Owner of Greene Pasture Ranch Victoria Pezzino recently opened Farm To Table, a local farm grocery store, and operates with the help of her mother Milady and daughters Grazielle, and Dayani. The store is located at 13 South Canal Street in Greene, NY. (Photo by Kelli Miller)

GREENE — Owner of Greene Pasture Ranch Victoria Pezzino recently opened Farm To Table, a local farm grocery store, and operates with the help of her mother Milady and daughters Grazielle, and Dayani. The store is located at 13 South Canal Street in Greene, NY.

“We opened the store to be able to provide fresh produce and meats to our local community,” said Pezzino. “Our goal here is to provide an outlet for our local farmers where they can bring their items in and we'll take care of everything else.”

She said the weekday hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and weekends are 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. and they are closed on Tuesdays. Hours may be subject to change in the future.

What's really hard for the farmer is the separation from farming and retail. She said supporting local farms and making sure they don't go extinct is very important to her because once the land is gone, its gone.

“We've always had our hands in food, coming from a Dominican and Sicilian heritage,” she said, “ Originally the store was just going to be a place to showcase our meats but when I joined the Farm Bureau, I saw a lot of farmers suffering. So I started working with the local farms and wanted to put it all under one roof. Its always been a dream of mine.”