Madison County’s Open Farm Day Approaches

The second annual Open Farm Day returns to Madison County on August 22^nd, boasting 100% growth in participating, farms jumping to 23 farms, up from 12 last year. Over 400 Central New Yorkers came out last year to Open Farm Day and the county anticipates a fifty percent visitor increase this year.

Open Farm Day is the brain-child of Becca Jablonski, Madison County’s Agricultural Economic Development Specialist.

“As a community we don’t really know where our food comes from – it’s just there at the grocery store. I wanted to find a way to bridge the gap between our food producers and our consumers,” Jablonski said.

The full list of participating farms can be found at: www.madisoncountyagriculture.com/buylocalweek along with more additional information on Buy Local week activities.

Bee Tolman of Meadowood Farms participated last year and finds Open Farm Day “a great chance for the non-farming community to have access to what goes on a farm and to have a farmer explain the process.”

Get up close and personal with your food – come spend a day at the farm.

About Madison County Agricultural Economic Development

The mission for the Agricultural Economic Development Program is to maintain, develop, and promote a viable agricultural economy that benefits Madison County. The primary priority is to market Madison County’s agricultural products and services by creating market opportunities and encourage value-added enterprises.

For more information, photographs, or to arrange an interview with participating farmers or Becca Jablonski, Agricultural Economic Specialist, please contact: Ramona Persaud at 315.280.6505 or ramona@persaudmarketing.com.

2 Comments on "Madison County’s Open Farm Day Approaches"

Mary C. Charest on Mon, 17th Aug 2009 3:44 pm

I have a question about open farm day. I would like to visit some sheep/goat farms on 8/22. I live at 5555 Bartlett Road in Lebanon NY. Would you please give me the names and addresses of the closest farms to my address that would have sheep/goats?

Please respond as soon as possible. I heard that if you visit more than a few there are prizes involved. Please let me know a little more about that when you email me.

Thanks-

Mary C. Charest

editor3 on Tue, 18th Aug 2009 9:08 am

To view a list of participating farms, visit http://www.madisoncountyagriculture.com/buylocalweek and click on the list at left.

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