The two are part of the young farmer boomlet in Essex County. While Vermont's farm economy has blossomed, giving birth to small-scale veggie growers, artisan cheese makers, grass-fed beef operations and organic dairies, a similar trend is taking root in and around the vast … [Read more...] about Young Farmers Take Root in Essex County, N.Y. (SEVEN DAYS)
Ausable Brewing Company
Bike’n The Barns (Lake Champlain Region)
"I don’t know what you’re doing on September 24, but we are going to move this outfit over to Mace Chasm Farm in Keeseville, NY for Bike the Barns. Inspired by agritourism cycling traditions in other parts of the country, the first annual Bike the Barns in the Adirondacks is a … [Read more...] about Bike’n The Barns (Lake Champlain Region)
What does it take to run a food truck? (The Sun)
"Summer brings events. With those comes Poco Más Tacos, the food truck that is seemingly everywhere slinging hot and tasty tacos from their sky-blue food truck. This marks the second season in the Adirondacks for Sarah King and Josh Zack, the California transplants who rolled … [Read more...] about What does it take to run a food truck? (The Sun)
The Most Famous Brewery that Didn’t Exist (LCR)
"It didn’t open until August of 2014, but it was the most widely anticipated addition to this growing farming community in the Lake Champlain region for months before the first beer was tapped. When I discovered the Ausable Brewing Company’s existence, it had only been open … [Read more...] about The Most Famous Brewery that Didn’t Exist (LCR)
How One Farm Saved Essex, New York (Eating Well)
On the day in September 2003 when Mark and Kristin Kimball pulled their bicycles off an Amtrak train and wheeled their way into the town of Essex, New York, no one would have guessed that one of the most important experiments in contemporary American agriculture was about to … [Read more...] about How One Farm Saved Essex, New York (Eating Well)