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I cannot in good conscience recommend that people eat one type of meat over another since I work with all types of livestock farmers.  What better way to celebrate your holiday season than with a greater variety of offerings for your family.  If you haven’t eaten lamb for a while or never, then now is the time to try something new.

Nothing says holiday like locally grown farm products.  Start a new tradition by featuring lamb on your holiday menu.  The American Lamb Board has some great tips on cooking lamb for the holidays.  Visit:  www.americanlamb.com/lamb101/holidaylambcookingguide.aspx

You don’t know what you’re missing until you’ve tried it.  And as the American Lamb Board website states:  Nothing says special celebration like elegant, delicious American Lamb. Whether it’s a holiday feast or an intimate family dinner, American Lamb is elegant yet easy to prepare. It’s available year round and when you buy American Lamb, you can count on freshness. From the traditional leg roast to the quintessential rack, there’s a lamb dish for every holiday occasion. American Lamb’s unique, rich flavor can make any meal seem special and will make your family and friends feel especially appreciated.  If you are looking for locally raised, grown and made products visit Adirondack Harvest to find the closes farm to you in the Adirondack North Country.

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Eating locally grown and raised foods is becoming increasing popular in the North Country. To help “locavores” shop for local products, plan meals, and prepare local vegetable dishes, the Cornell University Cooperative Extension associations of Northern New York have set the dates for the Northern New York Eating Local Yet? summer workshop.

A series of three hands-on classes will be held in Sackets Harbor at The Farm House Kitchen, in Canton at the First Presbyterian Church Fellowship Hall, and in Plattsburgh at the CV-TEC Culinary Kitchen.
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The leaves are changing color.  This morning I was greeted as I opened my door by a swirl of multicolored maple leaves.  My yard is host to a number of large maples of different varieties so during the fall there is always a wonderful array of color to greet me.  After a couple of unseasonably warm days the bite of fall is back in the air.  That crisp fresh greeting to your day, that tells you that the growing season is winding down and winter flurries are just around the corner.  This is my favorite time of year.

But before you head for hibernation, think about how you will be eating this winter.  There is still another way to locate local food via the internet and that is utilizing the Eat Well Guide.   According to the About section of their website   The Eat Well Guide® is a free online directory for anyone in search of fresh, locally grown and sustainably produced food in the United States and Canada.

Eat Well’s thousands of listings include family farms, restaurants, farmers’ markets, grocery stores, Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) programs, U-pick orchards and more.  Users can search by location, keyword, category or product to find good food, download customized guides, or plan a trip with the innovative mapping tool, Eat Well Everywhere. Eat Well is also home to The Green Fork blog and the free educational booklet Cultivating the Web: High Tech Tools for the Sustainable Food Movement.

Together with the enterprising spirits of independent farmers, locally owned businesses and partner organizations, the Eat Well Guide’s collaborative technology harnesses the power of the web to effect social, environmental and economic change, and maps the route to a more sustainable food system.

For more on the criteria to be listed in the Eat Well Guide, view their  Standards for Inclusion.

Some of the collaborating partners include Adirondack Harvest and Food Routes among others.  I would encourage farmers and producers of local food to get connected with the Eat Well Guide so you too can have your products promoted in one more way via the internet.

Wherever  the autumn season might take you, with this guide and others you can locate sources for local food nearest you.  And what better time to enjoy the bounty of the growing season than in the fall?  Enjoy your October and hope you are eating well wherever your travels might take you.

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Press Release: June 17, 2010
Adirondack Harvest, an initiative begun to assist the “buy local” food movement, will soon have yet another tool to create awareness of local products and where to purchase them.  The Adirondack Harvest Farmers’ Market Poster is a collage of images connecting local farms and their products to regional markets. (more…)

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