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Matchmaker, matchmaker, find me a farm

By Bethany Lyttle
1/18/12 - 8:19 pm

Above: A Flickr slideshow of photos from Catskills FarmLink landowners and farmers. The first photo is of Michelle Premura, a landowner who has listed 13 acres between Delhi and Stamford on the FarmLink website. Click on individual photos to see the captions.

After graduating from West Point Academy and serving in the army for five years, Julie Zavage pursued a degree in organic agriculture from Colorado State University. Two internships and an apprenticeship later, the 30-year-old is ready to start her own vegetable farm. But Zavage doesn't own land, nor does she have the money to buy it. Leasing land is her only option.

So she turned to Catskills FarmLink, a new local website aimed at connecting would-be farmers with landowners, for help.

“I'm typical of many farmers of my generation,” she said. “We have the desire and ability to do the work and do it sustainably, but we don't have the money to buy the land we need.”  Read more

Catskill Regional Dairy, Livestock & Grazing Conference at SUNY-Delhi

By Tara Collins
1/3/12 - 11:01 am

Conference agenda: http://nycwatershed.org/pdfs/CRDLGC_registration.pdf

 

DELHI, DELAWARE COUNTY, NY --  Unlike a farmer's work day, a farmer's education never ends. Learning and keeping up on the latest trends, science and break-throughs can be a year-round affair. To meet that yearning for learning, Cornell Cooperative Extension of Delaware County (CCE) and the Watershed Agricultural Council (Council) are hosting the Catskill Regional Dairy, Livestock and Dairy Conference from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Thursday, January 12 at Sanford Hall, SUNY Delhi.

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On Sunday 9/18: Raise the Roof Farm Flood Relief Fundraiser

September 18, 2011 - 4:30pm

Farms across the Catskills were destroyed in the flooding cause by Hurricane Irene and the rains that followed. (Our correspondent, Ulla Kjarval, wrote a story about the fate of local farms for us last week.)

This Sunday, September 18, Lucky Dog Farm and the Hamden Inn, Sherman Hill Farmstead, and the Watershed Agricultural Council are hosting a farm relief fundraiser at the Hamden Inn, located at 35769, State Highway 10, Hamden, NY.  Stop by and lend a hand to a local farmer. We hear that the Stoddard Hollow String Band and the Tremperskill Boys will be in attendance.

Event details below:

Join us for an evening of art, music and entertainment, as well as a silent auction-- all to raise money for the recovery of Catskill area farms that were damaged by the severe recent flooding.  Read more

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Agrarian Acts, September 25th

By Tara Collins
8/25/11 - 1:34 pm

Announcing a Day of Rural Pageantry and Performance in the Catskills

“Agrarian Acts” to Feature Creations from a New Generation of Sullivan County Farmers

Highland Lake, NY – Agrarian Acts is a contemporary county fair and production celebrating the multifarious ideas, enterprise, and creative work of a New Generation of Farmers. This event is scheduled from 12 PM – 5 PM on Sunday, September 25 at the NACL Theater in Highland Lake, NY. The day kicks off at noon with a potluck lunch, part of NOFA’s 2nd Annual New York Locavore Challenge Campaign (www.nylocavorechallenge.com). Please bring food to share!  Read more

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Screening of "The Greenhorns" at SCCC September 22nd

By Tara Collins
8/25/11 - 1:20 pm
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Young farmer documentary, "The Greenhorns," to screen at SCCC September 22nd

 LOCH SHELDRAKE, NY - On Thursday, September 22nd, the Gardening Club of Sullivan County Community College will host a screening of the documentary film "The Greenhorns" in the Seelig Theater on campus at 112 College Road in Loch Sheldrake, NY.

 “The Greenhorns” shows how a new generation of young agrarians who farm with their brains as well as their bodies exert a promising and necessary impact against these crises. These greenhorns are working to reverse negative trends in favor of healthy food, local and regional foodsheds, and the revitalization of rural economies, one farm at a time.

The event schedule is as follows:

·         2:30 pm: Local farmers will vend their products and regional advocacy organizations will share local food resources in the theater lobby.

·         4:30 pm: Screening of "The Greenhorns" (50 min) begins.  Read more

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Catskills CRAFT Group to Visit Lucky Dog Farm August 8th

By Tara Collins
7/28/11 - 11:34 am

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Do You Fondue?

By Tara Collins
4/6/11 - 8:26 am

That's today's big question on Watershed Wednesday at 1 p.m. is...Do You Fondue? Denise Warren of Stone & Thistle Farm co-hosts Farm Chatter with Tara Collins of the Watershed Agricultural Council. So really, do you, fondue? To round out the conversation on everything dunkable and dipable, stinky and moldy, creamy and dreamy, the two invited Pure Catskills Linda Smith of Sherman Hill Farm in Franklin, to settle any dipsutes over the best Catskills cheeses. Linda does, after all, hold the keys to her own Cheese Cave. (For a list of local cheesemakers, visit www.purecatskills.com.)  Read more

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Fresh goat!

By Julia Reischel
2/28/11 - 4:30 pm

Stone & Thistle Farm in East Meredith is knee-deep in baby goats these days, as its latest blog post shows with lots of adorable pictures (including the one above). This means that, because many of the farm's goats aren't exactly the best mothers, the farm kitchen plays host to a rotating cast of kids:  Read more

Farms, Folks and Funding: Cultivating Leadership Through Research and Practice

Andy Cheung, P.E. of the Watershed Agricultual Council's East of Hudson Program, is presenting at this conferemce, Farms, Folks and Funding: Cultivating Leadership Through Research and Practice. Andy will share details of a solar pump project installed at a Westchester County farm in 2010. The conference will be held at Inn at the Lake, Canandaigua. Registration is $40 register online.
Sponsored by Syracuse University, Environmental Finance Center Network, US EPA. For more information, contact Khris Dodson (315) 443-8818.

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Watershed Agricultural Program Farmer Meetings

April 4, 2011 (All day)

Participants in the Watershed Agricultual Council's Agricultural Program are encouraged to attend one of four regional meetings. Learn more about how the Ag Programis implementing futre projects. Staff will talk about the Prioritization Method and approach to project administrtion, Repair & Repacement of existing/aged Best Manageent Practices, and how these changes may affect your farm. For more information, contact Heather Ross at ( 607) 865-7090, ext. 233.

April 4  Grahamsville Fire House, 205 Main Street

April 5  Margaretville Fire House, 77 Church Street

April 6  Stamford Fire House, 111 Main Street (State Route 30)

April 7  Delhi Fire House, 140 Delview Terrace

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