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Two Artisan Bakeries Endure The Pandemic With Community Support
The Agricultural Stewardship Association's Landscapes for Landsake annual fall exhibition has been held at the barn at Maple Ridge for the past 20 years, just outside the historic, well-preserved village of Cambridge, located in rural Washington County of upstate New York. For the past six or seven years, a visit to the exhibition also included … Continue Reading »
Moving Onward From Disillusionment With Factory Farming: James Rebanks’ Pastoral Song
James Rebanks sneaks up on you. His prose is colorful and decisive. He’s writing about nature, which encourages lavish description, and he’s writing about the indignities humans have imposed on nature, which encourages hand-wringing. But he does neither. Rather, Rebanks is a documentarian sharing a first-person farming experience in such a way that … Continue Reading »
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Three Award-Winning Picture Books For Children On Gardening & Nature
The American Horticultural Society (AHS) and the Junior Master Gardener Program (JMG program) in 2005 created national awards for excellence in children's literature known as the Growing Good Kids … Read More
Buy Art To Save Farms In Upstate New York’s Upper Hudson River Valley
Since 1990 the Agricultural Stewardship Association (ASA) has worked to protect farms and the agricultural landscape in upstate New York's Washington and Rensselaer counties by conserving over 26,000 … Read More
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Choose Steel-cut Not Rolled Oats For Your Morning Bowl Of Oatmeal
If there's at least 30 minutes to spare for breakfast, a bowl of homemade oatmeal made with steel-cut oats and topped with walnuts, sliced banana, … Read More...
Despite Pandemic Trader Joe’s Ramping Up New Store Openings Including In Halfmoon In Upstate NY’s Saratoga County
This past February, news that Trader Joe's was planning to open a second location in the Capital Region of upstate New York in Halfmoon in Saratoga … Read More...
