Ideal Dairy Farms. Photo provided
Labors of Love: A Tale of Two Farms and One Local Store Argyle Cheese Farmers' owners Dave & Marge Randles. WRITTEN BY HIMANEE GUPTA PHOTOS BY PATTIE GARRETT UNLESS NOTED
On Memorial Day morning, I drove out to Hudson Falls, NY, a tiny, house-packed community between Fort Edward, Argyle, and Glens Falls. On Burgoyne Avenue, one of the town’s main streets, I shared space with tractors and pick-up trucks bearing American flags. A red, white, and blue OPEN flag waved outside the Argyle Cheese Farmer store. I pulled into the parking lot and went inside. The store is a partnership between Ideal Dairy Farms and Argyle Cheese Farmer. It opened in what was the Lewis Super grocery in May 2020, under tight COVID-19 pandemic restrictions. Now, in full operation, it is a farm store, cheese making facility and kitchen, and educational site rolled into one.
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