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Christina Myers has opened a store that carries honey, maple syrup, cheese, meat and vegetables, and items such as soaps, candles from about 35 different local farmers. and producers.
\u00a92017 Saratoga Photographer.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

By Susan E. Campbell<\/p>\n

The owner of Old Saratoga Mercantile, 1120 Route 29 in Schuylerville, left a job in journalism and now sells naturally grown produce and other natural goods that come to her from farms in the area.<\/span><\/p>\n

Old Saratoga Mercantile gives vendors in the region, some of whom previously sold only out of their homes, a place to sell their wares seven days a week.<\/span><\/p>\n

Christina Myers had been a journalist doing stories on local government and the political scene for 15 years. But going into business and starting a store was not, she said, the fulfillment of a lifelong dream.<\/span><\/p>\n

Actually, Myers and her then-fianc\u00e9 purchased the vacant five-acre plot to build a home and wanted enough land to farm much of their own food. The idea to tear down a brick structure\u2014an antique store up until the early 2000s\u2014and to turn an outdated barn on the property into an old-time shop sprouted soon enough.<\/span><\/p>\n

She visited dozens of farms and producers, sampling their products, talking to the owners and customers, and doing all the fact-checking so her customers wouldn\u2019t have to scrutinize every label to ensure the product was responsibly made.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI want to know exactly where my food comes from. Was it grown with the same practices I would use? Or is a giant commercial operation profiting from sprays and unnatural processes?\u201d she said. \u201cIt\u2019s so important to know your roots, which is more than a tag line for me. It\u2019s the driving force for Old Saratoga Mercantile.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The store carries honey, maple syrup, cheese, meat and vegetables, as well as non-food items such as hats and mittens, soaps, candles and cleansers, from about 35 different local farmers and producers.<\/span><\/p>\n

Upon entering the store, Myers said she wants customers to feel like they are stepping into the 1800s.<\/span><\/p>\n

One local jewelry maker wanted Myers to put some of her pieces on the shelves, but she didn\u2019t think the items made a good match.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cA shiny tiara doesn\u2019t go with my old-style store. The vendor came back with jewelry made from materials like flowers and feathers, styled perfectly with our agricultural theme in mind,\u201d said Myers.<\/span><\/p>\n

She said she has had to say \u201cno, thank you\u201d to vendors who use dyes in their products or follow \u201cquestionable practices.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Some products she stocks are her own. She bottles vinegar-citrus cleaning solutions and specialty food items, like pickled patty pan squash.<\/span><\/p>\n

Her husband is growing garlic, mushrooms and has a number of autumn plantings to bring to market in the spring. There are recipe cards in the store and customers can buy small packages of whatever locally grown herbs and spices the recipes call for.<\/span><\/p>\n

Myers said she is grateful to the SCORE mentors who she met with twice a month to learn budgeting, projecting inventory, and other business skills.<\/span><\/p>\n

Business hours are weekdays from 9 a.m.\u00a0 <\/span>to 6 p.m. and weekends 9\u00a0 <\/span>a.m. to 5 p.m.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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