Value-Added Local Food Promotion and Campaign Project

Project time frame: January 1, 2008 - December 31, 2008

Ten Central New York producers have teamed up with CADE to implement the Value-Added Local Food Promotion and Campaign project. Together, we have identified key barriers to success and solutions to increase profitability. CADE consultants and staff will work with these 10 producers to revise and/or develop marketing, business or operational plans; collaborate marketing plans in order to improve probability of success; and, increase profitability by increasing gross sales, opening new market outlets, decrease distribution costs, and promote locally produced food through educational events. The development of a "product portfolio" will be used to help market the group collectively, increasing their size and depth of product. This portfolio is available upon request from the CADE office by contacting Sarah Manchester.

The producers involved in this project are:

David & Sue Evans (processing plant, milk, yogurt, cheese, cream)

Evans Farmhouse Creamery

5037 State Highway 23

Norwich, NY 13815

David & Sue Evans (cow's milk Monterey Jack & cheddar)

Chenango Historic Cheese

5037 State Highway 23

Norwich, NY 13815

View the Chenango Historic Cheese Product Slick

Ron, Russell & Corinne Brovetto (cow's milk Tilsit varieties)

Brovetto Dairy & Cheese House

1677 County Route 29

Jefferson, NY 12093

View the Brovetto's Product Slick

Paula Allen (poultry)

Thornwood Farms

11846 County Highway 27

Sidney Center, NY 13839

Tom & Denise Warren (organic goat milk yogurt, kefir, milk)

Kortright Creek Creamery

1211 Kelso Road

East Meredith, NY 13757

View the Kortright Creek Creamery Product Slick

Ilyssa Berg (fresh & aged goat cheese)

Painted Goat Farm

371 Mittlesdorf Road

Garrettsville, NY 13342

View the Painted Goat Product Slick

Nancy Richards (cow's milk gouda varieties)

Finger Lakes Farmstead Cheese Co.

5500 Route 79

Trumansburg, NY 14886

Linda Smith & Morgan George (fresh & aged goat cheese)

Sherman Hill Farmstead

9626 County Highway 21

Franklin, NY 13775

View the Sherman Hills Product Slick

Richard Giles & Holley White (catering, cafe, organic produce)

Lucky Dog Farm & Store

35796 State Highway 10

Hamden, NY 13782

View the Lucky Dog Catering Menu

Tim & Mary Tonjes (cow's milk cheeses)

Tonjes Farm Dairy

188 Tonjes Road

Callicoon, NY 12723

View the Tonjes Product Slick

 

This project would not be possible without support of the New York Farm Viability Institute