WALTON, NY - The Catskills Family Creameries group announced today local restaurants are joining the Milky Way fun by featuring the group's dairy products in select dishes in support of the 2nd Annual Come Travel the Milky Way, a one-day tour of farmstead creameries throughout the Catskill region. Over the 4th of July weekend, visit O'Neill's Shire Pub (Delhi), the Andes Hotel (Andes), Brushland Eating House (Bovina), Lucky Dog Caf� (Hamden) and the Stamford Smokehouse (Stamford) to taste these products fresh out of the kitchen.

The Andes Hotel will feature Byebrook Farm's cider washed gouda toasts and Cowbella Creamery's chilled yogurt and asparagus soup. Lucky Dog Caf� tops it's menu with signature dish, Harpersfield's plain tilsit mac and cheese. Many more delicious meals are still in the works!

Catskills Family Creameries includes Betty Acres Farm/Modern Milkmaid (Delhi), Byebrook Farm (Bloomville), Cowbella Creamery (Jefferson), Dirty Girl Farm (Andes), Harpersfield Cheese by Brovetto Dairy & Cheese House (Jefferson), Lazy Crazy Acres (Arkville) and Sherman Hill Farmstead (Franklin).

For more information about each of the participating restaurants, host farms and a map to guide you through the Milky Way, visit www.catskillsfamilycreameries.com.

Catskills Family Creameries is a project facilitated by the Economic Viability Program of the Watershed Agricultural Council, which also administers the Pure Catskills Buy Local campaign.

Contact Farm to Market Manager, Beth McKellips, at [email protected] or (607) 865-7090 for details on the Council's economic initiatives.

The purpose of the Watershed Agricultural Council is to protect both the rural, land-based economy of the watershed region and its drinking water quality for over nine million people. Working with farmers, agribusinesses, forest landowners, forest industry professionals and others, the Council seeks to enhance both business profitability and environmental stewardship. It also champions the use of conservation easements as an option to keep land within a working landscape context. The Council protects over 24,000 acres of farmland in the NYC Watershed. The Council works through partnerships with other nonprofit organizations, government agencies and community stakeholders to achieve its purpose. For more information, visit www.nycwatershed.org.

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