Food
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011 - 8:21 am
As you may have noticed, it's a big year for apples. I wrote a whole feature story about that fact here last week, and spilled a lot of virtual ink about the virtues of apple cider. But what if you have cider and apple juice coming out of your ears and... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Oct. 13, 2011 - 8:47 pm
Above: Flickr slideshow of photos from the reopening of the Boiceville Supermarket IGA, Thursday, October 13, 2011. Photos by Julia Reischel.
Shopping for groceries isn't generally one of life's more festive activities. But in Boiceville today, it felt... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2011 - 9:37 am
Above: A photographic tour of the enormous apple cider press at the Hubbell homestead. Click on the slideshow to open the the tour in a separate window. Photos by Julia Reischel.
It’s a good year for apples in the Catskills. Call it the silver lining of... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Oct. 7, 2011 - 9:37 am
Jenn Schuman, the president of the Greater Roxbury Learning Initiative Corporation, sent us these photos of Roxbury Central School students talking about homegrown food and gardening at the Margaretville Hospital Health Fair yesterday.
The students... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2011 - 10:12 am
Video: Part 1 of A Pickup Load of Pigs: The Feral Swine Pandemic, a three-part series produced by the Mississippi State University Extension Service. More from the series available here.
Feral pigs are gaining a foothold in western Sullivan County and... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Sep. 27, 2011 - 6:07 pm
After the flooding of Irene and Lee, NYC food blogger Liza de Guia, who makes short behind-the-scenes documentary films about food from field to fork, visited Maple Downs Farm in Middleburgh. What she found was a landscape that has become all too familiar... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Sep. 15, 2011 - 1:31 pm
Aerial imaging of the village of Schoharie on Tuesday, August 30, courtesy of RIT researcher Jason Faulring. Cropped by the Watershed Post from the original, larger image.
Across the Catskills region (and beyond), Irene and Lee wreaked devastation on many... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Sep. 15, 2011 - 10:34 am
According to the Schoharie County Emergency Services Facebook page, there will be a meeting for Schoharie County farmers who have suffered flood damage today in Cobleskill. Details below:
Cornell Cooperative Extension Schoharie County and Schoharie... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Sep. 14, 2011 - 11:27 am
This just in from the Middletown Flood Recovery website: Representatives from a variety of agencies will be onhand in Grand Gorge and Delhi today to help farmers navigate the many emergency aid programs available in the wake of flooding. Info below:... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Saturday, Sep. 3, 2011 - 2:27 am
Town supervisor Dennis Richards Friday at the command post in the Middleburgh village office: Photo by Marty Rosen.
Hurricane Irene plunged rural Schoharie County into a nightmare.
During the storm last Sunday, emergency sirens blasted. Emergency... Read more
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