The Clarke family has been farming in the area around Milton, New York since 1817. Pam Clarke Torres is a part of the sixth generation to grow quality apples, pears and other assorted fruits. (Her toddler son, Nathaniel represents the seventh.) It’s hard but satisfying work for her and her family as they maintain their farm and produce some of the best fruit around. New Yorkers are able to buy the luscious fruits of their labor at a couple of farmers markets in the city. Prospect Hill Orchards is a very consumer friendly farm. They invite people to “pick their own” when the fruit is ready and it’s not unusual to see six or seven school buses emptying grade schoolers ready to learn all about fruit farming. Not only is this a self-sustaining farm, they also have a bakery in Milton where they sell finished baked goods using the fresh fruit from down the road.
Click to view the video that was shot in and around the orchards and in NYC.
Alex Villani is a fisherman who works off the coast of Long Island. He and his wife Stephanie sell their catch at greenmarkets in New York City to the people smart enough to get there early. You have to get there early because most times the good stuff is gone before noon. Alex jokes that he named his business Blue Moon Fish because “once in a blue moon” he makes money. One thing is for sure, he makes his customers very happy with the selection he brings every time he opens his stand. In July 2005, the New York Times called his “the freshest fish in town”
and considering all things fish in NYC, that’s a pretty good recommendation.
Shot at the Tribeca Greenmarket and near Mattituck, New York.
Nina Planck knows a thing or two about food. She grew up raising and selling vegetables at her family’s farm stand in Virginia. She even started several farmers markets in London, of all places. She’s written a book that explodes a lot of myths we all have about food. Read her book, Real Food, and you’ll immediately understand why lots of so-called experts are just plain wrong about the science
of food. She lives and works in New York City.
Stokes Farm has been around for five generations. Ron Binaghi has been an original member of the New York City Greenmarket system since its inception
in 1976. Ron and his crew sell at three city markets: Union Square, Tribeca and Lincoln Center. If you’ve ever eaten at a top-rated New York City restaurant chances are you’ve eaten produce from Stokes Farm.
Shot on the farm in Old Tappan, New Jersey and at Union Square Market NYC.
In the Hudson River Valley there is no better source for healthy, clean meat than Fleisher’s. Jessica and Joshua Applestone are the energetic people behind this
quality shop. Supplying customers (and high end restaurants) with quality meats
has become their one and only goal. They consider themselves partners with the
farmers they do business with and are involved in every detail along the way.
Check out the video that was shot in their store and in the Hudson Valley.
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