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Putting Up the Harvest
Slow Food Catskills
September 7th, 1 to 4 pm
Delaware County Historical Association
46549 State Highway 10, Delhi

Join Slow Food Catskills this weekend for a canning workshop with local farmers and chefs!  The workshop, Putting It Up - Preserving the Harvest, shows people how to preserve food grown from their gardens (or local farms), so they can enjoy that good food throughout the winter months.

Participants will learn various preservation methods using their own produce and jars.  Please see the Slow Food Catskills website for full details.

This event is offered free to the public with donations suggested.  Reservations are required.  To reserve your space, email slowfoodcats@gmail.com or call (607) 832-4720.
Interested in Bottling Your
Own Milk?
Small-scale Creamery Tour
October 9th, 9 am to 5 pm
Columbia County, NY
 
Spend a fall day touring two successful small-scale creameries just across the Hudson...

Situated on 400 acres in Harlemville, Hawthorne Valley Farm produces yogurt, fresh and aged cheeses and fluid milk from its herd of 60 mixed-breed milkers.  Participants will learn about the farm's processing facility, their unique direct marketing retail strategies and their New York State license to retail raw milk.

In Ancramdale, Ronnybrook Farm produces fluid milk, yogurt, fresh cheeses, ice cream and butter from its Holstein herd.  Participants will tour the multi-generation farm and its processing facility, and learn about the farm's custom bottling process and diverse product line.

A lunch of local foods will be offered at the Hawthorne Valley Farm Store between facility tours.  Van transportation with various pick up locations is also included.

Cost to attend the full-day event is $10.  To register, call Leslie Deysenroth at (607) 865-7090 or email ldeysenroth@nycwatershed.org.
Spaces still available for
New Farm Ventures Course!
Cornell Cooperative Extension of Delaware County
Wednesdays through October 29th
Delaware County Resource Center, Hamden

New Farm Ventures Program, a micro-enterprise school for those beginning a new farm enterprise, is still accepting applicants! The course runs consecutive Wednesdays through October 29th. 

Topics include:
  • Writing a farm business plan
  • Marketing and entrepreneurial skills
  • Managing risks
  • Cash flow and financing
  • Working with natural resources, rules and regulations
  • Value-added food processing

For more information, contact Janet Aldrich at (607) 865-6531 or email jla14@cornell.edu.

Do you have an upcoming event or news to share with the Pure Catskills community? 

Let us know!

Contact Challey Comer, Farm to Market Manager
Watershed Agricultural Council
Office: (607) 865-7017
ccomer@nycwatershed.org

GOOD FOOD. CLEAN WATER.
The Pure Catskills Buy Local campaign is a regional, economic initiative of the Watershed
Agricultural Council. The Watershed Agricultural Council is funded by the New York City Department of Environmental Protection, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and other federal, foundation and private sources. The WAC is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Provider.