Producer: Slack Hollow Farm, Argyle NY
Product: Farmer's Granola

Slack Hollow Farm (SHF) is a certified organic vegetable farm located in Argyle, NY. The farm, owned by Seth Jacobs and Martha Johnson, has been using BKI for a year and a half to make their “Farmer’s Granola”. The recipe is based on one Martha made to eat for breakfast to get through a busy farm morning. They source local honey, including from their own hives, and maple syrup. The granola comes in two flavors– maple walnut and honey almond and is sold at the Troy Farmers’market year round and at the Saratoga farmers’ market in the summer. They began producing the granola to enhance their table at the winter farmers' market in Troy.

SHF really appreciates BKI because of the convenience. The facility's convection oven is great and when SHF needed more baking sheets to make production smoother, the kitchen was able to purchase them. The granola is selling well and has expanded the farm’s winter offerings as well as being a value added product for their honey, which they otherwise sell raw in jars. They have built a loyal following for their simple, delicious product.

SHF’s manager, Colleen Converse, represents the farm on the BKI board.

For more information about Slack Hollow Farm please visit their website at www.slackhollowfarm.com

Processor's note:
Granola is a baked product that doesn’t require a schedule process. Some bakers at the farmers’ market have a home processor exemption and can bake their products at home while other bakers need to have a 20C license and an inspected kitchen separate from their home kitchen or rent an inspected facility like BKI. Which option is allowed depends on what type of goods are being baked. For example a double crusted pie often will fall under a home processor exemption while a single crusted pie often will require the inspected kitchen.The New York State Department of Ag and Markets sets the regulations and needs to be contacted when a producer is thinking about selling a product.