Look for These Products at the Autumn Farmer’s Market

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Autumn is just around the corner, which means that the variety of products that you might see at your local farmer’s market will drastically change. Gone will be summer produce and in will step fall favorites that warm our hearts every year. Here are some things you should definitely pick up this autumn at the farmer’s market.

Sweet Potatoes

Sweet potatoes are at their best in fall, giving you a fantastic option for making fall-centric side dishes such as sweet potato casserole or baked sweet potatoes with cinnamon and butter. Yum!

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Pears

While a lot of fruits aren’t at their best in the fall season, pears certainly are. There’s nothing like the crispy, juicy crunch of a ripe pear just in time for a brisk afternoon.

Kiwis

Another exception to the fruit rule is kiwis, which are in season in the Northern Hemisphere in fall. These sour, tangy fruits originate from Australia but are now grown in temperate climates throughout the world.

Apple Cider

This drink is a fall classic, made with an in-season fruit, cinnamon, and cloves. There’s nothing quite as enjoyable when the mercury goes down and the leaves begin to change as a glass of warm apple cider.

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So what’s the difference between our fresh, sweet apple cider 🍎 and apple juice? One word: authenticity. . Sweet cider is raw, fresh-pressed apple juice that has not undergone a filtration process to remove coarse particles of pulp. At our Farm, we use low UV pasteurization to preserve purity and maintain the integrity of the original “juice.” There’s only one ingredient in our sweet cider – 💯 apples. Absolutely no sugar added, ever. . Apple juice, on the other hand, is filtered to remove solids and pasteurized at high temperatures to extend shelf life. Typical ingredients are sugar, water and apple juice concentrate, in that order. . Here at Harvest Moon we can proudly say we are sustaining a lost art as we are one of the few remaining orchards that presses and bottles apple cider right on the Farm utilizing time-honored practices🌾🍎 To make fresh cider, apples are washed then ground into a “mash” that’s the consistency of applesauce. This mash is wrapped in cotton cloth, and layered on racks which are squeezed by a hydraulic press. The resulting juice flows into a refrigerated tank, is hit with UV light and then bottled. Done. . One hundred percent authentic🥇 and always delicious. . Available every day 8am-6pm through December. #harvestmoon #cider #applecider #ciderlife #applepressing #nyapples #hudsonvalley #localfarms #northsalemny

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