CONGRATULATIONS to Neversink Farm for achieving the Cornucopia Institute's highest rating for their eggs! For a limited time, Neversink is offering them here at Catskill Harvest at the sale price of $4.99... if you haven't yet tried the best eggs in the Catskills, now is the time...

The Cornucopia Institute

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Neversink Farm grew out of our passion for food, a healthy environment and our interest in animal welfare. We endeavor to produce the highest quality food, ethically and sustainably.

This week's specials for email subscribers only:

Sales to Crow About through April 25

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Most specials featured here are not advertised in the Market. Please bring or mention this email. Offers good only while supplies last. Special pricing may not be used in conjuntion with other offers 

David Becker's - To Be Forever Wild Trailer on The Catskill Mountains. It points out just a few reasons why you should love the land you live in. We are so lucky to have all of this Natural Beauty all around us. Here is a sneak peak. http:/...See More

To Be Forever Wild - Trailer

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Join our film adventure: www.ToBeForeverWild.com www.facebook.com/ToBeForeverWild

MMM...homemade pizza. Have you tried our homemade pizza dough? Just thaw and roll.

The Pizza Issue

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Videos, recipes and articles to help you achieve the perfect pizza or calzone at home. (And, if you must, tips on where to find a good restaurant pie.)

For the foodies among us, an interesting article from today's NY Times.

The Challenge of Going Vegan

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As countless aspiring vegans are discovering, the switch from omnivore to herbivore is fraught with physical, social and economic challenges.

Did you know you can now save up to 20% on your order from our online store (in the form of credit towards shipping charges)?

Catskill Harvest :: Home

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Manhattan meets the mountains at Catskill Harvest - where the market is filled with niche items and natural foods, the garden center boasts an abundance of native plants, and the design teams 

Organic produce? Non-organic? Take some of the confusion out of buying organic produce with the Environmental Working Group's SHOPPER'S GUIDE.

Download the Guide | EWG's Shopper's Guide to Pesticides | Environmental Working Group | EWG.org

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Have you saved the date? This year's FOODSTOCK festival will be held Saturday, May 5 at Villa Roma. Catskill Harvest will be there, as will many of our favorite suppliers.

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Farmers, producers and growers of all kinds will be represented at “FOODSTOCK”, as well as local restaurants, wineries and distributors.

Just in... our friends at Will-O-Wool Farm in Callicoon have introduced a line of lotion and hand cream made with all natural lanolin from the farm. Beautifully packaged, too -- a great gift.

Cinnamon buns with raisins, pecans and homemade cream-cheese icing - These must be delicious, I had one but so did quite a few other people! More tomorrow.

Something NEW for this week's holidays... our own home made CHALLAH BREAD. Or, try and let us know what you think of the new cranberry sourdough... its been a big hit amongst our staff!

Can you believe Easter is just a week away?

A customer favorite, now back in stock: Goat Brie.

Have you heard about the new products from everyone's favorite dairy, TONJES FARM? First, their delicious milk now comes in a smaller quart size. And second, they are now making Greek style yogurt - a creamy, european style version of their original. Yum!

We're excited to be carrying another great LOCAL PRODUCT as of this week: JAMS & PRESERVES from Monique Bossert. Many of you know Monique and her products from her shop in White Sulphur Springs, Monique's Book Boutique. We're thrilled to now have her jams here, too!

Did you know we now offer freshly baked BAGELS in the morning? These are not your "gas station" variety, either - they are real, boiled, NYC style beauties! (Need a dozen for brunch? Call ahead and we'll have them ready.)

With the arrival of Spring, fresh certified organic produce is now arriving fast and furious from Neversink Farm - spinach, salad greens, radishes and more.

The Spring Edition of Edible Hudson Valley Magazine has arrived... pick up your copy in the market today.

Edible Hudson Valley magazine - Local food magazine of the Hudson Valley and Catskills

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Edible Hudson Valley magazine - Local food magazine of the Hudson Valley and Catskills

Have you heard? The Catskill Harvest online store is open for business... check it out at http://store.catskillharvest.com/ (or, click the link from our home page).

Food Lovers - Are you aware of the work that the Humane Society of the US does with regard to improving the lives of FARM animals? Learn more on their site.

The Humane Society of the United States : The Humane Society of the United States

www.humanesociety.org

The Humane Society of the United States is the nation's largest and most effective animal protection organization

Just visiting? need directions? Go to our google page for your driving directions no matter where you are -and please leave a review!-

(can easily be found by typing Catskill Harvest in the Google search bar)

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Just out of the oven... Chef Eric's COCONUT MACAROONS. Gluten Free, wheat free, and just plain delicious.

A 15% Benefit for Sullivan County Fire, Police & Ambulance Crews

One of our mantras is Eat Good Food. We're doing our part to make sure the community has every opportunity to do so.  For those willing to put themselves in harm's way for the rest of us, Catskill Harvest thanks you. 

Dear Sullivan County Emergency Responder:

Catskill Harvest would like to invite you to participate in our new Emergency Responder Thank You Program.  This program entitles members of police, fire and ambulance crews to a 15% benefit on all Catskill Harvest merchandise.  We’d like to ask you, the recipient of this letter, to please pass along notification of this benefit to all of your members.

For those of you not familiar with Catskill Harvest, we are a gourmet market and garden center located in Liberty, NY, at Route 52 and Ferndale Loomis Road (two miles west of the Village of Liberty).  We believe in promoting good food, growing great gardens and putting our neighbors first.  By focusing on these three things, we’re doing our part to build a local, sustainable economy in Sullivan County.

As an Emergency Responder, you’re committed to making Sullivan County a better place to live, work and enjoy life.  So to show our appreciation for your willingness to put yourself in harm’s way for the rest of us, we hope that you’ll enjoy the benefits of the Emergency Responder Thank You Program.

What is the Emergency Responder Thank You Program?

Catskill Harvest will offer Emergency Responders a 15%-off benefit on all Catskill Harvest Gourmet Market and Garden Center merchandise.  This is a permanent 15% benefit that remains in effect for as long as you are involved with our community’s public safety efforts.

Our primary focus is Sullivan Country Emergency Responders, but Catskill Harvest will extend the benefit to Emergency Responders from anywhere.  Feel free to pass the word to your friends or family members visiting the area.

Does the 15% benefit apply to everything? Yes.  Catskill Harvest offers fresh produce, meats, cheeses and gourmet foods.  Much of it is organic, and we make special efforts to sell as many locally raised/produced products as possible. The 15% benefit also applies to fresh food that is prepared daily in the Catskill Harvest Kitchen, including homemade soups, chili, sandwiches, muffins, scones, cookies and breads.  And if you haven’t tried the Lemon-Drop Cookie, it’s worth the trip.

In the coming months, the Catskill Harvest Garden Center will come to life and feature trees, shrubs, annuals and the area’s best selection of perennials.  Plus, we carry soil amendments, outdoor furniture, statuary, wind chimes and more.

How do I secure the 15% benefit?

Catskill Harvest will extend the 15% benefit to all Emergency Responders and their family members who present an Emergency Responder identification card. Family members need only to present your identification card to receive the benefit.  The Emergency Responder Thank You Program is an exclusive benefit and cannot be combined with the Catskill Harvest Frequent Shopper Program.

Eat Good Food is a guiding principle at Catskill Harvest.  As the store owner, I personally work to ensure that area residents have the opportunity to do just that. This is just one of our newest efforts toward making it happen.  So, we look forward to seeing you and your family at Catskill Harvest to enjoy locally raised/produced products and to Eat Good Food.

Please call 854-292-3838 with any questions.  Thank you again for your contributions to the safety of our neighbors. 

Will Foster

Owner

Catskill Harvest

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A strategy for selling local Catskill Harvest Market betting on the lure of food grown close to home By FRITZ MAYER LIBERTY, NY — The shelves are lined with locally produced food: produce from Gorzyinsky’s farm in Cochecton; chicken from Snowdance Farm in Livingston Manor, and beef from Shea Farm in Long Eddy. There’s locally produced cheese, honey, plants, flowers and other products from more than 16 producers in Sullivan County and the greater region, including Ulster County and Wayne County in Pennsylvania. Will Foster, one of the founders of the enterprise called Catskill Harvest Market, who also owns a landscaping business, said this is how it started. Last summer, he opened a small retail operation selling perennial plants in White Sulphur Springs. He said, “July rolled around and I’m paying someone to sit there selling perennials-and no sales. So I thought, gee, if we had corn and tomatoes, we could at least be selling those.” From there Foster teamed up with business partner Dan Duttinger and some investors, and started planning. The county kicked in a $75,000 low-interest loan from the Sullivan County Agriculture Revolving Loan Fund because of the benefit the operation provides to local farmers. The store, which is located on Route 52 just across from the town barn in Liberty, opened on Labor Day weekend. Not everything in the store is local, because as is pointed out on the store’s website, www.catskillharvestmarket.com, “No one, as of yet, has figured out how to grow a good olive in the Catskills.” The store also features a line of gourmet items. Moreover, it will be open seven days a week all year long, so in the winter, produce will be imported from outside the area. But the main focus is local products. Foster said he and his partners are working with farmers to try to come up with ways to keep the products affordable. One development that would be welcomed by everyone connected to the endeavor is the proposed agricultural park in the Village of Liberty, which has been in the planning stages for several years. Foster said that as the situation stands now, a farmer has to make a three- or four-hour-round-trip drive to have an animal processed. Considering the cost of the farmer’s time and the cost of fuel, the trip adds a substantial increase to the cost of locally grown meat. The owners of Catskill Harvest Market are not counting on grocery products as their only source of revenue. They’re offering breakfasts and lunches as well, with dishes made from the local produce sold in the store. There is also a garden center outside the store, and Foster maintains his landscaping services business, which currently sells some 15,000 perennial plants per year, and where Foster has employed four full-time workers for the past four years. The landscaping employees did much of the construction work on the new store, helping to keep costs lower than would have been the case with an outside contractor. Still, the project represents a substantial investment and risk in an area that is sometimes challenging to new businesses. Foster said he is pleased, so far, with the traffic in the store but he recognizes the risk involved in the venture. As with many area businesses, winter will likely present the biggest challenge. He said he’s hoping to build a “decent breakfast and lunch business to help us get to April." LINK TO ORIGINAL ARTICLE

TRR photo by Fritz Mayer The newly opened Catskill Harvest Market in Liberty features food from local farmers. (Click for larger version)

The Meatless Monday movement is picking up steam globally. The goal: Reduce meat consumption by 15% in order to improve your personal health and the health of the planet. What do you think?

Meatless Monday LINK

"Gleaning" is the the act of collecting leftover crops from farmers' fields to help feed the poor, and it's making a comeback. What do you think?

Gleaning - NPR News

"Soup is Good Food" was created for Campbell Soup Co. by ad agency McCann-Erickson in the 1970s. We agree: it IS good stuff. Have a favorite soup recipe?

Huffington Post on Campbells Soup