Local Foods Mohawk Valley

Five weeks of fall cooking 🍎

Apple pie, one slice with Jake’s gouda and one with ice cream, hard to choose a winner

Apple cake with crème fraiche and salted caramel

Five-spice shiitake cheung fun with aromatic soy sauce and chili oil (impeccable flavor, but my technique needs work)

Bok choy wonton soup

Habit-forming kale sauce rigatoni

We’re really excited to offer cranberries this year from Old Earth Orchards in Taunton, MA! They have two varieties available, Early Black and Howe, each sold in one-pound bags at $5.50/lb.

Early Blacks were discovered in Harwich, MA in 1852, and are highest in antioxidants of all cranberries. These make a gorgeous deep red sauce.

Howes were discovered in 1843 in East Dennis, MA, and were renowned in pre-refrigeration days for their incredible keeping qualities. In a walk-in cooler they have been known to last until May. Tart and firm, they are great for drying.

***They will be available by preorder only - order by Friday, 11/14 for pick up in Clinton on Tuesday, 11/18. More info on our website, link in bio

Photo via Old Earth Orchards/Quelcy Kogel

Local Foods Mohawk Valley is hosting our first annual chili cook-off on Tuesday, October 14th, 5:00 to 6:30 p.m. at St. Mary’s!

Come enjoy some delicious chili, connect with neighbors, and support a good cause at Local Foods Mohawk Valley's first annual chili cook-off!

Tuesday, October 14th, 5:00 to 6:30 p.m. at the St. Mary's School gym (usual pick up location).

All proceeds go to The Country Pantry, our local food pantry, which serves between five and six hundred families a month in Clinton, Clark Mills, and Westmoreland.

We’re looking for at least six chili entries, three con carne and three vegetarian.

To enter, we ask that your chili features either LFMV meat or LFMV beans (the service charge will be waived on that order, and on all orders placed for pick up on 10/14). Tasters will vote for their favorites, and the winners for each category will receive a $50 LFMV gift certificate!

You’ll bring your chili on the 14th in a crockpot or an Instant Pot (if you’d like to participate but don’t have one, let us know and we’ll try to figure something out) along with a ladle. We’ll provide bowls, spoons, cups, and cider.

REGISTER AS A COOK OR A TASTER HERE, or DM us for the link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdFjVFvLHGG6q8NCNXgLaq5bkAfWSp_6H6RaMY9_qCX5iytVA/viewform?usp=sharing&ouid=113672776586079489627

Bring your appetite and a donation ($10 - $?) for The Country Pantry. They accept cash and checks, and we’ll also have a QR code printout that will direct you to the donation link on their website.

Hope to see you there!

Summer things! It’s been a hot one - grateful for everyone working hard outside to grow food. LFMV’s shelves are full of gorgeous late summer produce: many tomatoes, herbs, melons, greens, etc. Order Wednesday - Sunday for Tuesday pick up in Clinton from 5 to 6 p.m. 🍅

So the algorithm doesn’t forget us completely. Pea shoots in everything, and if not pea shoots, then beets. Also mead class, toasted buckwheat/brown butter/maple sugar cookies, and forsythia.

Took a cookie decorating class from Stephanie sponsored by . So much fun! Hoping to do it again in February.

Join us on Tuesday, December 17th from 5:00 to 6:30 for a cookie decorating class taught by Stephanie at Henton Hill Farm! 🎄❄️🎁

Here’s some info about the class from Stephanie: Attendees will learn how to outline, flood, and add intricate details to royal icing cookies. Materials will be provided, and everyone will take home a set of winter themed cookies that they decorated themselves... along with a special goodie bag from me!

Stephanie is a fantastic baker and her cookies are as delicious as they are beautiful. To snag one of the few remaining spots, send us a DM to register. The cost is $40 per person.

Photo via hentonhillfarm

We’re excited to now offer Tuesday pick up at Parry’s in Hamilton! Many of the vendors at the Hamilton and Clinton Farmers’ Markets also participate in LFMV — year-round 🥕🥩🥬🥚🍅

Sign up for our newsletter (link in bio) to stay updated 💌

Many thanks to Stephanie at hentonhHenton Hill Farmordinating this new drop-off option and for the fab graphic 🎨

Do you want to support local farms but struggle to make it to the farmers market? Now you can, virtually!

Local Foods Mohawk Valley has an online farmers market, featuring a variety of local vendors and fresh, locally-sourced products. Now, they’re excited to offer convenient pickup location in Madison County!

The next pickup day is set for Tuesday, November 26th at Parry’s from 5:30 PM to 6:30 PM.

Ordering starts this Wednesday, November 20th, and runs through Sunday, November 24th. Don’t miss out on your chance to support local farmers and enjoy the best the community has to offer!

Cooking for comfort.

1. Carrot cake with carrots and cream cheese frosting with vanilla bean and a few precious drops of tulip tree elixir.
2. Pierogi filled with russets, dressed with pickles (onion, cuc, dilly bean, garlic, marsh marigold capers) and creme fraiche.
3. Risotto with honeynut squash, a ton of ginger, and a pile of hexen truffel on top - the perfect risotto cheese.

Hundreds of local products are available through LFMV year-round! Order between Wednesday and Sunday for Tuesday evening pick up in Clinton.

Missing the Clinton farmer’s market? Local Foods Mohawk Valley is open approximately 51 weeks a year with many of the same vendors and products!

We send a semiweekly newsletter that is sometimes inspired but mostly mundane. There you’ll find product availability updates, meal ideas, and the occasional recipe. Once in a blue moon we post here. Find us at localfoodsmohawkvalley.eatfromfarms.com to order between Wednesday and Sunday for Tuesday pick up in Clinton.

Pictured here: vegetable melange from August; green beans in ginger vinaigrette; the platonic ideal of a dinner roll with russet potatoes and a lot of butter; Atlantic Beach pie with eggs; a spectacular late-season bouquet from .

Making these summer rolls was an Instagram vs reality rage-inducing moment: it took several tries to figure out the precise balance between a pliable and brittle wrapper, the right medium for drying them, the proper amount of filling etc etc. The result was an admittedly slapdash creation, but made so much prettier by the addition of edible flowers from . Their edible flowers also featured in the jar of iced peaceful heart tea I drank to calm down after 🤪