Carl Bowen, Director of Food and Nutrition Services at the Adirondack Medical Center has been working hard to focus the hospital’s food offerings around locally sourced ingredients since 2014. Today, an outstanding 40% of food purchased by the Adirondack Medical Center is from local farmers. Adirondack Medical Center is a cornerstone institution in the community of Saranac Lake, NY, […]
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D&D Meats Earns Competitive USDA Grant to Reduce Pressures on Local Producers
By Tim Rowland At the quiet intersection that marks the hamlet of Sciota, where the Adirondack mountains give way to the Canadian plains, Shane Dutil is armed with a knife. It’s a good way to cut meat, but little defense against the forces that have rocked his industry, that thin but crucial band of sinew […]
Generous Acts Grant and CCE Essex Paying the Bill so Schools Can Serve More Local Food Through Pandemic Challenges
By Meghan Dohman, CCE Essex Farm to Institution Educator The Cornell Cooperative Extension of Essex County (CCE Essex) Farm to School program is an educational outreach initiative that works to increase the amount of locally grown, healthy foods in school meals. This program also provides area schools with classroom lessons on local food and agriculture, […]
Bringing High-Quality Farm-to-Table Dining to Malone, NY
Interview with Executive Chef & Operating Partner Jesse Badger at the Hearth of Malone By Mary Godnick, Adirondack Harvest Communication Coordinator at Cornell Cooperative Extension of Essex County You may have already heard the buzz about the new restaurant in Malone, NY. A small town in the Adirondacks along the Canadian border. The Hearth of […]
New Creamery in the Works at Meier’s Artisan Cheese
By Tim Rowland | September 1, 2021 In Dan Meiers’ native Switzerland, land is more beautiful than it is plentiful, a fact that drove him, along with his wife Helen and four little children, first to eastern Ontario 31 years ago, and then, 23 years ago, to the tippy top of New York, where the […]
The Village Meat Market: Boon for a Small Community
By Carly Summers After driving by Lake Champlain along forest-lined roads, then through the village of Willsboro in Essex County, NY, you stop at one of the only gas stations and markets for miles around. When you step in, you find a grocery store with assortments of cheeses, a large variety of meats, a deli, […]
