ULTIMATE NY STAYCATION SUMMER 2021
New York State Agricultural and Markets Commissioner Richard Ball tries a sample of maple cream with some pretzel sticks from Parker Family Maple Farm Operations Manager Laura Trudeau during an event at Rulfs Orchard launching six new Cuisine Trails in the North Country. The new network of trails, the North Country Trail, the Adirondack Lakes Trail, the Boquet Valley Trail, the Champlain Valley Trail, Champ’s Trail and the Ausable Valley Trail, feature 83 businesses in Clinton, Essex and Franklin counties. PR File Photo
Hungry Trails
Trail explores North Country cuisine
T
he road to success is paved with food. That was the message that Gov. Andrew Cuomo shared recently while announcing the launch of six new cuisine trails in Essex, Clinton and Franklin counties. The tourism network links 86 local operations including produce, dairy, beef and maple farms along with orchards, restaurants, breweries, wineries, cideries and distilleries. “These new cuisine trails highlight some of the best food and beverage producers and providers in New York,” Cuomo said in a 8
press release. “They will help connect upstate farms and businesses with visitors and local markets, boosting the North Country’s economy and supporting growing trends in agritourism.” The trails run from south of Ticonderoga, west to Tupper Lake and north to the Town of Champlain. Trails included in the network are the North Country Trail, the Adirondack Lakes Trail, the Boquet Valley Trail, the Champlain Valley Trail, Champ’s Trail and the Ausable
Valley Trail. Businesses along the trail are marketed on the Taste NY website, trail maps and at the new Adirondack Welcome Center, where details on the trails are included as part of the new consumer kiosks. CONSUMER KIOSKS Ernest Hohmeyer, owner of Lake Clear Lodge and Retreat in Lake Clear, praised the ability of the trail to be a “great connector” and solve the issue of local agricultural destinations being spread far apart across the region.
