Hudson: Farmers’ Market. The Hudson summer Farmer’s Market has just
reopened for the season in the center of town, just off Warren Street. The
farmers' market provides the city and its county residents and visitors with
convenient access to high quality locally grown, farm fresh produce sold
directly by local farmers, and it provides local farmers with a direct outlet
for their farm produce in the city.
Above. No Farms, No Food bumper sticker is displayed
to help raise the awareness about the importance of farms and ranches and the
delicious, fresh foods they produce.
Hudson: Farmers’ Market – Blue Star Farm. Mark and Sue
Decker of Blue Star Farm. Located in
beautiful Columbia Country with spectacular views of the Catskill Mountains, Blue
Star Farm grows 130 different varieties of vegetables, herbs and cut flowers
“At Blue Star Farm we are aiming for nutrient-dense foods through sustainable
farming practices that enrich the soil, protect our water supplies and offer
people healthier food choices. Our crops are herbicide and pesticide-free.” Sue
explains.
Hudson: Farmers’ Market – Blue Star Farm. Just a small
corner section of the stand of the fresh organic products. The Deckers are well known for their mix of
eleven fresh salad leaves, which come washed and packed and ready to be eaten.
Hudson: Farmers’ Market – Loaf Bakery.
With a shop on Warren Street, next to Swallow the coffee shop, Gabby and
Rachel also sell their fresh baked bread at the Farmers’ Market on Saturdays.
The Loaf Bakery assortment is vast, but its better to book as the bread is so
delicious that it doesn’t last long in the market. Among the variety you can
buy; baguettes, loaves made with different flours like honey wheat, sourdough,
also croissants, cakes, cookies, brioches, just to name a few.
Loaf’s Cinnamon Swirls
Loaf’s Baguettes
Hudson: Farmers’ Market - Cedar Flower Farm. Marilyn Cederoth, above, with her sister Kate
Swift run the Cedar Flower Farm near Ghent. They are flower brokers and sell only
wholesale to the best shops and designers.
They have five greenhouses and twenty acres of field planting and grow
zinnias, sunflowers, anemones, ranunculus, clematis, roses, callas, chocolate
cosmos, scented geranium, flowering kale, perennial sweet peas, … and the list
goes on.
Cedar Flower Farm’s
Tussie Mussie Bouquet
Hudson: Farmers’ Market - The Red Barn. The famous
hand made Wicked Good Sweet Potato Chips from The Red Barn.
Hudson: Farmers’ Market - Cheese. Michael Harris a former interior decorator is a
he cheese monger at the market, he scouts the finest local cheeses produced in
the Hudson Valley and sells them at the farmers’ Market. He also owns Lick the
delicious ice-cream shop on Warren Street, but that’s another story.
Just a few of Cheese's goats cheeses
Hudson: Farmers’ Market - Everyone’s Favorite Beer. Lee
Seinfeld of Dive Bars. The beer is
produced exclusively by Chatham Brewing for Dive Bars. The brewery boasts that
their beers are all-natural and are made from just hops, barley, malt, yeast
and that magic elixir called Chatham water.
They also believe in recycling which is why they sell their beer in
reusable growlers, kegs or bottles. And have just been named the Best Craft
Brewery in the Hudson Valley.
Dive Bars also sell Doc's Draft Apple Cider
photograph and copyright by manfredi bellati
Seen at the Hudson Farmers’ Market cookbook author
Susan Simon and museum curator Martin Kunz.
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