Get Fresh! Buy Local Challenge

Get Fresh!

September is Buy Local Month in the Catskills

When you purchase local food, you'll get a wealth of benefits. You'll get exceptional taste and freshness, strengthen your local economy, support family farms, safeguard your family's health, and protect the environment.  Learn more reasons to buy local here. 

Now you can show your support for local food and farms by signing on to"Buy Local" Challenge. Just enter your information on the next page of this form after clicking the "register" button above.

September is a perfect time to celebrate the bounty in our own backyards!  Pledge to choose $10 of local products each week in September or choose to increase the good local choices you already make by pledging to spend more each week!

There are hundreds of opportunities to support local farms in the Catskills.  Find businesses in your area by searching the Pure Catskills online directory. 

Special events are also a great opportunity to get connected with where your food comes from.  Mark your calendar with upcoming festivals and on-farm events using our webcalendar.

Everyone who signs up in this month will also be entered in our raffle for $100 of Farm Bucks, redeemable at the following local retailers:

Good Cheap Food, Delhi

Maple Shade Farm, Delhi

La Basse Cour, Stamford

Lucky Dog Farm, Hamden

Remember, every little bit helps:

A recent study in Maine shows that shifting just 1% of consumer expenditures to direct purchasing of local food products would increase farmers' income by 5%. Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association (MOFGA) estimates that by encouraging Maine residents to spend just $10/week on local food, $100,000,000 will be invested back into farmers' pockets and the Maine economy each growing season.

Think how many local communities would benefit if everyone in the U.S. spent just $10 a week on local food.