McDonald Family Farm Coming to Syracuse

Chicken hanging out at the Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture, August 2006

Poultry and meat eaters in Syracuse will soon have another source for organic, clean food when Peter McDonald begins coming to Syracuse twice a month.  Beginning Thursday, June 28, he will bring his truck to the Grace Church parking lot from 6-7 pm for you to pick up your pre-ordered package.  This will be especially convenient for those in the University and Westcott neighborhoods as well as those heading to the eastern suburbs from downtown.  Peter describes the arrangement this way:

"We grow and sell pasture raised chicken, beef, lamb, turkey, pork and eggs sell up to 60 individual cuts from these animals.  If anyone would like to receive the email newsletter and pricelist, please, visit our family farm website at http://www.pasturepride.com
You can find out the why and how of what we do, and meet the rest of the family.  Then, simply hit the email link and request to be put on the list, and you'll get all future emails/price lists/meeting dates, times and location plus interesting stories and great farm photos on the Monday before the every other week delivery."

"Our first planned delivery to Syracuse will be Thursday, June 28 from 6 to 7 pm.  You participate by emailing back your order based on the list I send you. I then go into our huge freezer, pack and price your order, and drive to Syracuse where I trade my hard earned farm products for your hard earned money.  Cash or check is fine.  We have been doing the Rochester Farm Connection for 3 years now, and it has proven to be a very easy way to get clean, fresh farm products from my farm to your table on a regular basis.  You can read the website, and then email with any questions you may have about our efforts, and hopefully we will meet a bunch of you at our first Syracuse/McDonald Farm Connection.  I am very excited and look forward to the 28th."

With McDonald Farm back in Syracuse, with pre-orders you can make with Maureen Knapp at Cobblestone Valley Farm and with Wendy Gornick at the Regional Market we have more options than most places for quality, sustainable meat--go 'Cuse!

Comments

[Lorie]

Hi,
I live in Liverpool and was wondering if you knew of any place in the Ononadaga or the surrounding area where you can pick blueberries. I have looked for the past couple of years and have not been able to locate any. Any help you can give me would be appreciated.
Lorie

[Bob Comis]

Lorie,

I don't live in the area so I don't know of any place for pick-your-own, but I did find the following website, which lists a bunch of farmers markets, roadside stands, and pick-your-own farms. There are about five or six pick-your-own places. I imagine one of them probably has blueberries, and if not, they would likely be more than happy to direct you to a place that does.

http://www.upstate.edu/library/healthy/farmersmarkets.htm

Good luck in your search.

Bob Comis
Schoharie, NY

[Jennifer BB]

Hi Bob, Thanks for posting a reponse to Lorie. Ironically, I posted a response and it never went up.

Lorie, check the link on the left under Local Food Sources for Glenhaven Farm--wines. They are actually a major blueberry farm and have open pick your own in the late summer--the website will keep you abreast of the details. They are in Trumansburg about 20 minutes from Ithaca. You could make a day of it--I'll often to to the Ithaca Market, pick blueberries at Glenhaven and then get a late lunch or dinner in Ithaca on the way home. Bring a cooler and you're all set.

[Glenda]

check out www.localharvest.org - you can search by many variables.

I searches blueberries near Syracuse - and they might have u-pick - just ask:

Brian and Megan Luton
3540 Makyes Road
Nedrow, NY 13120
www.stonesthrowfarm.biz

[Jeff]

Lorie,

Paul Hafner Farms has pick your own blueberries. They're on Rt. 370 in Baldwinsville. Open every day but Saturday, their phone number (message only) is 638-4033.

To get there, go west on 690. The exit for Rt. 370 is immmediately after the Seneca River. They're located very near the Beaver Lake Nature Center if that helps.