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Local news: NY chef serves breast milk cheese, farmer worker housing help

I'm in awe of Chef Daniel Angerer pushing food boundaries by making culinary creations with his wife's breast milk. This just brings up so many questions, the big one from his customers being: What does it taste like?

Farm owners can get help improving laborer housing from the 2010 Community Development Block Grant Farm Labor Housing Rehabilitation Program. Owners contribute 30 percent of tota… Continue

Posted by Meghan E. Murphy on March 10, 2010 at 8:51am

Local news: NY's female farmers unite, a book on conscious food choices

NYC agriculture lawyer Cari Rincker is starting a New York chapter of American Agri-Women. They're joining up with folks through Facebook, Twitter, and a Google Group. To join them you can also em… Continue

Posted by Meghan E. Murphy on March 7, 2010 at 11:19am

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Forest Garden Immersion Series 2010

February 26, 2010 at 6pm to July 31, 2010 at 7pm – The Ashokan Center, Ashokan, NY, Camp Epworth, High Falls, NY
Tours and tastings at Tuthilltown Spirits

February 27, 2010 at 11am to February 26, 2011 at 6pm – Gardiner - New Paltz
Kingston Natural Food Market

March 10, 2010 from 2:30pm to 6pm – 33 Broadway Kingston NY
Dirt Cheap: Tricks for the Thrifty Gardener

March 10, 2010 from 7pm to 9pm – Ulster County
Restaurant Week Cooking Demonstration

March 11, 2010 from 3pm to 4pm – Bloomingdale's, 175 Bloomingdale Road, White Plains

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Added by Meghan E. Murphy

GARDEN PLANNING TIME

As the first day of spring draws near, we open our seed packs and begin planning for a new season of sowing and sauteing.

Your garden planning should start in early March, as you plant the first seeds of lettuce and onions indoors. Anya Raskin offered these garden planning insights to HVFN Members Sunday. We shared resources and ideas. Now we're sharing them with all of you.

Click here for book recommendations, local events, and plant and seed sources

Join our Seedlings group to keep up on local garden talk.

March is sweet

As the snow melts, the sap begins flowing in maple trees during March. Sugar shacks around the Hudson Valley are offering tours, festivals and pancake breakfasts during this month, culminating in two maple weekends: March 20, 21 and the 27, 28. See a list of events and locations.

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new source for local information 3 Replies

I just went to the kickoff for the Orange County Bounty web site. The site is a great data base of local farms, farm markets and restaurants supporting the local movement, The site is only 2 days o…

Started by Jerry and Susan Crocker in Farm Issues. Last reply by Joyce Henion 41 minutes ago.

Health vs. Pork: Congress Debates the Farm Bill

Farm subsidies were a hot topic this weekend at the Global Food Crisis Conference at SUNY New Paltz Saturday.A piece in Good Medicine Magazine illustrates the topicwith pyramids comparing what food i…

Tagged: legislation, farms

Started by Meghan E. Murphy in Farm Issues 1 day ago.

Community Gardens: Sign ups and locations

Post your information here about local community garden sign ups!Town of MontgomerySign up for new members for the award winning Town of Montgomery Community Garden has begun. Grow your own food on y…

Tagged: community, garden

Started by Meghan E. Murphy in Food sources Mar 8.

Meat CSA application

We have started taking applications for our first all meat csa that will include poultry, beef and pork. The CSA runs from June thru Septemeber and pickups will be at the farm, the Kingston Farmers M…

Started by Northwind Farms in Food sources Mar 3.