Chamber Member Spotlight: Hughson & Benson Associates

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Hughson & Benson Associates provides insurance services to Delaware, Otsego and Chenango Counties. They have a hardworking staff that focuses on customer service and getting their clients the best coverage at the best available cost. Hughson & Benson will help you find home, life, automobile or business insurance that suits your needs. They have been serving the area since 1933 and are happy to help you find the right plan for you and your family. 

For more information by visiting their website or giving them a call at (607) 364-0006.

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Join us for our Next Mixer on August 29th

The next Greater Delhi Area Chamber of Commerce Mixer will be held on Tuesday, August 29th from 5-7pm at Strickland Hollow Farm in Meridale. In addition to their bottle shop and tasting room and new eatery on Main Street in Delhi, Jerry and Erica have a working farm where they host events like weddings and produce their own line of distilled spirits.

Spend an evening meeting fellow business owners and community supporters on this stunning farm. There will be food provided by a number of local chefs including Matt Marchese, Ed O’Neill from The Shire, Jonah Shaw from Quarter Moon Cafe, Catskill Smokehouse and Good Cheap Food and Jerry Pellegrino who has bee in the restaurant business for decades and is now serving food at the Strickland Hollow Shop from Wednesday through Saturday each week.

There will be a Strickland Hollow signature cocktail and an open mic in case you are feeling like performing.

These networking events are a chance to make connections and a chance to find out what is going on the Greater Delhi Area Chamber of Commerce. If you are interested in attending, please RSVP to hello@visitdelhiny.org.

Strickland Hollow Farm is located at 9483 NY-28, Meridale, NY 13806

Chamber Member Spotlight: Bagels 'N Cream

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Bagels ‘N Cream, owned and operated by the Noviello family, has been serving the Greater Delhi area for over 20 years. They make bagels, bread, muffins, cannolis, and more in-house. Stop in for their regular lunch specials, salads, cold drinks, coffee and tea. Call ahead for large orders or wait in line and catch up with your neighbors. Bagels ‘N Cream is a bustling place to stop for breakfast and lunch, which means fresh food and good company.  Find more about them on their website and find their daily specials on Facebook.

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Farmers' Market Feature: Blue Sky Farm and Winery

Blue Sky Farm and Winery is a family-owned and operated blueberry farm founded by Russ Betz in 1998. The farm began with Russ’s interest in sharing fresh, all-natural blueberries with the community. In 2001, the planting began on the 5-acre farm in Stamford, NY, and the U-Pick blueberry patch was well on its way. After a lot of success and abundant harvests, Blue Sky Farm decided to utilize the bounty of blueberries by making blueberry wine. Since then, the wine has been well received, with demand increasing yearly.

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Blue Sky Farm and Winery sell their products weekly at the Delhi Farmers’ Market on Wednesday in Courthouse Square. Stop by the market to get to know Russ, the delicious wine, and take advantage of prime blueberry season by visiting their U-Pick farm in Stamford. Find more information on Blue Sky’s website and Facebook page.

Chamber Member Spotlight: Mid-County Auto Body and Glass

Mid-County Auto Body and Glass has been a family owned business and staple in the community for nearly 50 years. This quality shop specializes in auto-body work including collision, glass, and painting. Mid-County offers a reliable 24 hour towing service to keep you covered no matter the conditions.

They offer friendly and efficient service and work with every insurance company. Call Mid-County Auto Body and Glass and discuss how they can assist you at (607) 746-6476. 

Farmers’ Market Feature: Barkaboom Native Plants

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Barkaboom Native Plants is a native plant nursery located in Margaretville, NY. The nursery was founded in 2020 with an interest in increasing accessibility to and knowledge of native plants in the Catskills region. The plants are always nursery grown from responsibly-sourced local seeds. This ensures the plants are locally adapted to the specific growing conditions of the Catskills and are best suited to strengthen local ecosystems. 

Find out more about the wonderful work of Barkaboom Native Plants on their website and follow them on Instagram for tidbits of knowledge in every post!

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How to Promote an Event

We wanted to take a minute to let our members know how to go about promoting an event that you are hosting. As board members and those active in the Chamber, we currently get phone calls, text messages, messages through Facebook, messages through Instagram, people stopping us on the street. We are not able to keep track of the volume of requests and information you are sharing so we’d love to tell you how we can best help you.

Follow these steps to get your event on our radar:

Option #1— Submit your event to our EVENTS calendar.

Our calendar can be updated by you directly. We are alerted when an event is submitted. This allows us to approve your event and then promote it through our social media and/or wherever appropriate.

Click here to find our EVENTS listing page and go to the upper right hand corner and click SUBMIT EVENT.

We suggest you also do the same for the County tourism site which can be found here.

Option #2— Tag us in your Instagram Post

If you are an Instagram user, the easiest way for us to share information about your event is for you to create an Instagram POST that we can easily share. Include us by using @visitdelhiNY or tag us #visitdelhiny. We search both often, we will find your post and we will share it if appropriate.

Option #3— Send an email

Provide all the details that we will need including an image or graphic to hello@visitdelhiny.org. Sending us just the name and the date of the event is not enough. Full details are required in order for us to promote properly.

Following these methods over text or messages on other platforms will allow us to do a better job promoting. As always, the more time you give us to promote the event, the better.

Next Member Meeting Tuesday, September 12th

We meet every second Tuesday at 11am at the E-Center which is located at 5 1/2 Main Street. Our next meeting is Tuesday, September 12th at 11:00am.

We welcome members to come discuss their ideas for strengthening our business community as well as share information on upcoming events and more.

Family Farm Day

Cornell Cooperative Extension has organized a phenomenal farm tour for visitors and locals alike. Family Farm Day, Saturday, August 26 from 10 am to 5 pm, provides a unique opportunity to visit farms in Delaware, Schoharie and Otsego counties. Family Farm Day allows guests to meet their farmers, get barn and farm tours, go on hay rides, witness demonstrations, and see what farming is really like. Seven farms in Delaware County will be participating and below is brief information about the farms in the Greater Delhi Area. Have a look and schedule your route to visit all of these fantastic farms. Engage with the interactive map to plan your route through Delaware County.

•PARTICIPATING FARMS IN THE GREATER DELHI AREA•

Images clockwise from top left: Birdsong Farm Community Garden, Burn Ayr Farm, Burn Ayr Farm Stand, Sunrise Mountain Orchard.

Birdsong Farm Community Garden
Carla Crim
(607) 746-3821
38480 State Highway 10, Delhi, NY
Facebook: Birdsong Farm Community Garden
Instagram: @birdsongfarm_communitygarden
Website: www.birdsongfarmny.com
Email: ceh27@cornell.edu

The Birdsong Farm Community Garden is designed to be accessible to gardeners of all ages and experience levels with raised beds and wide gravel pathways. Bio-intensive practices are utilized to grow the most amount of food in the least amount of space. Unlike allotment-style community gardens, participants work together and share in the harvest. Educators and Master Gardeners from Cornell Cooperative Extension oversee the day-to-day operations, and host educational events and work sessions. The garden is family friendly and is a great place for children (and adults) to get hands-on experience and gain a greater appreciation for food production.
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Brookside Maple and Farm
Matthew Scobie
607-746-6618
2544 County Highway 2 Delancey, NY
Facebook: Brookside Maple 
Website: brooksidemapleandfarm.com
Email: Brooksidemaple@yahoo.com

Brookside Maple and Farm is family owned and operated, with a focus on quality maple syrup and maple products. We raise Hereford beef, Romney sheep, turkeys and pasture raised chickens. Yarn and dryer balls will be available.

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Burn Ayr Farm
Kevin and Kathy (Thomson) Sullivan
607-746-7287
21031 State Highway 28, Delhi, NY 13753
Facebook: Burn Ayr Farm
Instagram: @burnayrfarm
Website: www.burnayrfarm.com
Email: burnayrfarm@delhi.net

Burn Ayr Farm is a small multi-generational farm raising 100% grass-fed highland beef cattle and featuring local products in their seasonal farm store.

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Del-Rose Farm, The Hanselmans, The Farmer’s Wife Pies
Barbara Hanselman
607-538-9633
9635 County Highway 18, Bloomville, NY
Facebook: Del-Rose Farm
Email: farmerswife_00@yahoo.com

Del-Rose Farm is a proud dairy farm that also grows and sells sweet corn, tomatoes, and other vegetables. Barb Hanselman, The Farmer’s Wife, also bakes pies, sticky buns, and other treats for all to buy and enjoy. The farmers look forward to having you visit and see their cows and calves, the hay and corn growing in the field, the vegetables in the gardens, the tomatoes growing in the greenhouse, and a hayride to see the Delaware River! There will be some of The Farmer’s Wife baked goods to sample, sweet corn to taste, and lots of farm’s products available for purchase in our farm stand. Del-Rose Farm is a family farm producing great food for the community!

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Maplewood Farm & Orchard
Karen S. LaFever
607-746-6339
596 Miller Avenue, Bovina Center, NY
Facebook: Maplewood Farm Orchard
Website: www.maplewoodfarm.com
Email: maplewood@delhi.net

A family tradition begun in the 1920’s of making maple products continues into its fourth generation here in Bovina. Duane LaFever and sons Cody, Cullen and wife Karen, tap maple trees, utilizing approximately 1800 taps each winter at their maple farm along the pristine Bramley Mountain Brook. All the taps are gravity fed through a network of tubing into collection tanks inside the new sugar house. They produce golden, 100% pure maple syrup, maple candies and smooth-as-silk maple cream as well as many other delicious products. These other products include peppered maple mustard, maple apple pumpkin spread, gourmet maple coated nuts, maple cranberry almond granola, maple lollipops, maple cotton candy, maple popcorn, and oatmeal and buttermilk pancakes mixes.

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Sunrise Mountain Orchard 
201-665-1985
1173 Sunrise Mountain Road, Bloomville, NY 13739
Facebook: Sunrise Mountain Orchard
Website: www.sunrisemountainorchard.com
Email: billc92644@gmail.com

Sunrise Mountain Orchard is located in Wright Brook Valley in the Western Catskills. It is a boutique apple orchard growing 24 varieties of eating and cider apples. The first 200 trees were planted by the previous owner in 2015, and after the property was acquired by Sunrise Mountain Orchard, they planted another 200 trees in two years. They are a low key and no pressure orchard. Apples are priced seasonally per bag. Bulk orders or apples, cider and honey can be arranged. 

Chamber Member Spotlight: Delhi Telephone Company

Delhi Telephone Company offers a variety of services to the Greater Delhi Area. The company offers Internet, Cable TV, Telephone services, Smart Home Security and more. Delhi Telephone Company has been a staple in the community for decades, offering reliable, quality services. They even have special offers for Delhi Chamber Members!

Discover more about Delhi Telephone Company on their website and Facebook.

Farmers’ Market Feature: Elder Sisters Apothecary

Elder Sisters Apothecary offers small batch, homegrown, organic herbal remedies, potions, and magickal goods that are handcrafted in ritual by the phases of the moon. Run by two strong and dedicated women, Jackie and Lisa, they tend to Elder Sisters Apothecary by honoring science and intuition. They offer an array of products such as candles, salves, spell kits, tinctures, incense, and more. 

They regularly sell their wares at the Delhi Farmers’ Markets on Wednesdays from 10 am to 2 pm. Find more about them on their website, Instagram or at the Farmers’ Market!

Farmers’ Market Feature: Middlefield Orchard

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Middlefield Orchard is a clean and beautiful commercial orchard in Cooperstown, NY. The 130 acre fruit tree and vegetable farm borders Cherry Valley Creek and offers activities and fruit picking for the entire family. Pick your own strawberries, raspberries, and over 28 apple varieties. In the fall enjoy the corn maze, hayrides, pick-your-own pumpkin patch, and more. 

Middlefield Orchard has been a regular at the Delhi Farmers’ Market for years offering fresh fruit and vegetables, donuts, jam, and more. Find them each week on Wednesday from 10am-2pm. Find more about them on their website and Facebook.

Chamber Member Spotlight: Strickland Hollow, Café at the Tasting Room

Strickland Hollow is a farm and distillery as well as a bottleshop, cooking school, and now most recently, they have opened up for lunch and dinner. The Café at the Tasting Room is European inspired, serving conserva, charcuterie, fresh pasta, house-made sausage, artisan cocktails and more. 

The Café is open Wednesdays from 11am-4pm and again at 5pm for pizza night. They are open on Thursday from 11am-4pm and Friday-Saturday from 11am-8pm. Sit outside on their beautiful stone patio and enjoy lively and timeless food and wine. Find the menu on their website and follow along on Facebook and Instagram.

Photo by Jason Martin

Farmers' Market Feature: Island Girl Henna

Island Girl Henna is a henna studio and art gallery run by Jeanette Platania-Harper in Delhi, NY. Jeanette is an exceptionally talented henna artist who offers her work for individual sessions, group parties, and at local markets and festivals. Additionally, Island Girl Henna has an art gallery located at 68 1/2 Main Street in Delhi. 

Find Island Girl Henna each week at the Delhi Farmers’ Market on Wednesdays from 10am-2pm and connect with her online to see where else she’ll be this summer. Visit her website, Instagram and Facebook.

Photo courtesy of Island Girl Henna

Chamber Member Spotlight: EightyMain

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By now you have certainly heard of EightyMain, the restaurant on Main Street in Delhi that has recently celebrated its first year of business. Chef Will, originally from Brooklyn, NY, works tirelessly to make this place delicious and special. The restaurant offers fantastic pasta dishes, locally sourced meats and produce, artisan cocktails, and a great selection of wine and beer. They are excited to offer a Mid-Day Menu on Saturdays and Sundays from 12pm-3:30pm. Enjoy lunch inside or outside in front of the restaurant and don’t shy away from a well-deserved mid-day cocktail! 

Find out more on their website and Instagram. 

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Chamber Member Spotlight: Francesca's Pizzeria & Restaurant

Francesca’s Pizzeria and Restaurant, located in Price Chopper Plaza in Delhi, NY, proudly serves the community fresh made pizza, pasta dinners, salads, chicken wings, and hot and cold subs. Whether you would like to eat in or take out, their fresh food is a great solution when you don’t feel like cooking or if you feel like treating yourself and family. Enjoy an array of toppings, a variety of desserts, and subs ranging from Philly cheese steak to Meatball. 

Find their full menu here and be sure to stop in and try their specialty pizzas or your go-to favorite toppings. For their hours and more visit their Facebook.

Farmers' Market Feature: Central Bridge Farms

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Central Bridge Farms raises all-natural and pasture raised beef, pork, seasonal vegetables and homemade baked goods. The farm has been family owned and operated since 1926 by the Vanderwerken Family. Located in the beautiful Schoharie Valley, the exceptional farm land and nearly a century of family knowledge on the farm generates quality meat and produce. 

Purchase their products at the Delhi Farmers’ Market on Wednesday from 10am-2pm and find more information on their Facebook and Instagram.

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Farmers' Market Feature: Nectar Hills Farm

Nectar Hills Farm is a diversified farm in Schenevus, NY, run by Sonia Sola and Dave Button. They focus on nutrient dense food, herbal teas, Apple Cider Vinegar, Fuego Vinegar and baked goods. You will find all these items plus fresh empanadas each week at the Delhi Farmers’ Market. They make all of these items in their commercial kitchen with biodynamic produce and grass-fed meats and adding only organic ingredients. Nectar Hills Farm also makes unique fiber goods with their own wool and sheepskins. 

Find them each week at the Delhi Farmers’ Market on Wednesday from 10am-2pm at Courthouse Square in Delhi, NY. Find more information on their website, Facebook and Instagram.

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Chamber Member Spotlight: The Stonehouse Shop

Photo courtesy of The Stonehouse Shop

The Stonehouse in Delhi, NY, is a gorgeous tiny shop in an old barbershop on Main Street. Everything chosen for the shop appears to be meticulously curated as the aesthetic and atmosphere is colorful, soothing, inviting, and comfortable. Shop artisan homegoods, incense, candles, jewelry, Moroccan rugs, linens, pillows, throws, and more. 

Stop into the beautiful shop at 92 Main Street in Delhi to find your next favorite treasure. Find more information on their website and Instagram.

Photo courtesy of The Stonehouse Shop

Dining at Strickland Hollow

Photo by Jason Martin

Strickland Hollow has now entered the dining scene on Main Street in Delhi. They will be offering food and drinks Wednesday through Saturday from 11am-4pm with pizza on Wednesdays and dinner on the weekends. Chef Jerry Pellegrino creates exceptional dishes bringing in classical cooking elements with modern techniques and pairings. 

Strickland Hollow has long been teaching cooking classes and selling some of the best New York State made wine, beer, and spirits and new dining option is gladly received! 

Keep an eye on their Instagram for updates on the menu, specials, and other news.

Photo by Jason Martin

Photo by Jason Martin