What is a CSA? Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) is a model where a member pays for a “share” of a farmer’s offerings in advance, making a commitment to a local farm that they will support them through the season. In return, farmers provide them with food through a designated period of time. This model shares […]
Harvest Blog
Seasonal Harvest: Medicinal Herbs & Herbal Products in the Adirondacks
By Mary Godnick, Adirondack Harvest Program Coordinator, CCE Essex | For centuries, humans across the globe have used plants for food, medicine, and ceremony. Herbs have been used by all cultures since flowering plants and humans co-evolved roughly 6 million years ago before recorded human history. Evidence of Egyptian Schools of Herbalists dates back to […]
Local Farm Stores are a Great Spot for Holiday Shopping
By Tim Rowland This Christmas I’m giving the gift of garlic. No, really — plump and pungent bulbs of Adirondack-grown garlic, snow white with faint veins of purple, along with a recipe for Chicken With 40 Cloves of Garlic and a personalized story about how this was the first “grown up” dish I learned to […]
Seasonal Harvest: Embracing the Autumn Bounty of Pumpkins & Winter Squash
By Mary Godnick, Communication Coordinator for CCE Essex Adirondack Harvest Program. This article originally appeared in the September issues of Northern HGL Magazine. Pumpkins are an undeniable sign of the shifting seasons in the Adirondack region. This year, support farms in your community by using locally grown pumpkins and winter squash in your fall cooking, […]
Celebrating Another Successful Year for the Power of Produce Club!
By Emma Crowningshield, Americorps VISTA Volunteer. 2023 Marked the fourth consecutive year of hosting the Power of Produce (POP) club in person, and once again, it was a triumphant season. The program offered lessons and activities for all ages and market-fresh taste tests to participants. Throughout the summer, nearly 450 kids participated in the program! […]
Blue Pepper Farm Offers a Glimpse into Adirondack Farm Life at Farmstay
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 […]
