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Hooker's pledge to spend $10 per week for 52 weeks is just one of 200 totaling over $53,000 gathered during Buy Local Month in the Catskills. |
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DELAWARE COUNTY, NY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2009 --
 Photo 090923HookerSigningPledge.jpg: NYS Ag & Markets Commissioner Patrick Hooker takes the Buy Local Challenge, pledging to spend $10 per week on local products for the next 52 weeks. The Challenge is just one of many promotional events marking September as "Buy Local Month in the Catskills," a collaborative effort by Farm Catskills and the Pure Catskills buy local campaign. Other celebrities taking the Challenge include NYS Assemblymen Cliff Crouch and Pete Lopez; for more information or to take the Challenge, visit www.purecatskills.com.
By purchasing $10 per week of local products, people can directly help farm families and indirectly bolster the regional economy. In celebration of Buy Local Month, NYS Ag & Markets Commission Patrick Hooker (center) pledges his support to purchase local foods for the next 52 weeks. Also pictured are Watershed Agricultural Council's Farm to Market Manager Challey Comer, Barb Hanselmann of The Farmer's Wife pies, Hooker, and Maple Shade Farm owners Abby and Jay Wilson with children John, McKenzie and Ryan.
A month of special promotions and events related to the economic, community and environmental importance of local foods launched on September 6. The Pure Catskills buy local campaign joined forces with Farm Catskills to connect local residents with healthy, fresh food produced in their communities.
To date, nearly 200 people have taken the Challenge, pledging to spend over $50,000 in September alone on local product buying, purchases that ultimately infuse farm families, communities, businesses and regional economies with grassroots-generated support just rhough the practice of buying local foods.
Pure Catskills is an economic initiative of the Watershed Agricultural Council. The WAC is a not-for-profit 501(c)3 organization whose mission is to support the economic viability of agriculture and forestry through the protection of water quality and the promotion of land conservation in the New York City watershed region. The WAC is funded by the New York City Department of Environmental Protection, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and other public, foundation and private sources. The WAC is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer.
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START DATE: Sept. 23, 2009
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SUMMARY: Local celebrities such as NYS Assemblymen Cliff Crouch and Pete Lopez, as well as NYS Ag&Markets Commissioner Patrick Hooker, publicly took the Buy Local Challenge and urge others to do the same. Farm Catskills and Pure Catskills successful in drawing public support to Buy Local movement. |
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The Watershed Agricultural Council is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization whose mission is to support the economic viability of agriculture and forestry through the protection of water quality and the promotion of land conservation in the New York City Watershed region. The WAC is funded by The New York City Department of Environmental Protection, U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Forest Service and other federal, foundation and private sources. The WAC is an Equal Opportunity Providers and Employers.
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