While the average American is quite familiar with goat dairy products of cheese and milk, in America one usually has to go to an ethnic area to find goat meat (Chevon) on the menu. (This is not true for most of the rest of the world where 63 percent of red meat consumed world-wide is goat.) However, as the world becomes smaller and Americans be-come more ecologically concerned and more aware of their diets, Chevon (as goat meat is referred to in culinary circles) is becoming more mainstream. We are very lucky in the Saratoga area to have access to fresh, farm-raised Chevon.
Saratoga Farmers' Market vendor, Liza Porter, produces some of the
area's tastiest Chevon. Her farm, Longview Farm, sits up on a pastoral
Argyle hillside looking west towards the Hudson River. It is ideal for
raising goats and producing fine goat products, cheese, milk and meat.
Their goats eat a natural diet: mother's milk, browse and pasture. The
Chevon produced here is lean and juicy -- free of hormones, antibiotics
and additives -- deliciously pure.
Chevon is very healthy meat to eat and production is quite ecological. Goats can forage on areas other meat-producing animals cannot and leave a very small carbon footprint. Chevon is lower in fat and cholesterol than chicken, beef or lamb, and highest in protein and iron. In addition goat is easily digestible due to its unique molecular structure. This makes it the choice meat of many who suffer from digestive problems. And the bottom line is: it tastes good!
You can buy Chevon at the Saratoga Farmers' Market along with your vegetables, dairy and other fresh local products on Saturdays, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. at the Salvation Army Building on Woodlawn Ave.
Chevon is very healthy meat to eat and production is quite ecological. Goats can forage on areas other meat-producing animals cannot and leave a very small carbon footprint. Chevon is lower in fat and cholesterol than chicken, beef or lamb, and highest in protein and iron. In addition goat is easily digestible due to its unique molecular structure. This makes it the choice meat of many who suffer from digestive problems. And the bottom line is: it tastes good!
You can buy Chevon at the Saratoga Farmers' Market along with your vegetables, dairy and other fresh local products on Saturdays, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. at the Salvation Army Building on Woodlawn Ave.
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