The sky is falling.

If anyone ever tells you that the sky isn't falling, you tell that punk-@%* pollyanna that you've lived in Syracuse, NY and it durn well is. Snow, baby, snow. I couldn't be happier. No, serious, I love blizzards and think we don't get enough of them. Last week, us northerners got 52" of snow, followed by a thaw over the weekend that sent icicles the size of icebergs plummeting off my roof, and now a continuous flurry of perfect snowflakes that is making me yearn for snow days. Kids don't know how lucky they have it.

And what do I want to do on perfect snowy days like this one? After I've built a fire and put on fuzzy socks, I wander in to the kitchen to make some (kosher) Guinness beef stew and (vegan) baking powder drop biscuits from scratch.

In the spirit of hearty winter cooking, I'm providing you with a resource guide to buying locally raised meats. If you've every had a burger at Empire Brewing Co, you can absolutely taste the difference. If you're kosher, this likely won't help you at all. Go to Wegmans in Dewitt or Price Chopper on Erie Blvd for meat. If you're halal, there are small groceries/butchers that sell meat along the Little Italy stretch of N. Salina Street, at the intersection of Erie Blvd and Westcott Street, and in the Shop City plaza. For the rest of you, order up!


Barb Fuller
Dancing Goat Farm
1667 Co Rt 2
Richland NY 13144
315-298-5032
rabfuller@frontiernet.net

David & Erin Hull
Lucky 13 All Natural Red Angus
6638 Rt 80
Tully, NY 13159
315-696-6856
Lucky13beef@yahoo.com

Will & Allison Schonfeld
Will-Sho Farm (Beef)
1916 Dixon Rd
King Ferry NY 13081
315-246-9782

Dean Richardson
Richardson Farm (Beef)
200 S. Daysville Rd
Pulaski NY 13142
315-298-6579

Kirk & Vanessa Phillips
Circle P Farm (goat)
Parish NY 13131
315-391-1656

Mark & Angela Mattison
Mattland Farm, Family Farming Meats (Beef & Pork)
583 CO Rt 52
Richland NY 13144
315-298-8249

Jim Manning
Ferris Farm (lamb)
Prospect NY
Jim@ferris-farm.com

Sjana McClure-Berry
Berry Farms (beef)
10382 St Rt 90
Genoa NY 13071
315-497-1476

Tom Quinn
Quinn’s Irish Hill Farm (poultry & lamb)
Freeville NY
607-844-8645
tom@quinnsirishhillfarm.com