Armed with pruners and a clipboard, Courtney Grimes-Sutton surveys row upon row of young apple trees, none of which are named Red Delicious or McIntosh. The varieties in her nursery at Mace Chasm Farm have names average consumers have never heard of, and rich, complex flavors they have never tasted. Once they get a bite, Grimes-Sutton believes, they might never go back.
Harvest Blog
Spring is an Egg-cellent Time to Buy Local
By Mary Godnick, Adirondack Harvest Program Leader | Eggs are an integral part of traditions, celebratory dishes, and the everyday diet around the globe. Historians estimate that humans have been eating eggs for roughly 6 million years. Originally, people foraged eggs from wild bird nests until they were domesticated around 1500 BCE in Ancient Egypt. […]
This Spring, Landscape and Garden Local
By Mary Godnick, Adirondack Harvest Program Leader | Nothing says SPRING quite like the gardener’s urge to plan out the garden for the year ahead. Are you champing at the bit to get seeds in the ground, window boxes planted, or a new landscaping project installed? This year, before you order plants online or buy […]
Time to Sign Up for CSA Shares
By Mary Godnick, Adirondack Harvest Program Leader | 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 […]
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 […]
