Meet your Farmer by Tessa Edick HOOT! Italiano Farm Benefit Dinner in Copake Hosted International Italian Chef & Author, Announced Industrial Hemp NYS project with SUNY “One of the nicest things about life is the way we must stop whatever it is we are doing and devote
Posted on: December 18, 2017 12:15 am Daniel Zuckerman for Columbia-Greene Media COPAKE — Empire Farm in Copake held a holiday pop-up event Sunday that showcased the best of local products made in Columbia County. This was the second year the pop-up event, held in the farmhouse, was
Posted on: September 5, 2017 08:24 pm Richard Moody Columbia-Greene Media Local veterans and farmers advocates support federal legislation that will reauthorize funding to help veterans and young aspiring farmers to start up in the field as the large portion of the farming population ages out. The bill introduced
Posted on: August 20, 2017 12:15 am Richard Moody Columbia-Greene Media HUDSON — This year’s Hudson Summer Festival partnered with the Farm On Foundation to help local farms and businesses reach out to the community and to fund the foundation’s programs that guide youth toward agriculture. Several Hudson Valley
We are more alike than different, my friend Paula always reminds me — we all have to eat! It’s one of those things you cannot digitalize — and it’s probably one of the most important things you do after breathing and sleeping — both of which
Tessa Edick For Columbia-Greene Media July 20, 2017 05:15 am It’s the time of year that begs for fresh fruit, local vegetables and long walks on green pastures as we wait for corn, tomatoes, peaches and grapes to peak, pick and taste! Taking in the red skies at night
Posted: Thursday, May 18, 2017 12:15 am By Tessa Edick For Columbia-Greene Media Savor the idea of feasting for future fortune — it has always had a ring to it as cause for celebration in the new year! This year, more than ever, I am on a mission to
Posted: Wednesday, December 27, 2017 11:52 am By Tessa Edick For Columbia-Greene Media What does healthy mean to you? The packaging that envelops your food says so, or the farmer who grows the food you eat told you? Our food choices today impact our food ways tomorrow and it
Posted: Thursday, October 13, 2016 9:00 am By Tessa Edick For Columbia-Greene Media Its CRRRRRRUNCH time! The apple harvest is underway statewide. Look for New York state apples at a farm, market or food store near you and take the crunch challenge for the “Big Apple Crunch” 2
Posted: Thursday, September 8, 2016 9:00 am By Tessa Edick For Columbia-Greene Media I don’t drink coffee, but I’m suddenly inspired to start. The bloom of the hydrated grind, the cherry surrounding the bean, the harvest that makes or breaks a family farm — all steeped in terroir
