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The Hilton Family Farmstand in Brant Lake, sells jars of pickles, coffee, gifts and other locally sourced items from a roadside store and online.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

By Andrea Harwood<\/p>\n

Jen Bliss, co-owner of Hilton Family Farmstand in Brant Lake, has expanded her operations, adding a\u00a0 <\/span>building and an ecommerce website to the enterprise.<\/p>\n

Bliss\u2019 father started the farmstand over 25 years ago as a small family project intended to provide summer work for an old friend. He set up a six-foot table and a tent, and put some melons and corn from Schuylerville Farms alongside some of the Hilton family pickles. It grew from there.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s evolved from one little tent to a bigger tent, to a refrigerator, to now two full stores,\u201d said Bliss. \u201cThere are people who still come by here who remember buying our pickles out of the little cooler on the side of the road. Now we have a full-sized store.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the past, the farmstand sold mostly produce. Bliss\u2019 father sold only local Upstate New York produce, meeting with the farmers in Menands and partnering with Hand Melon Farm in Schuylervillle.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/span>Jen Bliss now runs and co-owns the company alongside her mother, Cindy Hilton.<\/p>\n

In 2015, the first store was built, replacing the tent. It is roughly 12×20 feet. An additional building of about the same size was reconfigured to hold things such as T-shirts, knickknacks and gifts. That building is called the Shirt Shed.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe carry things from the six local lakes \u2013 Brant Lake, Friends Lake, Schroon Lake, Loon Lake, Paradox Lake and Eagle Lake,\u201d said Bliss. Items are 100 percent locally made, from people and businesses that Bliss knows personally.<\/p>\n

Last year, the Farmstand started selling products from Oscar\u2019s Smokehouse in Warrensburg.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Bliss recently worked with Bailiwick Marketing to develop an ecommerce website to market the store\u2019s year-round items. The website is www.HiltonFamilyFarmstand.com.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re really focusing on the six local lakes and all of our items related to those lakes,\u201d she said. \u201cWe\u2019ve also partnered with some artisans in the area who do custom woodworking, again with an emphasis on the six lakes. We want people to have a place to get a gift when they\u2019re away from the area.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Hilton Family Farmstand pickles can be found locally in what Bliss calls \u201cmom and pop stores.\u201d They can be found as far north as Blue Mountain Lake and as far south as Saratoga Springs. For most of the vendors who carry her pickles, Bliss carries their products in her store. All stores carrying the pickles are locally owned and operated.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe pickles all started with my mom\u2019s great uncle\u2019s recipe,\u201d said Bliss. \u201cThe family was raised up here in Brant Lake. We tailored it through the years. We hand-cut each pickle and hand-make each jar, all in our little 8×10 stuffy kitchen. We did over 5,000 jars last year. People buy cases of pickles to take with them. I\u2019ve had people drive up from New Jersey to buy multiple cases to take back to their family.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe make everything ourselves, so we want to make sure everything is delivered properly and stored properly,\u201d she said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

When Bliss\u2019 father passed away, she quit her corporate job to take run the company with her mother. She runs the operations and business development, working with vendors, delivering product, making pickles, running the farmer\u2019s market and running the ecommerce store.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you own your own business, you do it all,\u201d said Bliss.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Hilton Family Farmstand is located at 7915 Route 8 in Brant Lake. The phone number is 518-796-9589.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Andrea Harwood Jen Bliss, co-owner of Hilton Family Farmstand in Brant Lake, has expanded her operations, adding a\u00a0 building and an ecommerce website to the enterprise. Bliss\u2019 father started the farmstand over 25 years ago as a small family project intended to provide summer work for an old friend. 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