What is a Food Co-op?
A Food Co-op is a group of families buying food together and sharing the labor involved to save money and/or to get better products or products normally unavailable in their area.

What is Purple Dragon Co-op?
Purple Dragon Co-op was formed in 1987 to bring natural foods into our area at prices closer to wholesale. In 1989, we began working to improve the availability of exquisitely fresh organic produce for our members. Janit London, a songwriter and veteran of many food co-ops, with 20 years’ experience in the Natural Foods business, designed Purple Dragon’s unique format, i.e., a new low-labor co-op model that works for today’s busy families.

There is a local co-op in Croton.  For more info: http://www.purpledragon.com/index.html

Shares available now!  No shopping necessary.  Your order is pre-selected and hand-picked.  Reserve now for the next pickup date.  Deliveries Thursdays, every two weeks. You will get 2 shopping bags full of local and non-local certified organic and organic and ecologically grown fruit and produce, such  as: MacIntosh apples, Concord grapes, Bosc pears, IPM corn, purple basil, broccoli rabe, green leaf lettuce,Yukon Gold potatoes, and tomatoes.  For more info: Croton  Purple Dragon Co-op, 914-271-5324 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Our farm market is open all year 7 days a week!  Mon - Sat  9am to 5:30pm, Sun 9am to 2pm

Farm Stand open every Fri& Sat 10am– 6pm

Hilltop Hanover Farm’s farm stand, designed and built by local Eagle Scout Joe Dent, offers produce grown on the farm and without the use of pesticides, synthesized fertilizers or herbicides.  Vegetable and flower starts are also available.  1271 Hanover St., Yorktown

U-Pick Garden

Enjoy harvesting your own vegetables, herbs and flowers.  See how the farm staff grows, harvests and sustains grown produce without the use of pesticides, herbicides or synthesized fertilizers.  You can check the website weekly for available produce.  To find out more visit us at www.hilltophanoverfarm.org. 914 962 2368

Bargains can be found in your local farmers' market if you follow these simple tips.

1. The early birds get the best produce.

2. Shop around before you choose. (The cheaper, better-looking lettuce may be a few stands away.)

3. Take your own bags and shop for the heavy stuff first (apples, potatoes) so it can go at the bottom and lighter produce can go on top.

4. Ask vendors for recipes.

5. Go ahead and leave home without your American Express card. (Bring cash.)

6. The bargains tend to be vegetables, not fruit.

7. Meat, eggs, dairy—usually eco-friendly and often overlooked.

8. Leave pets at home.

9. Don’t haggle.

Source: Ecosalon.com

 We grow vegetables, herbs & flowers, and board horses on our small, sustainable heritage farm in the lower Hudson Valley that has been in our family for a century.  We grow a diverse array of vegetables in two gardens, which comprise less than one acre. In 2010, all our produce is being sold direct to customers through an email order system. I choose to grow many heirloom, open-pollinated varieties, which have wonderful, unique flavors and colors. I also enjoy growing a variety of culinary herbs, edible flowers, perennial flowers, and vibrant summer cutting flowers. I dry flowers throughout the season and sell my everlasting flower bouquets in fall & winter.

We believe that local food systems are vital for the sustainable future of our community and country.

716 Kitchawan Rd., Ossining, NY 10562  www.kitchawanfarm.com  (914) 941-0096

Farm Stand All our produce is sold directly from the farm through an email order system. I send an email with what's available every Monday and Thursday morning, and folks order for pick Tuesday and/or Friday between 3-6pm. Please email me at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it if you would like to be on the order list.

Time of Operation: Sundays 11 am - 3pm

Season: Now Through October

Website: www.muscootfarm.org