We’re thrilled to be part of the FOOD52 “52,” a list of FOOD52’s favorite food-related finds of 2011. Big thanks to all the folks in the FOOD52 community who put us there. Click here to be inspired by the entire list, and be sure to visit Five Acre Farms at #25.

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From Albany to the Lower East Side, from Brooklyn to Paramus, stop by and try our milk at the following in-store sampling demonstrations this week:

Tues., Jan. 24:

Westside Market, 77 Seventh Ave. (15th St.), Manhattan: 5-8pm

Thurs., Jan. 26:

Price Chopper, Scotia, New York: 11am-5pm

Price Chopper, Slingerlands, New York: 11am -5pm

Fine Fare, 175 Clinton St., Manhattan: 4-7pm

Fri., Jan.  27:

Price Chopper, Western Ave., Guilderland, New York: 11am-5pm

Price Chopper, Shaker Rd., Albany, New York: 11am-5pm

Key Food, 169 Atlantic Ave., Brooklyn: 12-3:30pm

Key Food, 102 Montague St., Brooklyn: 4-7pm

Sat., Jan. 28:

Price Chopper, Malta, New York: 11am-5pm

Price Chopper, Glenmont, New York: 11am-5pm

Fairway, Paramus, New Jersey: 11am-3pm

Westside Market, 2840 Broadway (110th St.), Manhattan: 11am-2pm

Met Food, 251 Mulberry St., Manhattan: 3-6pm

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Here’s how we look at bus stops in and around Albany. Local Milk does taste better!

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Discover for yourself what everyone is saying about the great taste of Five Acre Farms Local Milk at these in-store sampling demonstrations this week:

Thursday:

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

Price Chopper, Schenectady (Altamont Ave): 11am-5pm

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

Friday:

Murray’s Bagels, 500 Avenue of the Americas, Chelsea: 8-11am

Price Chopper, Amsterdam: 11am-5pm

Price Chopper, Troy: 11am-5pm

Fairway, 125th Street, Manhattan: 12-3pm

Saturday:

Union Market, 7th Avenue (between 12th and 13th Streets), Park Slope, Brooklyn: 4-7pm

Sunday:

Zucker’s Bagels & Smoked Fish, 146 Chambers Street, Manhattan: 9-11am

Fairway, Red Hook, Brooklyn: 12-3pm

Brooklyn Fare, 200 Schermerhorn Street, Brooklyn: 4-7pm

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Stop in to taste Five Acre Farms Local Milk at these in-store sampling demonstrations today through Monday:

Price Chopper Bethlehem, Slingerlands: Thurs., 11am-5pm

Union Market, 7th Avenue (between 12th and 13th Streets), Park Slope, Brooklyn: Thurs., 4-7pm

Price Chopper, Scotia: Fri., 11am-5pm

Fairway, Pelham: Sat., 12-3pm

C-Town, Graham Avenue (corner of Metropolitan), Brooklyn: Mon., Jan. 16, 12-4pm

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Beginning today, our brand new ads are up at 36 bus stops in and around Albany, introducing folks in the Capital Region to Five Acre Farms. As the ads put it, we buy from premium area dairies using sustainable practices, pay them fairly and tell their story. Visit a select Price Chopper in the Capital Region to taste the local quality difference — and keep farmers farming.

Check out the three ads here:

New Five Acre Farm Ads

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Did you know? The happier the hens, the more – and better – eggs they produce. The Rhode Island Red hens responsible for Five Acre Farms Local Eggs are cage free. They live in climate-controlled barns, have access to feed and water at all times and are checked on several times during the day and night. Farmers George and Jackie Devoid of Maple Meadow Farm interact with their hens regularly, monitoring their behavior and checking on feed, water and lighting. They make sure that the hens are alert, bright-eyed and calm, have smooth feathers and are laying consistently – the primary signs of happy, healthy hens.

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Makers of Five Acre Farms Local Apple Cider, Bill Suhr and Andrea Scott of Champlain Orchards use growing practices that have a minimal impact on the environment. They follow IPM (short for Integrated Pest Management) guidelines, the leading approach to controlling pests while minimizing environmental and health effects. As part of their IPM program, they actively monitor their trees year-round to reduce the use of pesticides while relying more on non-synthetic fertilizers.

The result? Delicious apple cider made from spectacular fruit grown with techniques that work with the environment, not against it.

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We’re thrilled to see our very own Dan Horan landing at #4 on The BHB Ten 2011 – the Brooklyn Heights Blog’s list of ten interesting people who it feels have made a positive impact on the neighborhood. Click here to read the article and learn more about Five Acre Farms’ efforts to bring local food to YOUR neighborhood.

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Kick off 2012 by stopping in to taste Five Acre Farms Local Milk at these in-store sampling demonstrations this week:

Union Market, 7th Avenue (between 12th and 13th Streets), Park Slope, Brooklyn: Thurs., 4-7pm

Murray’s Bagels, 500 Avenue of the Americas, Chelsea: Fri., 8-10am

Fairway, 125th Street: Fri., 11am-3pm

Westside Market, 110th Street, Fri., 4-7pm

Fairway, Pelham: Sat., 12-3pm

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Five Acre Farms Local Eggs have arrived, courtesy of the happy, cage free hens at Maple Meadow Farm in Salisbury, Vermont. Pick them up at any of the three Union Market locations in Brooklyn.

Maple Meadow is a small egg farm owned and run by George and Jackie Devoid, hands-on managers who treat their hens with extra special care. They feed their flock of Rhode Island Reds ground oyster shells for extra calcium to produce stronger shells and healthier eggs. They never give their hens any hormones or preventive antibiotics.

Check back here for more about George and Jackie, their hens and their practices…

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Five Acre Farms Local Apple Cider is here! Now available at all three Union Markets in Brooklyn. Perfect for the holidays.

Our partners in cider are Bill Suhr and Andrea Scott of Champlain Orchards in Shoreham, Vermont, where the apples are grown and the cider is pressed. Bill and Andrea (with their young son Rupert) and their team cultivate more than 50 apple varieties in their 130-acre orchard on the shores of Lake Champlain, where rich glacial soils and the northern climate make their apples particularly flavorful.

Stay tuned for more about Bill, Andrea, their orchards and their practices…

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Upstate? Kick off the holidays a little early by trying fresh, tasty Five Acre Farms milk, delivered straight from local farmers, at these in-store sampling demonstrations later this week:

Price Chopper, Western Avenue, Guilderland, New York: Wed., 11am-5pm

Price Chopper, Twenty Mall, Guilderland, New York: Thurs., 11am-5pm

Price Chopper, Altamont Avenue, Schenectady, New York: Thurs., 11am-5pm

Price Chopper, Glenmont, New York: Fri., 11am-5pm

Price Chopper, Malta, New York: Fri., 11am-5pm

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Have a taste, learn about where our milk comes from and get answers to your questions at the following in-store sampling demonstrations this week:

Fairway, 86th Street: Mon., 11:30am-2:30pm

Met Food, 251 Mulberry Street: Mon., 4-7pm

Fairway, 86th Street: Wed., 11am-2pm

Price Chopper, Slingerlands, New York: Thurs., 11am-5pm

Fairway, Harlem: Fri., 11am-3pm

Fairway, Paramus, New Jersey: Fri., 11am-3pm

Murray’s Bagels, 500 Avenue of the Americas, Chelsea: Fri., 8-10am

Price Chopper, Albany Shaker Road, Albany, New York: 11am-5pm

Fairway, Red Hook, Brooklyn: Sat., 3-6pm

Zucker’s Bagels & Smoked Fish, 146 Chambers Street, Manhattan: Sat., 8:30-11:30am

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From Red Hook to Paramus, from Long Island to upstate, stop by and try our milk at the following in-store sampling demonstrations this week:

Fairway, Red Hook, Brooklyn: Mon., 3pm-7pm

Price Chopper, Amsterdam, New York: Thurs., 11am-5pm; Fri., 11am-5pm

Fairway, 125th Street: Fri., 11am-3pm

Fairway, Paramus, New Jersey: Fri., 11am-3pm

Key Food, Montague Street, Brooklyn Heights: Fri., 4pm-7pm

Price Chopper, Glenmont, New York: Fri., 11am-5pm

Zucker’s Bagels & Smoked Fish, 146 Chambers Street, Manhattan: Sat., 9am-12pm

Fairway, Plainview, Long Island: Sat., 11am-3pm

Fairway, Red Hook, Brooklyn: Sat., 2pm-6pm

Murray’s Bagels, 500 Avenue of the Americas, Chelsea: Sun., 9am-12pm

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Unbeknownst to us (but so sweet), our milk appeared in the fridge on the “Thanksgiving” episode of Blue Bloods on CBS. Check it out here, at 6:41 into the program. Thanks ‘Blue Bloods!’

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Support your local dairy farmers by buying Five Acre Farms milk, now on the shelf at Fairway in Stamford. Flip open the red tag hanging from the jug to meet your farmers and learn exactly where your milk comes from. Get directions and store information here:

 http://www.fairwaymarket.com/pages.php?pageid=116

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Five Acre Farms was featured this week on the Brooklyn Heights Blog and the Brooklyn Bugle! Click on either of these links to read the article:

http://brooklynheightsblog.com/archives/33046

http://brooklynbugle.com/

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Five Acre Farms is in Queens! Drop by today’s Grand Opening of Fairway in Douglaston and pick up fresh local milk straight from the farm. Read the red tag on the jug to meet your local farmers and learn exactly where your milk comes from. Need directions? Check here:

http://www.fairwaymarket.com/store-douglaston/

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We loved getting this endorsement from a happy girl who has rediscovered milk, and her appreciative mom:

“My 10-year old has had an aversion to milk since she was weaned so I’ve had to give her calcium supplements for quite some time. However, I was in Fairway, this morning, and came across a tasting station for Five Acre Farms milk. My daughter agreed to taste it and liked it so much, she asked me to purchase it. She drank the entire half gallon in a few hours!  Thank you for this product; I have written to Fairway, asking them to continue to carry it.”

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When in Northern New Jersey, pop over to Paramus for Five Acre Farms milk at Fairway, delivered straight from local dairy farmers. Buy local — and keep farmers farming. Need directions? Check here:

http://www.fairwaymarket.com/pages.php?pageid=112

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Good news for all you cappuccino and latte drinkers out there. We loved getting this expert endorsement, in an email titled “Best Cappuccino Foam Ever,” about what our milk can do when paired with espresso:

“I’m an Italian expat, and I bartend in a small Sardinian restaurant in Brooklyn Heights. I’m just dropping a line to let you know that your (whole) milk makes a beautiful, thick, cream-like foam like no other. I love it (and customers do too)! Thanks and keep up the good job.”

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Kudos to our young friends in Brooklyn Heights, with a modern take on an old favorite.

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Support your local dairy farmers by buying Five Acre Farms milk, now on the shelf at the Price Chopper on Western Avenue in Guilderland. (Closer to the Twenty Mall store? You can pick up our milk there too.) Flip open the red tag hanging from the jug to meet your farmers and learn exactly where your milk comes from. Get directions and store information here:

 http://www.pricechopper.com/StoreLocator/Store_Detail_S.las?L=183&S=

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Swing by the dairy case at Price Chopper in Amsterdam to pick up fresh local milk straight from the farm. Read that red tag on the jug to meet your local farmers and learn exactly where your milk comes from. Need directions? Check here:

 http://www.pricechopper.com/StoreLocator/Store_Detail_S.las?L=139&S=

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Motor to Malta for Five Acre Farms milk at Price Chopper. Straight from your local farmers, our milk won Cornell’s top prize last year for being the highest-quality, freshest and best-tasting milk in New York State. Buy local — and keep farmers farming.

Get directions and store information here:

 http://www.pricechopper.com/StoreLocator/Store_Detail_S.las?L=184&S=

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Stop in at the Glenville Price Chopper in Scotia to buy Five Acre Farms milk, straight from the area’s local dairy farmers. Flip open the red tag on the jug to meet your local farmers, winners last year of Cornell’s top prize for being the highest quality, freshest and best-tasting milk in New York State. Get directions and store information here:

http://www.pricechopper.com/StoreLocator/Store_Detail_S.las?L=38&S=

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Visit the dairy case at the Altamont Avenue Price Chopper in Schenectady to buy fresh local milk delivered straight from the farm. Don’t miss the red tag on the jug to meet your local farmers and learn exactly where your milk comes from. Need directions? Check here:

http://www.pricechopper.com/StoreLocator/Store_Detail_S.las?L=175&S=

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Support local dairy farmers by buying Five Acre Farms milk, now on the shelf at the Bethlehem Price Chopper in Slingerlands. Open the tag hanging from the jug to meet your farmers and learn exactly where your milk comes from. Get directions and store information here:

http://www.pricechopper.com/StoreLocator/Store_Detail_S.las?L=159&S=

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Five Acre Farms milk has come to the Albany Shaker Road Price Chopper in Albany, straight from the area’s local dairy farmers. Open the tag right on the jug to meet your local farmers, who last year won Cornell’s top prize for being the highest quality, freshest and best-tasting milk in New York State. Get directions and store information here:

http://www.pricechopper.com/StoreLocator/Store_Detail_S.las?L=188&S= 

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There’s no longer any reason to wonder where your milk comes from. Go to the Glenmont Price Chopper to pick up Five Acre Farms milk and meet your local dairy farmers right on the tag. Check here if you need directions or store information:

http://www.pricechopper.com/StoreLocator/Store_Detail_S.las?L=196&S=

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How? Pick up Five Acre Farms whole, reduced fat and skim milk, available at the Brunswick Price Chopper in Troy beginning today. Check out the tag right on the jug to meet your local farmers and learn exactly where your milk comes from. Find directions and store information here:

http://www.pricechopper.com/StoreLocator/Store_Detail_S.las?L=3&S=

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Beginning today, visit the dairy case at the Twenty Mall Price Chopper in Guilderland to learn more about Five Acre Farms and pick up fresh local milk delivered straight from the farm.

http://www.pricechopper.com/StoreLocator/Store_Detail_S.las?L=183&S=

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Family owned and operated since the early 1900’s, Samascott Orchards grows a wide array of fruits and vegetables, including more than 60 varieties of apples, in the Hudson River Valley. Continually improving their selection, brothers Bryan and Jake, the farm’s 4th generation proprietors, search out and plant the best new and heirloom varieties to produce the most flavorful apples.

http://www.samascott.com/

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Depending on whom you ask, as much as 98% of shelf-stable apple juice sold in the U.S. grocery aisle is made by adding water to concentrate shipped from China and other countries. While concentrate travels well and offers convenience to bottlers, with so much quality fruit at hand, there’s no need for it to travel as concentrate.

In the Northeast, Local Apple Juice is not from concentrate.

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Next week eat out, and help keep farmers farming. During American Farmland Trust’s second annual Dine Out for Farms week, local restaurants around the country will offer special dishes and donate the proceeds to help save farms and ranches.

http://action.farmland.org/site/PageServer?pagename=friends_of_farms_participating_restaurants

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Check out Five Acre Farms in Regina Schrambling’s piece this week on Epicurious, inspired by a recent visit to Fairway. We also like the related post by an Epicurious reader about what’s possible with our heavy cream.

 http://www.epicurious.com/articlesguides/blogs/editor/2011/10/local-milk-.html

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Can you taste in your milk how much cows love winter? In cool weather, cows produce more milk, and more milk with greater amounts of butterfat (cream) and protein. Once the temperature dips to around 50 degrees or below, they’re more relaxed and eat more than during the heat of summer, which can be a stressful time for their large bodies. Cows are happy in the cold as long as they’re protected from wind.

Our farmers are making sure the cows remain content all winter. They’ve harvested and stored hay and corn for the cows to eat, installed new cow mattresses (foam bedding that makes their stalls cozier) and put up curtains in the barn for added warmth on the harshest days.

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With his remarks last week about arsenic in apple juice, Dr. Mehmet Oz sparked a firestorm about food safety. Another compelling example of how it’s critical to trust your food source, to know your farmers and how they grow the food you and your family eat. Where do your apples — in your hand or in apple juice, cider or sauce — come from? Who grew them? How are they handled and processed? How do they get to your local market? How long does it take?

Over the coming weeks, as Five Acre Farms introduces local apple juice, apple cider and apple sauce in the supermarket, check this space for more on apples — and your favorite foods made with them.

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As reported in this recent news story, there have been some reports of business dropping off at farmers markets in certain areas. All the more reason not only to support your local farmers at the farmers market but also to ask for local food at your supermarket. Keep farmers farming.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/21/us/21farmers.html?_r=1&ref=katiezezima

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Autumn apple season is in full swing in the Northeast, which means it’s time to sample the many varieties of apples grown locally, as well as treats like fresh apple cider, apple juice, apple sauce and apple pie, which Five Acre Farms will be bringing to the supermarket in the coming weeks. Blueberries, grapes, pears, plums, raspberries, blackberries and cantaloupe, in season this month in the New York area, also make good choices.

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We’ve landed on Long Island. Our milk is now on the shelf in the Fairway market in Plainview. Find store information here:

http://www.fairwaymarket.com/pages.php?pageid=114

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You can now pick up your Five Acre Farms milk at the Fairway markets at 74th and Broadway and 12th Avenue and 130th Street. Find more store information here:

 http://www.fairwaymarket.com/pages.php?pageid=117

http://www.fairwaymarket.com/pages.php?pageid=111

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Oxford Hills: Farmers markets in Norway on Thursday and South Paris on Saturday.

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Now’s the time to pick up some fresh hard-neck garlic at the farmers market. Here, a true garlic guru on the virtues of fresh, local produce enjoyed at just the right time of year.

http://culture.wnyc.org/articles/last-chance-foods/2011/aug/19/last-chance-foods-great-garlic-raw/

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A good Ag Fair in Litchfield County, CT.

http://www.goshenfair.org/

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