Year: 2011
The outlook for widespread natural gas development in New York is still unclear as policy makers and other stakeholders continue to debate the risks and benefits. But what is certain is that much of upstate New York contains rich natural gas reserves beneath the ground that could be developed someday. Therefore, it is likely that…
Welcome to the Northeast SARE Spotlight! SARE (Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education) offers grants to farmers, educators, universities and communities that are working to make agriculture more sustainable – economically, environmentally, and socially. Learn about whether a SARE grant would be a good fit for you. Since the bout of food safety scandals over the…
It’s 10am on a Friday morning and I am surrounded by the smell of raw fish, smoked bacon, roasted almonds, fresh-picked tulips, the River Thames and wet pavement. This is the lively feast for the senses that is London’s Borough Market, a popular weekend farmer’s market located in central London. I visited this famed bazaar…
After being in the business of raising wool sheep of various kinds for two decades, I decided in 2005 to start with hair sheep. It was a fairly bold move at the time since it meant giving up on the customers who bought breeding stock from me, and since I also didn’t know how well…
For the small farmer, one of the most basic tenets of our mission – to grow food for ourselves and our community – is becoming increasingly difficult due to one simple issue, the acquiring and maintaining of land. As property taxes have increased, shipping costs and gas have increased and unfortunately income derived from growing…
Message from the Managing Editor Happy New Year! As I sit in my toasty office organizing content for this first issue of 2011, snow is softly falling outside the window. We have some new and exciting columns to introduce that will appear regularly throughout 2011. The first, ‘Technology on the Farm”, will focus on the…
Brussels Sprouts with Bacon Ingredients: 1/2 lb. Prosciutto or bacon, diced 1 Tablespoon olive oil 1 Tablespoon butter 1clove garlic, minced 1 small onion, minced ½ cup of Balsamic vinegar 2 cups of chicken stock 1 ½ lbs. Brussels Sprouts Salt and pepper to taste Instructions: Fry bacon (or Prosciutto) in a large deep…
By Nathan DuMond, The Kids & Kritters 4-H club My name is Nathan DuMond. I am eleven years old and I live on a farm named “Golden Gait Farm” in Masonville, New York. I really enjoy horses. I stay very busy on the farm as we are currently raising nine horses, 2 of which I own.…
The following excerpt, “The Solstice,” December 15, 1990 is the third of a series of essays written by Bill Duesing from the book Living on the Earth. Eclectic Essays for a Sustainable and Joyful Future. During these short days of winter, enjoy the rays of sun beaming into the south windows of your home, fix…
Much of using greenhouse sanitation for managing disease, insect and weed pests is common sense. Finding a way to fit it into your production system is sometimes the hard part – making it such a part of how you grow plants that you don’t even have to think about it. As Dr. P. Allen Hammer…
