Continental Organics

Continental Organics is a service-disabled Veteran Owned Small Business. They are committed to producing fresh, locally grown food using a combination of aquaponic, hydroponic, and conventional organic field farming practices. Aquaponics is a soil-less farming system in which fish and plants grow together in a mutually benefical cycle. Fish are fed a vegetable-based organic feed, which transforms into CO2 and nitrogen-rich waste. The gas and water, which stimulate plant growth, flows to greenhouses for plants to take in, and then returns, nitrogen-free, to the fish. The system recycles 90% of its water and thus produces little waste. 

The farm is located near a former dairy farm 15 miles north of West Point in the beautiful Hudson Valley. The company is a certified 8-A ; Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (“SDVOSB”). Sixty percent of their employees are Veterans.

Dagele Brothers Farm

Dagele Bros. Produce, operated by Frank, Robert and Randal Dagele was started in 1919, when the brothers' grandparent's, John and Josephine, emigrated from Poland and settled in the 22 square miles of Orange County known as the "Black Dirt" region. A bit of geological happenstance has made the area home to some of this country's most fertile soil. "It used to be the bottom of a lake," explains Doreen Faliski, the Dagele brother's sister who runs the farm's stand at the New Rochelle Farmers Market. 

Indeed, about 12,000 years ago, melting glaciers left behind low-lying bogland that built up deep layers of decayed plant matter. In the early 20th century German, Polish and Dutch immigrants to Orange County uncovered the sulfur and nitrogen rich black soil by draining the bogs with a network of ditches. It was soon discovered that the high sulfur content in the soil produced some of the spiciest onions available and for the past 100 years the region has been known for its flavorful alliums. 

Lucky for us, the Dagele Bros. devote about 180 acres of their 400 acre farm to growing cooking onions. "We sell our onions with the tops still on them, they're extremely fresh and have a better taste," Doreen says. The other crops grown on the Dagele brothers' farm are 125 acres of salad greens, 40 acres of pumpkins and winter squash, and 20 acres of different vegetables that range from artichokes to zucchini. 

Davenport Farms

Davenport Farms is a family-owned farm market, greenhouse, and wholesale vegetable farm located in Stone Ridge New York. The Davenport family has been farming there since Isaiah Davenport moved across the Hudson River from Duchess County to Ulster in the 1840s, though the farmland was in agricultural use before the arrival of European settlers. A conservation easement that permanently protects our land assures that it will be in agricultural use in the future, as well. In addition to the farm, the Davenports run greenhouses and a farmstand, where produce, baked goods, locally grown beef, cheeses, bread and other items are sold. (845)-687-0051 

Denison Farm

Denison Farm is a 164 acre family farm that has been in Schaghticoke, NY for nine years, fully committed to organic agriculture. The farm's produce is “Certified Naturally Grown”. 

Comprised of family farmers Brian and Justine Denison, and their children Suzanna and Maggie, the Denison clad has been in NY State for nine years, having moved here from Maine, where for 16 years, they grew over 100 acres of mixed vegetables. Brian is also a forester out of the University of Maine and Justine has taught elementary school, works on the farm, and is a musician.