On Sunday, April 30, the Whallonsburg Grange Hall will present "Dig, Cut, Cook, Eat: An introduction to harvesting and preparing wild foods," taught by Dillon Klepetar, co-owner of Farmstead Catering in Essex, NY. The course will include a field portion and a kitchen portion, … [Read more...] about Grange to Host Workshop on Wild Edibles
Agriculture In and Around Essex, NY
Grange to Host Lyceum Lecture on Food Quality
On Tuesday, March 14 at 7:30pm, the Whallonsburg Grange Hall will present "From Soil to Plate: Growing (and Eating) Better Food," with Dan Kittredge. This is the final lecture in the winter Lyceum series entitled "Living and Farming on This Land," co-sponsored by the Essex Farm … [Read more...] about Grange to Host Lyceum Lecture on Food Quality
Grange to Host Lyceum on the 1980s Farm Crisis
On Tuesday, March 7 at 7:30pm, the Whallonsburg Grange Hall will present "Raising Less Corn and More Hell: Facing the Crisis in Rural America," with Siena Chrisman. This is the third lecture in the winter Lyceum series entitled "Living and Farming on This Land," co-sponsored by … [Read more...] about Grange to Host Lyceum on the 1980s Farm Crisis
Essex Farm: Livestock Guardians
Here’s the recent news from Kristin Kimball at Essex Farm in Essex, New York: "We hired the three Great Pyrenees livestock guardian dogs I mentioned in last week’s note. So far, so awesome. When breeding and instinct and training line up with a job that needs to be done, you can … [Read more...] about Essex Farm: Livestock Guardians
Red Legs Flowers: Flower Farm in Essex!
In 2017, I am starting Red Legs Flowers—a flower farm in Essex. I came to the Essex area two and a half years ago, from Philadelphia. There, I had been working at Chanticleer, a public garden at the forefront of garden design and creativity, but was persuaded to move to Essex to … [Read more...] about Red Legs Flowers: Flower Farm in Essex!