I hope that you and your family are well and safe during this incredibly difficult time. My name is Kristin Kimball, I am an author and co-owner of a 1,100-acre sustainable, diversified farm in the Adirondack Champlain Valley. It's clear that people are more eager now than … [Read more...] about Let’s Help Local Food Systems Come Out Stronger
Essex Farm Institute
Essex Farm Institute Plans Carbon Farming Symposium (THE SUN)
The past few years have seen whiplash weather conditions for farmers in the Champlain Valley. Producers have navigated a polar vortex, a super-wet season, and have contended with an extended drought last summer. The chief culprit of climate change is greenhouse gas emissions, … [Read more...] about Essex Farm Institute Plans Carbon Farming Symposium (THE SUN)
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
Young Farmers Take Root in Essex County, N.Y. (SEVEN DAYS)
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)