6:28am: Gemma and Sara arrive at the bottling facility just as our 40-ton tanker is pulling in from Samascott Orchards in Kinderhook, New York.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8:00am: Our empty bottles are stacked and ready to go.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8:30am: After being heated to 185 degrees to ensure a safe two-year shelf life, pasteurized juice is put into bottles on the filling machine.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9:00am: The bottles, after coming off the filler and getting caps, are cooled and make their way to the tagging area.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9:30am: With tags on board, the bottles move down the conveyer belt to the labeling machine.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11:00: Tagged and labeled bottles move down the conveyer belt to be packed in boxes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11:30: The finished product. What do you think?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Five Acre Farms. Positively Local.TM

What’s in our sauce? Just spectacular local apples from Samascott Orchards in Kinderhook, New York, grown in the fertile soil of the Hudson River Valley. Farmers since the 1900’s, the Samascott family has been perfecting the apple since the 1940’s.

Cousins Bryan and Jake, the farm’s 4th generation proprietors (pictured here), are the guys behind the apples in our sauce. Along with their siblings and cousins, Bryan and Jake tend to 100 acres of apple trees, growing more than 60 varieties. Continually improving their selection, they plant new and heirloom varieties to produce the most flavorful apples.

Each year the Samascotts replace about five percent of their trees, selecting new varieties based on taste. They monitor their orchards closely and use a number of IPM (integrated pest management) practices, including growing disease-resistant varieties to reduce the need for spraying and pruning frequently to ensure that their trees get plenty of sunlight to thwart pests and disease.

Five Acre Farms. Positively Local.TM

Coming soon to the supermarket, Five Acre Farms Local Apple Sauce!

Our sauce starts with great-tasting, 100% local apples, grown in the Northeast’s best orchards. Our fruit is spectacular because our growers select each variety for its flavor, and Northern growing conditions intensify its special traits.

We blend the best local varieties and cook the apples whole to create a full-flavored sauce that balances sweet and tart and has just the right consistency. We never add sugar as a sweetener — because we don’t need to — and we never add water to increase yield. The fruit stands on its own, and we leave it alone.

The happy result? A local apple sauce that tastes better than homemade.

Stay tuned here for more, including a behind-the-scenes look at the path from orchard to jar…

Five Acre Farms. Positively Local.TM

Stop in to meet Five Acre Farms and learn about where your milk comes from at these in-store sampling demonstrations this week:

Thurs., Apr. 12:

Union Market, Union St. at 6th Ave., Brooklyn: 5-8pm

Fri., Apr. 13:

Murray’s Bagels, 22nd St. & 8th Ave.: 8-10am

Fairway, 74th & Broadway: 11-2pm

Price Chopper, Amsterdam: 11am-5pm

Price Chopper, Guilderland (Western Ave.): 11am-5pm

Met Food, 251 Mulberry St.: 5-8pm

Sat., Apr. 14:

Fairway Douglaston: 10am-1pm

Fairway Redhook: 11am-3pm

Price Chopper, Guilderland (Twenty Mall): 11am-5pm

Fairway Pelham: 12-3pm

Union Market, 288 Court Street, Brooklyn: 4-7pm

Westside Market, 2840 Broadway (110th St.): 4-7pm

Five Acre Farms. Positively Local.TM

 

 

How milk should taste. Try Five Acre Farms Local Milk at these in-store sampling demonstrations this week:

Tues., Apr. 3:

Zeytuna, 59 Maiden Lane: 5-8pm

Thurs., Apr. 5:

Fine Fare, 175 Clinton St.: 5-8pm

Fri., Apr. 6:

Zucker’s Bagels, 146 Chambers St. (between Hudson & Greenwich): 8-10am

Five Acre Farms. Positively Local.TM