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Good news for New York farmers: Gillibrand to chair Senate ag subcommittee

TweetU.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand announced yesterday that she had been named chair of the Senate Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, Poultry, Marketing and Agriculture Security. From the press release (via the Catskill Chronicle): Senator Gillibrand … [...]

The Catskills: Full of bears

Black bear cub. Photo by Alan Vernon, via Flickr. According to the New York State Department of Conservation’s 2010 hunting numbers for bear and deer, which were released yesterday, the Catskil… [...]

Pelleh Farms: Rare bright spot in local dairy

Sullivan County farmer Bob Franklin has been making headlines lately — for expanding his dairy operation at a time when many dairy farmers are in dire straits. (And for getting a visit from Con… [...]

Where is Your Local Food?

Spring has officially sprung here in Austin.  At Round Table Farm, Travis and I are stuffed with a lot of almost-vegetables — beets that haven’t formed their bulb yet, toothpick-thin carrots, and unflowered squash plants with broad, healthy leave… [...]

"No Calico:" A Farm to Market interview with Bruce Baker

Bruce BakerFor the third and final installment in our series of interviews with experts who will speak at this Sunday’s Farm to Market Conference in Liberty, we talked with Bruce Baker, a marketing consultant who teaches farm and food business people h… [...]

Farm to Market: An interview with Martin Butts

Martin ButtsFor the second installment in our series of interviews with experts who will speak at this Sunday’s Farm to Market Conference in Liberty, we talked with Martin Butts, a Syracuse-based local food advocate and consultant for small food produc… [...]

Foster on Collective Action and the Urban Commons

Sheila Foster (Fordham) has just posted Collective Action and the Urban Commons, 87 Notre Dame L. Rev. ___ (forthcoming 2011), another interesting and important article on community control of land resources in the urban context. Here’s the abstract: U… [...]

Farm to Market: An interview with Deb Kavakos

Deb KavakosThis year’s Farm to Market Conference, a get-together sponsored by Pure Catskills and being held this Sunday in Liberty, is an annual conclave of growers, distributors, marketers, and buyers from all points in the food chain. We attended las… [...]

Maple season is upon us

While the sugar maple sap is running, weather has a dramatic effect on the end product. Above: Maple syrup made on different days, from warmest to coldest. Photo by Flickr user astanleyjones; pu… [...]

Sweet Sue’s: Not re-opening anytime soon

Sweet Sue’s pancakes in happier days. Photo by Flickr user millhouseloves; reproduced with permission. Sweet Sue’s owner Suzanne Taylor says it will be a long time before her famous pancakes are… [...]