Food
By Claudia Fragnito on Monday, Apr. 11, 2011 - 12:35 pm
Spring is here and with it, the anticipation of gardening - fresh, local fruits and vegetables! - and babies! These chicks will be the source of the eggs in many a frittata in the coming months! (Photo taken by Claudia Fragnito at the Ostrander chicken... Read more
By Claudia Fragnito on Monday, Apr. 11, 2011 - 12:35 pm
So it appears people are ready and eager to start their vegetable gardens! Mother Earth News - http://www.motherearthnews.com/diary-of-an-organic-gardener/thinking-about-starting-a-garden-jump-right-in.aspx - has put together some key pointers on... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Apr. 7, 2011 - 11:32 am
Liza de Guia, a New York City food blogger who shoots mini-documentaries on food from farm to table at Food Curated, traveled to the Catskills recently to make a film about small-scale slaughterhouses.
Here, in Part 1, she interviews Chris Harmon, the... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Mar. 31, 2011 - 1:05 pm
Photo of organic seed packets by Flickr user LollyKnit.
Reuters reports that the Public Patent Foundation, a nonprofit organization located at Cardozo School of Law and dedicated to preserving "freedom in the patent system," has filed suit against the... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Mar. 30, 2011 - 10:15 am
U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand announced yesterday that she had been named chair of the Senate Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, Poultry, Marketing and Agriculture Security. From the press release (via the Catskill Chronicle):
Senator Gillibrand will... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Mar. 29, 2011 - 3:30 pm
Black bear cub. Photo by Alan Vernon, via Flickr.
According to the New York State Department of Conservation's 2010 hunting numbers for bear and deer, which were released yesterday, the Catskills are the place to go if you're hunting black bear. Three... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Mar. 29, 2011 - 1:08 pm
Sullivan County farmer Bob Franklin has been making headlines lately -- for expanding his dairy operation at a time when many dairy farmers are in dire straits. (And for getting a visit from Congressman Maurice Hinchey, seen above admiring one of Franklin... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Mar. 24, 2011 - 5:13 pm
Bruce BakerFor the third and final installment in our series of interviews with experts who will speak at this Sunday's Farm to Market Conference in Liberty, we talked with Bruce Baker, a marketing consultant who teaches farm and food business people how... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Mar. 23, 2011 - 4:59 pm
Martin ButtsFor the second installment in our series of interviews with experts who will speak at this Sunday's Farm to Market Conference in Liberty, we talked with Martin Butts, a Syracuse-based local food advocate and consultant for small food producers... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Mar. 22, 2011 - 3:49 pm
Deb KavakosThis year's Farm to Market Conference, a get-together sponsored by Pure Catskills and being held this Sunday in Liberty, is an annual conclave of growers, distributors, marketers, and buyers from all points in the food chain. We attended last... Read more
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