and celebrates the agricultural diversity and locally-produced products of the North Country. Bicyclists will enjoy a riding route that celebrates the natural beauty of the region and takes them to the small towns and villages that are supported by the area’s farms and families.

First Day of Fall Garden Tour
2019-09-23 10:00 - 12:00 | Plattsburgh Botanical Sanctuary, 61 Riley Avenue, Plattsburgh, NY, 12901, United States
Seed collecting, harvesting roots! Pre-registration is required, limited to 10 participants. Cost includes materials. Bring home some plants to grow or use!
Led by Jane Desotelle, owner of Underwood Herbs and wild foods and medicinal plant expert. Jane also offers PowerPoint lectures, home visits to teach you what plants you have at home, and will guide your guests on a botanical tour of your property.

2019 Adirondack Harvest Festival
2019-09-21 12:00 - 18:00 | Essex County Fairgrounds, 0 Sisco Street, Westport, NY, 12993, United States
This year’s festival once again includes a huge farmers’ market drawing together farmers from across the Champlain Valley to showcase their harvest bounty; agricultural demonstrations; live music; breweries; antique tractor display; horse show; food trucks; a mid afternoon forum about local brewing and more! Free admission! Details coming soon. For more info visit www.adkharvestfest.com or email Carly Summers at carly@adkharvestfest.com or Laurie Davis at laurie@adkharvestfest.com.

2019 Schedule
Two days of farms, food & lots of fun!
Friday, September 20, 6:00 pm
Adirondack Harvest LONG TABLE DINNER at Floral Hall on the Essex County Fairgrounds. Hosted by DaCy Meadow Farm and featuring Paul Smith’s College Chef Kevin McCarthy and his students, guests will enjoy a five course meal using local ingredients sourced from area farms. $80/person. To RSVP, email DaCy Meadow Farm by emailing dacymeadowfarm@yahoo.com or call them at 518-962-8339. DaCy Meadow is generously donating 15% of the proceeds back to Adirondack Harvest.
Long Table Dinner Menu:
~Watermelon gazpacho with pickled vegetables, goat feta and mint
~Chilled ADK noodle bundle, salad of soft herbs and romesco sauce
~Roasted chicken breast, braised chicken leg and fall squash ragout, cider-rosemary emulsion
~Grilled loin of beef with charred ratatouille and chimichurri sauce
~Caramel poached pear with apple purée and maple cream
Saturday, September 21
10:00 am: HARVEST FEST HIKE with Champlain Area Trails (CATS) (1 1/2 to 2 hours). Begins and ends at the Essex County Fairgrounds. Meet at the Fairground’s main entrance and hike Viall’s Crossing Trail (5 miles). $10/per person, kids under 18 free.
12:00 pm on: Celebrate the Champlain Valley Harvest!

Shop the season’s best ever FARMERS’ MARKET with over 30 regional agricultural vendors displaying the valley’s harvest (12 to 4 pm)
FOOD TRUCKS: Tasty snacks made with local ingredients: Papa Duke’s BBQ; Lomelis Mexican Food; Full Cord Pizza; Farmers Cone Creamery
MUSIC: Ploughman’s Lunch; William Lee Ellis & Steve Feinbloom duo; DJ Sam
BREWERS & VINTNERS: Ausable Brewing Co.; Livingood’s Brewery; Hid-In-Pines Vineyard
TALKS: Conservation & Farming with Holly Rippon-Butler of the Young Farmers’ Coalition; Beekeeping with Tim McGarry of Boquet Valley Farm; Pollinators with Brittany Christenson of ADK Action; and Local Brewing Forum with Matt Brankman of Ledge Hill Brewing Co. and Matt Ray of Livingood’s Restaurant and Brewery
DEMONSTRATIONS: Flax Processing & Spinning with Mary Heald of Sylvanbrook Spinnery; Cider Pressing with Jori Wekin of Hub on the Hill; and Draft Horse Logging with Chad Vogel at Reber Rock Farm Lumber and Flooring
ACTIVITIES: Draft Horse Brushing; Draft Horse Wagon Rides
WORKSHOPS (small fee, includes take-home items): Herbal Tea Blending with Christine O’Loughlin of Heron’s Hollow; and Shiitake Log Cultivation with Carly Summers of CCE Essex
CONTESTS (Prizes included!) Container Gardening Contest with Essex County Master Gardener Volunteers; Straw Bale Toss Contest; Hula Hoop Contest (bring your own hula hoop!)
KIDS’ ACTIVITIES (small fee for some): Pony Rides, Face Painting; Goat Petting; Beet Print Making & Art Show; Mr. ‘Bagahead; Seed Collages; Sack Races and other contests.
ANTIQUE TRACTOR DISPLAY
INDUSTRIAL HEMP EQUIPMENT AND PRODUCT DISPLAY with Bessette Family Farms

Music & beer tent continue to 6:00 pm
After-Party next door at Ledge Hill Brewing Co. with more of Lomelis Mexican Food! 6700 Main St., Westport (west end of the Fairgrounds near the RR tracks)

2019 Festival Map
AH Fest map and schedule.3

2019 Participants

ADK Action
Adirondack Cuisine Trail Network
Adirondack Harvest
Adirondack Land Trust
Adirondack Llama Treks and Textiles
Asgaard Farm & Dairy
Ausable Brewing Co.
Bert’s Jams & Jellies
Bessette Family Farms
Boquet Valley Farm & Apiaries
Brandy Brook Maple Farm
Bucksberry Farm
CCE Master Gardener Volunteers
Champlain Area Trails (CATS)
Circle C Farm
Coon Mountain Maple
Cornell Cooperative Extension
Corveaux Horsemanship at Rookery Ranch
Country Dreams Farm
Craigardan
Crown Point Bread Company
Crown Point Farm & Dairy
Decker’s Flats Greenhouse
DaCy Meadow Farm
Dak Bar
DJ Sam
Essex County 4-H
Essex County Public Health
Essex County Soil & Water
Essex Farm Institute/Adk Council
Family Forever
Farmers Cone Creamery
Full Cord Pizza
Gristmill Distillers
Hid-In-Pines Vineyard
The Hub on the Hill
Juniper Hill Farm
King’s Garden at Fort Ti
Lake Champlain Basin Program
Lakeside School
Ledge Hill Brewing
Little Hills Farm
Livingood’s Brewing
Lomeli’s Mexican Food
Mossbrook Roots Flower Farm
Murray’s Fools Distilling Co.
National Young Farmers’ Coalition
Old Mountain Coffee Co.
Papa Duke’s BBQParker Family Maple Farm
Pete & Amy – Stilt Walkers
Ploughman’s Lunch
Reber Rock Farm
Root Wisdom
Saranac Mountain Hearth
Seed to Table
Spring Hill Farm
Sylvanbrook Spinnery
Tangleroot Farm
Triple Green Jade Farm
The Whallonsburg Grange
Wild Work Farm
William Lee Ellis & Steve Feinbloom
Willow Wood Farm
Windmill Point Country Store

The 2019 event would not be possible without the support of our generous sponsors:

Cornell Cooperative Extension Association of Essex County
International Paper
Cloudsplitter Foundation
Stewart’s Shops
Champlain National Bank
Yankee Farm Credit
North Country Public Radio
Cornell Small Farms Program
Chazy Westport Communications
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Ticonderoga Area Farmers Market Harvest Festival
2019-09-21 10:00 - 13:00 | Ticonderoga Farmers Market, 114 Wicker Street, Ticonderoga, 12883, United States
Live music, kids’ activities and more!

Long Table Dinner
2019-09-20 18:00 - 21:00 | Essex County Fairgrounds, 0 Sisco Street, Westport, NY, 12993, United States
DaCy Meadow Farm will collaborate with Chef Kevin McCarthy, former executive chef at The Point on Upper Saranac Lake and The Lake Placid Lodge, and current faculty member at Paul Smiths College. Chef McCarthy and his culinary students from Paul Smith’s College will create a long table dining experience on Friday, September 20th at this year’s Adirondack Harvest Festival. Partnering with many Adirondack Harvest farms, they are working on a menu and event that will highlight the amazing diversity of local agriculture. The setting will be the historic agricultural Floral Hall building on the Essex County Fairgrounds. Chef McCarthy was a founding member of Adirondack Harvest and an early proponent of farm to table and farm to restaurant dining in the region. In addition to providing a valuable experience for the students, twenty-five percent of the proceeds will be donated to Adirondack Harvest to support their great work promoting local agriculture. Save the date! Menu and reservation information coming soon.

Harvest Tour: Celebrating the Bounty of St. Lawrence County
2019-09-14 10:00 - 15:00
12 Farms open for families and ag enthusiasts! Fruit, vegetables, bees, hemp, mushrooms, meat and more!
Prizes, samples, animals, farm tours, sales
Full map and event information at http://stlawrence.cce.cornell.edu/

The Power of Produce Club
2019-07-10 14:00 - 18:00
Activities for kids will run for 7 weeks this summer at the Lake Placid and Saranac Lake Farmers’ Markets! Kids will participate in cooking demonstrations, taste testing, story time, crafts and much more! Activities are geared for children ages 4 to 10. Finally, kids will receive $5 each week to buy veggies and fruits of their choice!

Medicinal Plants
2019-08-20 08:00 - 17:00 | Plattsburgh Botanical Sanctuary, 61 Riley Avenue, Plattsburgh, NY, 12901, United States
Medicinal plant harvesting and preparations! Pre-registration is required, limited to 10 participants. Cost includes materials. Bring home some plants to grow or use!
Led by Jane Desotelle, owner of Underwood Herbs and wild foods and medicinal plant expert. Jane also offers PowerPoint lectures, home visits to teach you what plants you have at home, and will guide your guests on a botanical tour of your property.
