The Potato Homestead
Redefine what “homestead” means to far too many through the breadth and depth of what Alex and Rob McKeage grow and produce at their year-round operation in Cape May County. It’s meat-and-potatoes growing, making, preserving and baking and it’s all served forth sustainably and conscientiously. Lauren Vitagliano takes TPW readers on a tour.
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THE POTATO HOMESTEAD’s website is www.thepotatohomestead.com. Phone: 856-217-6217. Email: potatohomestead@gmail.com. Follow on Facebook and on Instagram. The farmers attend markets year-round, including these high-season ones at the Shore:
- West Cape May (at Backyard Park): Tuesdays, from June 24 through Aug. 26, 3 to 7 p.m.
- Margate (near Steve & Cookie’s restaurant): Thursdays, from June 12 through Aug. 28, 8:30 to 11:30 a.m.
- Ventnor City (at Holy Trinity parking lot): Fridays, now through Labor Day Weekend, 8 a.m. to noon.
- Somers Point (at Somers Point Mansion): Saturdays, now through Sept. 6, 8 a.m. to noon.
- Wildwood (at Byrne Plaza, Pacific Avenue): Saturdays, now through Labor Day Weekend, 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
- Stone Harbor (at the water tower, Second Avenue): Sundays, now through Labor Day Weekend, 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
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Lauren Vitagliano is a contributor to The Peasant Wife’s periodic Life on the Farm column. The owner-operator of her own homestead, Pine Barrens Post, Lauren reports on farms, farmers, food artisans and issues in agriculture primarily in South Jersey for TPW. You can link to contact information at her website, www.pinebarrenspost.com.