Yesterday we visited Mohawk Harvest Cooperative Market for the first time in Gloversville. If you are looking for a market that sells local farm raised produce and meat this is your place. I have heard of the Honest Weight Food Coop in Albany a couple times and have been meaning to get there, but driving all the way to Albany to grocery shop isn't ideal with a family and a busy schedule.
At Mohawk Harvest all of the produce was organic; the meat was free range, vegetarian fed; there were local organic eggs and milk (glass bottles that you returned with a deposit so no more waste - he said they also had coffee that ran on a similar system). There were cookies, granola, jams and jellies, syrups, honeys, butter, many things all from local farms.
I do believe the gentleman's name was Chris, an extremely friendly and helpful fellow. Any questions we had, he was more than happy to answer. He gets his stuff from local farms and tries to be as organic as possible. I believe he said all the produce and perishables in the store at that time were completely organic and the stuff on the shelves was about 1/3 organic.
A man from a local Amsterdam farm was doing organic oil tasting. He had a small table in the back set up with slices of bread on it and some dipping oils.
I am extremely happy that I stumbled upon the Mohawk Harvest Coop link one day while surfing the net. We bought a few things of meat (bison and elk - two of the many different kinds of meat he sold - there was also more normal things like beef and chicken) and some produce. I am eager to go back planning another trip later in the week.
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