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The Farmers Market Promotion project

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armers markets grow in popularity every year. To make that work for the vendors, Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE), along with the Sullivan County Division of Planning & Environmental Management, Sullivan County Department of Public Health, the Sullivan County

Visitors Association and various farmers market managers put their heads together on a project to help the markets increase attendance and overall sales. The project has come to be known as the Farmers Market Promotion.

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Food Systems Team Leader Melinda Meddaugh, the project will kick off this year with a “soft launch” to test the waters as to what works and what doesn’t.

“The county hired a marketing consultant and a design consultant to work together,” said Meddaugh.

“We’ll be doing survey work to gather information both on people that attend and don’t attend the markets.

We will also be working on things like radio advertising, billboards and signage to attract more people.”

Existing markets that signed on to be a part of the Farmers Market Promotion project were Roscoe, Rock Hill, Monticello, Liberty, Barryville, Callicoon and Bethel. A $100,000 USDA Farmers Market Promotion Program grant was awarded to Sullivan County to help aid the project.

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going on,” said Meddaugh, “and we want to encourage people to visit each individual market and its web page.”

CCE will be providing coordination, technical assistance and education to the consumers and the public in order to help stabilize markets and hopefully find other locations where additional farmers markets can be developed.

They also hope to initiate a farmers market nutrition program, make it possible for seniors and others to use coupons and redemptions, have delicious recipe demos at the markets along with fun and engaging activities for children, an education class on composting and most importantly, talk about why eating healthy and supporting farmers markets is so essential to the community and the county.

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Come Prepared • Bring a shopping bag • Bring cash; most vendors do not accept credit/debit cards • Plan meals ahead of time • Arrive early for best selection • Walk through the whole market before making purchases • Compare price, quality, and selection Discover • Sample different varieties of products • Talk to farmers to learn how and where the food was grown • Get preparation tips from the growers themselves

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Why Shop at Farmers’ Markets? • Freshly picked fruits and vegetables are better for you. They spend more time in the sun and less time traveling. • You can choose from a wide variety of fruits and vegetables not found in the grocery store. • You can get produce that is often fresher and less expensive. • You will be supporting local farmers and keep money circulating in your community. • You’ll be green! Buying from your local farmers market cuts down on food packaging waste and transportation time. • You will be helping to improve your family’s health as well as your own.

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our eyes will be overwhelmed by the colors of locally grown tomatoes, yellow and red peppers, bunches of carrots and radishes, onions, potatoes, kale and lettuce.

Your sense of smell will be tantalized by the smell of fresh flowers, beautiful soaps, the sweet aroma of honey and wholesome aroma of fresh baked bread.

Your taste buds will dance with delight while trying samples of different cheeses, wines, apple cider, maple syrup, baked goods and more.

The Rock Hill Farmers Market on Rock Hill Drive, sponsored and supported by the Rock Hill Business Association, is now open for the 2016 summer/fall season.

The market, which is open every Saturday until the end of September, is held rain or shine from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

“The Rock Hill Farmers Market began six years ago when a group of community members got together and saw the need to bring fresh, local food into the Rock Hill region of the

county,” said Market Manager Michelle Lipari. “As we begin our sixth season, the market continues to grow in terms of vendors, community and volunteer support.”

The mission of the market is to help promote local, sustainable and organic agriculture, which in turn helps provide opportunities for the area’s farmers, small businesses, and food artisans as well as local youth.

Vendors you’ll see there include Aaron Burr Cider, Winterton Farms, The Bake House, Somewhere in Time Farm, Pure Mountain Honey, Natural Valley Kitchen, Trapani Farms, M & S Farm, Kilgore Artistry, Majestic Farm, Mike Salomon Photography, Glen Wild Farms, Honey Bee Herbs, Eminence Road Farm Winery, Diehl Homestead Farm, Clean Karma and Beaver Dam Brook Farm.

“Knowing that the market would be welcomed both by the locals and second-homeowners, we committed to having the farmers market not only be a place where you would be able to find locally farmed products like milk, cheese, fruit, cider, wine,

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meat, herbs, vegetables, syrup and honey,” said Lipari, “but also be a place for a Saturday social gathering with live music and children’s activities.”

So get out your reusable, cloth bags and head to Rock Hill on Saturday.

You’ll most likely go home with full arms and a smile on your face.

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Hosted on Saturday, May 28 by the Neversink General Store on Route 55, the market will run on Saturdays until October, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., sponsored by the Neversink Chamber of Commerce.

The kick-off was thrilling.

“It was a resounding success,” said Mark McLewin, who with wife Christina Aby-Azar owns and operates the General Store, gas station and deli, formerly named Cannie D's Corner.

During its very first four hours, the Farmers Market drew 1,000 people, McLewin estimated. Families, friends and strangers were all delighted to encounter locally raised meats, fresh baked goods, maple syrup, and flowers and vegetables for planting.

Chef Jamie from Daddy’s Donuts was giving away free samples of sliders and other goodies.

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“People said it's great to be able to shop in their own backyard,” McLewin said.

To advance a “one-stop shopping” concept, fruit and vegetables were also shipped in from New York City produce markets – zucchini, romaine lettuce, arugula, mushrooms, onions, celery, garlic, strawberries and blueberries.

As the local growing season progresses, more regional farmers will provide the produce, McLewin said.

Bluegrass music played as people milled about the vendors' stands.

There was Grahamsville's own Dawn McClure, who sold her Waggin Treats for pets. Ann Marie Turner, who graduated from Tri-Valley Central School in Grahamsville and from SUNY Sullivan, sold her own designed jewelry. Tri-Valley teacher Tanya Huggler offered homemade soaps and linen sprays.

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Ann Marie Turner of Ann’s Booty had her beautiful and unusual jewelry on display at the Neversink Farmers Market.

syrup. Other vendors included Russel Scheirer of Barefoot Gardener, who peddled flowers, vegetable plants, perennials and herbs; John Story of Story's Neversink Plant Company, with rare succulents and other plants; and Artie Rubenzahl, who sold plants and produce.

Locally raised beef came from Thunderview Farms, as Muthig Farm offered maple products in all their variations: syrup, candy, cream, jelly and granulated. Catherine Damestoy offered herbal homemade insect repellent, while George Dean sold garden soil.

The festivities also included an official grand opening celebration for the General Store, which McLewin and Aby-Azar took over in December 2015. In their five months at this central meeting-and-greeting spot for locals, the couple has made significant changes.

Friend Jaime Stankevicius, a fivestar chef from New York City, now turns out specialties like specially smoked barbecue, or spinach pie in a light puff pastry with pine nuts and feta cheese.

Another chef, Wenjie Dong, arrives on Friday and Saturday nights to turn out north China favorites such as smoked chicken and fresh vegetables over fried rice with egg, scallions and ginger.

“Basically, we're offering food that comes out for $6 but would sell for $30,” said McLewin Baked goods from Daddy's Donuts & Bake Goods of Middletown, operated by Giulio DeFilippis (of Monticello's DeFilippis Bakery fame) are a big gustatory favorite at the General Store.

McLewin is no stranger to Sullivan County. He's well-known as owner of the real estate firm Pennywise Properties and landlord of numerous buildings in the area. Wife Cristina is the managing editor for the Wall Street Journal Americas, which is an international business-news section for partner newspapers throughout Latin America.

McLewin said the work at the General Store is changing his life.

“We are proud and honored,” he said, “to be part of this amazing community.”

In addition to his abundant plants and vegetables, Russ Scheirer, proprietor of the Bearfoot Gardener, recently started featuring nature photography as well.

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Farmers Market Schedule for 2016 Barryville Farmers Market Market Manager: Greg Swartz 3385 State Route 97, Located behind The River Market Barryville, NY May 14 – October 29 Every Saturday from 10 a.m.-1 p.m.

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Neversink Farmers Market: Neversink Chamber of Commerce Market Manager: Russel the Miracle Gardener R4 Schumway Rd Neversink, NY May 28 – October Every Saturday from 10 a.m. -2 p.m.

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Rock Hill Farmers Market: Rock Hill Business and Community Association Market Manager: Michelle Lipari 223 Rock Hill Drive Rock Hill, NY June 4 – September 24 Every Saturday from 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.

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The Harvest Festival at Bethel Woods: Market Manager: Kasia Zalewska Hurd Road, Bethel Woods Performing Arts Center, Bethel, NY Sundays in the fall from 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.

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Farmers Market pioneer Trina Pilonero of Silver Heights Farm has retired STORY AND PHOTOS

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t first my nursery was trees and shrubs and roses and ornamental grasses and perennial flowers,” said Trina Pilonero, owner of Silver Heights Farm in Jeffersonville, “but they didn’t really speak to me. One of the things that did speak to me, was tomatoes.”

To the dismay of many, Pilonero has recently retired from her work at Silver Heights Farm this year.

Pilonero grew up with parents who saved seeds from their tomatoes and other vegetables, which you can’t do with today’s hybrid plants because the seeds are often sterile or don’t reproduce true to the parent plant.

What’s the biggest difference? The taste.

“A real tomato, grown from genera-

tions of tomatoes,” said Pilonero, “has an unbelievable flavor, it’s juicy and a deep beautiful red.

“My mother was a horrible cook but she was excellent at canning things,” laughed Pilonero. “When you learn how to can a tomato, a good tomato, you can’t ruin its flavor. I have memories of bad cooking, but good flavors of tomato.”

Unsatisfied with the tomatoes she was finding at the stores and various home markets, Pilonero decided to try her hand at growing 50 varieties of open pollinated, short-seasoned tomatoes to see how productive they would be here, beginning what would soon become Silver Heights Farm.

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Trina Pilonero lays her hand alongside the inspiration that began her farm and nursery: tomato plants.

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and a sign that read “Tomatoes for sale.� She even put a small ad in the Democrat. “People came and I don’t believe that anyone ever robbed me,� said Pilonero. “The plants disappeared and there was always something in the cigar box, so that was nice.�

The first year was so successful that Pilonero decided to grow nearly 75 different varieties of tomato plants the following year.

That’s not the only thing she had her hands in; she also helped get farmers markets started and on the move in Sullivan County with the help of Cornell Cooperative Extension. “It’s a struggle to be a farmer and it’s a harder struggle when you are far away from major markets like the ones in New York City,� explained Pilonero, “but farmers markets mean the farmer doesn’t actually have to pay a middleman in order to sell his product.�

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ers markets started in the area, but it also gave Pilonero another outlet to sell her plants. “I stood at my market stand and I begged people to buy my plants,� laughed Pilonero, “in which I wanted $2.00 per plant. People bought them eventually. The next year, they stood in line for my plants. “The plants provided fruit not just for a week but for a long growing season and they had the flavor that people remembered from when they were younger.�

After that, Pilonero decided to add more: peppers, eggplants, lettuce, other vegetables, herbs and some flowers. She made sure she kept all the plants open-pollinated, meaning seeds that “breed true� or self-pollinate and will produce plants that are practically identical to the parent plant. “To me, one of the things that was distressing to see was that people were and are losing the knowledge of how to do things that one or two generations ago, they did as a matter of course,� said Pilonero, “things that were a necessary part of living. After WWII when hybrids were introduced people thought it was great and easy,

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Trina Pilonero, of Silver Heights Farm, stands just outside her greenhouse nursery among rows and rows of lettuces, vegetables, herbs and flowers.

but what they didn’t realize, was that you couldn’t save the seeds. “So I’ve had a mission to preserve the genetic diversity of our vegetables and to educate people on how to save and regrow seeds. We grow good gardeners.�

Pilonero, for the past several years, grows about 2,000 open-pollinated varieties of vegetables, herbs and flowers. A massive number, especially in comparison to the low number of

‘I’ve had a mission to preserve the genetic diversity of our vegetables and to to educate people on how to save and regrow seeds. We grow good gardeners.’ Trina Pilonero Silver Heights Farmer | three or four varieties of vegetables normally found at a store in spring just before planting season.

With so much happening at Silver Heights Farm, Pilonero worked out a deal with Gorzynski Ornery Farm in Narrowsburg, eventually moving her nursery there from 2005-2015. Her business tripled within the first year.

She also began selling her plants and products at the Union Square Farmers Market in New York City.

Sadly, last fall was her last season, both with Gorzynski Farm and the

Union Square market.

Many who have come to love Pilonero and frequent Silver Heights Farm annually, are forlorn as her time to retire grows ever closer. Her official last day and the last day of Silver Heights Farm was Saturday, June 4.

So what does the future hold for Silver Heights Farm and Pilonero?

Silver Heights Farm will be taken over by a friend of Pilonero’s who studied at the nursery, learning about the seeds and plants. It will be known as Wild Yarrow Farm and will be located on New Turnpike Road in Cochecton, offering many of the same products as Silver Heights Farm: organic heirloom vegetables, flowers, medicinal and culinary herbs.

Pilonero and her husband have sold their house to a young couple and will be moving to West Virginia. “I am really pleased that the house will be staying agricultural,� said Pilonero with a smile. “This young couple is interested in food and growing. They’re thinking about a lot of different things that they can do here. “I really didn’t want someone that sees how this property can be subdivided because once agricultural land is gone, it’s gone.�

Pilonero will be moving close to her daughter, helping out on two different farms that she and her husband have: Stay A While Farm and Three Falls Farm. To Pilonero’s delight, her daughter’s Stay A While Farm, specializes in miniature mediterranean wooly donkeys. “It’s going to be hard to leave. We came here in September of 1990, so we’ve been here for almost 26 years.

We have a lot of friends, a lot of relationships with good people.�

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