Apple Ridge Farm in Saylorsburg

HAWLEY - The Delaware Highlands Conservancy is pleased to announce a new 2012 edition of the award-winning Shop Local Save Land Guide to Farms and Farm Markets. The Shop Local Save Land Guide is an easy-to-read, easy-to-use, easy-to-carry one-stop resource for residents and visitors who desire fresh, healthy, local foods.

Complimentary copies of Shop Local Save Land are available at fine shops, restaurants, farms and farm markets, lodging facilities, Visitors Bureaus and Chambers of Commerce, or may be found at both the PA and NY offices of the Delaware Highlands Conservancy, 508 River Street in Hawley, PA and 120 Segar Road in Kauneonga Lake, NY.

 The colorful brochure features 22 pages of essential information about farms, farmers' markets and stands, and community gardens that produce and sell local agricultural products. The Guide includes a keyed map for easy navigation and for creating road plans to visit several farms in a day trip.

The 2012 Shop Local Save Land Guide also features profiles and photos of some of the innovative businesses and organizations whose generous support helped to make this year's guide possible, including The Settlers Inn, Pocono Mountains Visitors Bureau, Hotel Fauchere, A.M. Skier Insurance, the Monroe County Open Space Program, the Pike County Scenic Rural Character Preservation Program (SRCP), the Pike County Conservation District, and the Pike County Agricultural Land Preservation Program.

The companion website, www.ShopLocalSaveLand.com, provides searchable listings as well as interesting articles, upcoming events in the area, and a tool to design your own driving tour of farm and forest providers in the area.

For more information about the Delaware Highlands Conservancy, visit www.DelawareHighlands.org,