Feast in the Summer. Famine in the Winter

While lots of local businesses and even some bakers are seasonal, we’ve found, often by necessity, that being open year-round made the difference for us in not having to find additional means of income to make ends meet during the often tough shoulder seasons.

At our first farmers markets, the old timers cautioned us well: “it’s a feast in the summer but a famine in the winter.”

And in those first few years, we heeded their caution by forging year-round wholesale relationships with food coops and grocery stores.

Then it was spending many a wintry Saturday at the Methodist Church in Saranac Lake bringing breads and more for our hard core locavores who said to us when summer market was over “is there we continue to get your breads and eggs all Winter?” Why yes there is.

As Plato wrote “our need will be the real creator.” You may know it as another English proverb.

A lot has changed since then, especially during the pandemic in regards to attitudes about why local food is crucial. The small food businesses and farms who were deemed essential and in such high demand at that time are more deeply ingrained into the community now because our customers needed us and we needed them.

The appetite specifically in the Adirondacks has grown for organics as well due to new residents moving here and a shift in buying patterns from others.

Our hope is that this just continues to grow.

More small farms and more food producers who can thrive not only in the Adirondack summers, but year-round as well.

And your support is always appreciated, especially in the shoulder seasons!