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, […]
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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 […]
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 […]