A little Hamlet, a wonderful Farmers Market!

Today I met and enjoyed many vendors at the Poolville Farmers Market.  It is the first market I've been to since my days at the WTC breezing through the farmers market to buy lunch things long before I knew I'd have my own farm one day.  Since then,  I have been a farmer for 20 years - a Connoisseur longer than that.   Farmers Markets are the cornerstone of farmer to consumer distribution.

- Each vendor took in between  $150- $400.  The market only ran from 10am-12pm (2 hours) so that amounts to a wage of $75-200/hr.  Sales were brisk and people that came - came to buy.

- I would love to bring my products to market once we get our 20k processing facility

Products that include frozen veggies,  heirloom tomato puree, combination meals such as Tuscan soup, and Giambotta.  Brick oven Neopolitan Pizza.  Amaretti Cookies and Italian Cheese Cake.  Frittatas from our Farm fresh eggs.

Sharing Recipes, Traditions, and Healthy Lifestyles Together!

WE ARE A U-PICK CSA.  

the reasons are simple, children and adults experience fun and renewed vigor on a day at the farm.  

It is cheaper for customers and us since we don't have to hire workers to harvest vegetables.

All Americans are in need of more time outdoors in nature and we provide that here.

This wonderful farm has many preserved open spaces and lots of fertile earth to grow boundless nutritious food for everyone!

MEMBERSHIP DRIVE: 2011 CSA

MEMBERSHIP DRIVE: 2011 CSA

WE ARE FEATURED HERE:

http://www.farmshedcny.com/farmshednation/?tag=csas

VISIT OUR FARM ANIMALS: PETTING ALLOWED!

Butler is our first BUCK, added to our Saanen goat herd in 2010, he will be a year old in May.  We plan on growing our herd slowly and expect doelings in the Spring!  These animals have such personality and our great for petting, walking and all around entertainment.  Our goats are Saanen which is a breed from Switzerland known for good milk production.  We hope to work with local cheese artisans in the near future that will make wonderful foods out of our goats milk.  This Buck is also half Arapawa,  a New Zealand rare breed, which we hope will pass along "the hardiness, self-sustainability, and disease resistance qualities making them a potential source for the stimulation of narrowly bred domestic varieties."  As Heritage breed advocates, we think it is really important to promote the preservation of old breeds, but at the same time careful not to breed this lineage too closely, a risk for any dairy farmer.  With this buck which was bred on another farm, we are hoping to diversify our genetic pool for strong, enduring animals. 

 We do not have children, but love to receive visits from families and their children.  Most of our young visitors,  like the one pictured here,  come with their families for our featherdown.com agritourism stay!  We are proud of our animals and want to share them especially with children.  Our animals are cared for their lifetime, we strive to achieve longevity for each animal.  They are not here for what they do for us, but more what we provide for them, which is a nurturing lifelong commitment!

OMG! GMO spelt backwards!

Everyday, another GMO crop is approved,  it is sooooooo critical to expand our circle of heirloom farmers and natural food production. Ambrosia Farms has been 100% heirloom and heritage since we first began farming in 1980s! GMOs are being let out into our food system. 
How will we be able to stop cross contamination? "Oh my God, we need to expand our CSA CIRCLE!
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"Alfalfa
- developed by Monsanto and Forage Genetics
- owned by the Land O’Lakes
 — contains a gene that makes the plant resistant to the herbicide Roundup.
-allows farmers to spray the chemical to kill weeds without hurting the crop."
"Alfalfa is grown mostly to make hay fed to dairy cows and horses. More than 20 million acres are grown in the United States; it is the nation’s fourth-largest crop by acreage, behind corn, soybeans and wheat, with a value of about $8 billion. About 1 percent of alfalfa is organic.
as reported by nytimes.com
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"Corn
-developed by Syngenta
-contains a microbial gene that causes it to produce an enzyme that breaks down corn starch into sugar, the first step toward making ethanol.
-Ethanol manufacturers now buy this enzyme, called alpha amylase, in liquid form and add it to the corn at the start of their production process."
If this corn is comingled with other corn, it will have significant adverse impacts on food product quality and performance,” the North American Millers’ Association said in a statement on Friday.
The decision, announced Friday, came in the face of objections from corn millers and others in the food industry, who warned that if the industrial corn cross-pollinated with or were mixed with corn used for food, it could lead to crumbly corn chips, soggy cereal, loaves of bread with soupy centers and corn dogs with inadequate coatings."
 as reported  by nytimes.com 2/10/2011

Farm Picnics, Pony Rides, Pizza Parties

Mark your calendars for our special events this spring and summer - spend time on the farm and enjoy our Italian Farmhouse Brickoven Pizza, Farm Picnic Baskets, and Pony Rides! Meet local farmers and find out how you can help save small family farms - buy our value added products and sign up for our multi farm CSA

Please call or email for more information.
Ask about children parties and special events.
ambrosiafarmsny@yahoo.com

1.800.221.9755