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By Pure Catskills on Wednesday, Mar. 4, 2015 - 3:31 pm
A Makers’ Tale
The story of Delaware County-based Catskill Craftsmen is one of invention, evolution and environmental stewardship.
Catskill Craftsmen manufactures domestic hardwood ready-to-assemble kitchen carts, islands, butcher block carts and work... Read more
By Pure Catskills on Monday, Mar. 2, 2015 - 3:33 pm
Join by March 27 to be featured in the 2015- 2016 Pure Catskills Guide. Simply send a $35 payment by mail today: Make checks payable to “WAC” and mail to Watershed Agricultural Council, Attn: Pure Catskills, 44 West Street, Walton, NY 13856 OR pay online... Read more
By Pure Catskills on Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2015 - 4:59 pm
Since 1973, Sonja Hedlund has been farming in the Sullivan County Catskills with her husband, Dick Riseling. On 80-acre Apple Pond Farm, the pair raise chickens, goats, sheep and draft horses; hand-spin wool into yarn; and make fresh goat milk into... Read more
By Pure Catskills on Thursday, Jan. 22, 2015 - 2:00 pm
Ohio native Marla Puccetti, who co-owns The Heron in Narrowsburg, NY with her chef/partner, Paul Nanni, grew up in the restaurant industry – her uncle ran a steakhouse and her father owned an Italian restaurant – but it was not the career path her family... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Mar. 26, 2014 - 11:34 am
Top: Farmers and food entrepreneurs mingle at the conference. Photo courtsey of the conference's Facebook page. Above: A promotional video for the 2014 Farm to Market Connection Conference.
Every year, farmers and foodies gather in Sullivan County to... Read more
By Jennifer Strom on Tuesday, Mar. 4, 2014 - 4:17 pm
Above: Slickepott's Pam Lamont and Betty Acre Farm's Aissa O'Neil talked up their products at the Pure Catskills booth at a New York City trade show on Monday afternoon. Photos by Jennifer Strom.
For three days this week, you could sample Slickepott... Read more
By Pure Catskills on Friday, Aug. 3, 2012 - 3:59 pm
Above: Rob Birdsall, Land Conservation Specialist, Watershed Agricultural Council, poses for his best Cauliflower Lady impression. "I Buy Local because...I come from a long line of farm families."
As the Pure Catskills Buy Local campaigns enters its 10th... 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
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