When signing the mortgage paperwork a decade ago for land in the Town of Jay that would become Blue Pepper Farm, Tyler Eaton had a thought. He and his wife Shannon could vacate to a family cabin over the Fourth of July and Ironman weekends and make the farmhouse available to the copious tourist population […]
Warrensburgh Riverfront Farmers’ Market Celebrates 25 Years of Bringing Local Food to Warren County
The Warrensburgh Riverfront Farmers’ Market is celebrating its 25th season this year with full line up of special events, live music and activities for their community. In 1998 Warrensburgh Beautification Inc., a nonprofit organization and committee of the town began the market. Teresa Whalen has been the Market Manager for the Warrensburgh Farmers’ Market for two […]
The Future of Farm to School in the Adirondack Region
Most local activists will tell you they’re not out to save the world. Julie Holbrook and K’Cee Leavine will admit to no such thing. They see child nutrition in schools as a fundamental building block to human health and happiness, and a fundamental right of everyone taken under the wing of public education. To them, […]
Better Quality Food is Key for Helping Students Thrive
By Tim Rowland Supporters of Farm to School had battled the conventional wisdom that food in its natural state was too costly and too hard to prepare. They’d won that fight, but now a larger one loomed: getting students to eat it. Too many came from homes where parents, working multiple jobs or otherwise spread […]
Local Food Saves Area Schools Money
By Tim Rowland If children can be particular when it comes to food, school administrators, out of necessity, can be just as fastidious when it comes to their annual budgets. And with finances and curricula understandably absorbing so much of their time and energy, it’s no wonder the cafeteria gets pushed to the back burner. […]
Schools Purchasing Local Food Helps Local Farmers
By Tim Rowland Those who study global hunger note that the world produces plenty of food, the problem rests with getting that food to people in need. Something similar has been happening in public schools. A new generation of North Country farmers was producing a breadth of healthy food, but at the same time, school […]
