Christ, I thought you lived farther away from here than Troy. Did you move? The awesomeness is starting to trickle down into pennsylvania. Not that Binghamton is all that great, but we have a couple of farmers markets, CSAs, and community gardens (which I'm involved with - I actually just finished making their
website for anyone interested in giving constructive web design criticism). Scranton has a vegan restaurant now that sells awesome fake meat sandwiches, has some community gardens (I think). There's a tiny little hamlet between Binghamton and Scranton called Montrose that has a
local food restaurant, a little healthfood store and a lively farmer's market. I never EVER would've expected a tiny little town like Montrose to have anything like this just a couple years ago. Word is getting out, and I'm sure it will get to where you are in due time. Oh yeah and this sunday, Susquehanna county PA is having a
farm tour. I know for a fact there are way more farms than that, because I work at one, and see a few on the way. I'm vegan for the most part, but I have no problem sinking my teeth into some locally produced, humane, environmentally responsible Ardith Mae feta cheese.
Sorry if there are a lot of words - I'm really excited about this kind of stuff, maybe even more so than ecomodding.