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Nestled in picturesque upstate New York, Schoharie County is located about 30 miles west of the Empire State’s capital of Albany and just 150 miles north of New York City.
Schoharie County is an agricultural-based rural community in Central New York with just over 30,000 residents, spread out over 16 towns and six separate villages (Cobleskill, Esperance, Middleburgh, Schoharie, Sharon Springs, and Richmondville), featuring pedestrian-friendly, walkable historic downtown areas, flanked by retail stores and restaurants.
The county overlaps with three unique regional economies: the Albany/Capital District area to the east, the Mohawk Valley Region to the west, and the Catskills/Appalachian region to the south.
Brimstone Bakery, a collaboration between pastry chef Anthony Leberto, a recent arrival in Sharon Springs, and Ross Wassermann, a former restaurateur and food & wine marketing executive whose family has been part of the village for four generations, offers a variety of signature baked goods, including breakfast pastries, quiche and specialty cakes at their takeaway window in Sharon Springs.
The takeaway window, located at 922 Chestnut Street, Sharon Springs is open Saturday mornings from 10 to 2. According to Anthony and Ross, the takeaway window is home to the best coffee in the county!
Visit Brimstone Bakery’s website or Facebook page for more information and to place your order!
Fifth generation beef farmer and fourth generation butcher, Dave Raylinsky, along with his wife Benaye and children Oscar and Olive, own and operate Highland Hollow Farm in Schoharie. Highland Hollow is a diverse operation raising a number of unique breeds, including Scottish Highland cattle, Berkshire pigs, Katahdin and Jacob sheep and Bronze turkeys.
The Raylinksky family was recently awarded a SEEC Resiliency Fund grant, allowing them to move forward with a USDA approved slaughterhouse. Highland Hollow recently received their USDA license to process meat, however the cost of the HAACP Plan (a management system in which food safety is addressed through the analysis and control of biological chemical and physical hazards from raw material production, procurement and handling, to manufacturing distribution and consumption of the finished product) was a major hurdle for the farm.
The SEEC Resilinecy award funds will help cover the cost of the required plan, allowing Highland Hollow to be an official USDA slaughterhouse.
Highland Hollow has two retail locations – one at their farm in Schoharie (322 Colby Rd, Schoharie, NY 12157) and one at Circa 1762 Slingerland Farm in Feura Bush, New York.
Visit Highland Hollow’s website and Facebook page for more information!
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by Patsy Nicosia November 4, 2020 SEEC and its partners are hoping an online Business Recovery Roundtable next Thursday will give businesses, nonfor-profits, and even local government the resources and inspiration they need to push ahead into COVID 2021. Registration for the free Zoom event, set for Thursday, November 12, at 8am, is now open…
SEEC will be going back to its roots with a Recovery Roundtable over Zoom on Thursday, November 12, at 8am. The line-up of panelists will speak to small businesses, not-for-profits, and local government leaders looking for resources to help them negotiate the next budget season. Registration will be through the Schoharie County Chamber of Commerce…
