Time to swap the veggies: Schenectady event is every Sunday | The Daily Gazette
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A group of local farmers plans to swap their surplus bounty Sundays beginning this week at the Schenectady Trading Co.
The swap, in its third year, is centered around the concept that small farmers and gardeners will bring products of which they have excess, and trade them with other farmers.
“It’s really not just for farmers,” said Mike Nally, local beekeeper and president of the Schenectady County Farm Bureau. “It’s for backyard gardeners and it’s for anybody who has a surplus of what they produce.”
Cheesemaker, pet shelter, COVID medical team among Good News honorees | The Daily Gazette
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Good News award recipients (L-R) Schenectady Trading Company owner Caroline Bardwell, Belgioioso Cheese GM Tim Cromin, APF Director Austin Gates, Community Fathers Exec. Director Walter Simpkins, More Perreca’s owner Maria Perreca Papa, Open Door Bookstore owner Janet Hutchinson and Ellis Hospital COVID Unit nurse manager Cortney Jackson are shown at River Stone Manor in Glenville on Thursday, May 6, 2021.
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GLENVILLE A diverse group of Schenectady County organizations were honored Thursday with the 2021 Good News Awards.
The Chamber of Schenectady County bestows the awards each year upon businesses, organizations and individuals who have achieved significant growth; occupied a new or newly renovated building; reached a significant anniversary; launched a unique product or service; displayed extraordinary community support; or become a no
Electric City Food Co-op in Schenectady launches online marketplace; allows orders from local growers | The Daily Gazette
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The long-running dream of a grocery store in downtown Schenectady takes a step closer to reality Monday, with the public launch of the Electric City Food Co-op’s new virtual marketplace.
The online platform allows consumers to order food and goods from local growers and producers in a contactless setting. It is intended as a way to bring together a curated selection of products from across a geographically sprawling area.
Shoppers might find some of the items at the Schenectady Greenmarket or at certain retailers on any given week, but with the online platform, they can reserve what they want.
Heaping Helpings: Niskayuna woman’s home-based bakery takes flight utilizing Instagram orders, deliveries | The Daily Gazette
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Sookyung Lee, a Niskayuna resident and the founder of Ppang Bakery, spent years trying to pin down the exact recipe for the milk bread she remembered eating as a child in South Korea.
“Then during quarantine … I was cooking up a storm and finally, I found this recipe for milk bread and I tried it, and it was very close. I had to tweak [it] a little bit, but I was so happy about it,” Lee said.
After recreating the sweet flavor and soft texture of the white bread she grew up enjoying, Lee recently began offering it to others in the Capital Region through Ppang Bakery.