Resources for finding local food in your area and mine.

To find farmer’s markets, CSAs, online sellers, restaraunts and stores in your area:

• www.localharvest.org    The definitive source.
• www.eatwellguide.com  Downloadable guides for major cities, states and regions.
• www.slowfoodusa.org    News & events in the US and the world.
• www.sustainabletable.org
• www.foodroutes.org
• National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service

To find U-pick fruit & vegetable farms:

• http://www.pickyourown.org/  Pick your own farms by state & county, also festivals, pumpkin patches, Fall hayrides, Christmas trees, canning instructions and more.

To find local wine & beer:

• Local Wine Events Search for wine events by state.
• Vino-Versity. Educational wine shop in Manhattan’s Upper East Side. Excellent knowledge of affordable & tasty local wines.
• Hudson Valley Wine Country
• Shawangunk Wine Trail
• Dutchess County Wine Trail
• Connecticut Wine Trail

Westchester, Putnam and Fairfield County Shopping

Weekly Farmer’s Markets

• South Salem Farmer’s Market, Gossett Brother’s Nursery, South Salem, NY. Produce, aples, cider, meat, bakery & breads, Pika prepared dishes, candles, sauces, plants. Every Saturday, 9-1pm.

Vegetables, Fruit & Produce

• Ryder Farm, Brewster, NY.  Organic produce, herbs, flowers.  My CSA.  Serve-yourself farm stand in season.
• Holbrook Farm, Bethel, CT.  Farm market open year-round (organic farm produce only in season). Honey, jams, meats, cheese, eggs, raw milk, bakery, frozen pies & cookies, olive oil. CSA.

          You-pick Farms

• Fishkill Farms, Fishkill, NY. U-pick apples, peaches, nectarines, cherries, blackberries, currants, blueberries. Vegetables. Organic/sustainably farmed. Full market with meat, cheese, milk and other local products, including a beautiful back deck to sit and eat lunch!
• Jones Family Farms, Shelton, CT.  U-pick strawberries, blueberries, pumpkins, corn, Christmas trees.  Winery on site.  Open seasonally, June – Christmas.
• Westwind Orchards, Accord, NY.  Certified naturally grown apples. Limited supply of raspberries and pumpkins. U-pick and farm stand in season.

Meat, Eggs, Cheese & Dairy

• Flying Pigs Farm, Shushan, NY.  Humanely raised, heritage pigs and the best pork you have ever tasted. On-line ordering or farmer’s markets.
• Holbrook Farm, Bethel, CT. Eggs, cheese, milk and meat year-round.
• Sprout Creek Farm, Poughkeepsie, NY.  Excellent local cow cheese – try the Ouray!
• Nettle Meadow Farm, Warrensburg, NY.  Delicious local goat cheese – my favorite is the mixed-herb chevre.
• Bobolink Dairy, Vernon, NJ. Wonderful cheeses from “outside cows.”
• Ronnybrook Farm, Ancramdale, NY. Milk, cream, butter, yogurt, ice cream.
• Battenkill Valley Creamery, Salem, NY. Cow’s milk, cream, chocolate milk.
• Stone Wall Dairy Farm, Cornwall Bridge, CT. Raw cow’s milk. Carried at Holbrook Farm.

Beans, Grains & Bread

• Wild Hive Farm, Clinton Corners, NY.  100% whole grain, organic and locally-grown and milled flours and grains.  Also corn meal and flour, mushrooms, and baked goods.
• Wave Hill Breads, Wilton, CT.  Local grains, milled at the bakery, and turned into fabulous, artisanal bread.
• Cayuga Organics, Brooktondale, NY.  Organic dry beans (pinto, red, black, navy, soy) and organic grains (hard red spring white, rye, buckwheat and spelt).

Coffee & Alcohol

• Coffee Labs, Tarrytown, NY.  Coffee beans bought globally, roasted locally.  Organic, shade-grown, bird-friendly.  Fun cafe with live music, snacks and coffee as an art form.
• Hopkins Vineyards, New Preston, CT.  Home of Duet Chardonnay – my favorite local white.
• Jones Winery, Shelton, CT.  A nice cabernet franc and a unique and lovely sparkling strawberry dessert wine.
• Warwick Valley Winery, Warwick, NY.  My favorite is the Doc’s Draft Hard Apple Cider. The raspberry cider is good as well, although quite sweet – a brunch sipper.  (I’ve tried a few of the wines, but have not been impressed). They also produce fruit liqueurs and brandies.
• Saranac, Utica, NY.  “Great beer” as they say.  A perennial favorite at our house – the Pomegranate Wheat is a special treat!
• Tuthilltown Spirits, Gardiner, NY. Whisky, rum and vodka, made from locally-sourced ingredients.

Stores & Restaraunts

• Nature’s Temptations, Cross River, NY and Ridgefield, CT.  Independently-owned whole foods shop with a focus on local products. Deli.
• Stone Barns, Pocantico Hills, NY.  Farm, educational center, farmer’s market, cafe, bookshop and fine dining restaraunt.  Worth a visit!
• Tomatillo, Dobb’s Ferry, NY.  Authentic Mexican food, organic & fresh.  Supplied by Stone Barns.

Sundries

• Rhode Island Sea Salt, Kenyon’s Grist Mill, Usequepaugh, RI.  Their yellow corn meal comes from Long Island.
• Clean Ridge Soap Company, Pound Ridge, NY.  Soaps, lotions, bath gel and soy candles made locally with the finest ingredients.
• North Winds Farm, Pawling, NY.  Handmade beeswax candles with lavender infusion, lavender products.