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March 18 Farm Hour

Posted on March 18, 2013 by madalyn warren

Julie Holbrook’s Mac-n-Cheese at the 2013 School Food Summit, Roundout Valley

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For this evenings program we are focusing on Farm to School activity in the Hudson Valley and the Adirondacks… hearing from Nicci Cagan Director of From the Ground Up and organizer of the recent School Food Summit at the Rondout Valley Highschool, a very inspiring event and Julie Holbrook, Director of food services at the Keene Central School who is cooking everything from scratch and staying in the black.

photos by Nicci Cagan, Director of From the Ground Up

Julie Holbrook and participant in the 2013 School Food Summit Kitchen Camp

Julie Holbrook, Food Services Director at Keene Valley Central School

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March 11 Farm Hour

Posted on March 11, 2013 by thefarmhour

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Roxbury Mountain Maple shares their story on the air with Ellen Wong.

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March 4 Farmhour

Posted on March 4, 2013 by thefarmhour

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For this evenings program we will be hearing from American Farmland Trusts New York Director David Haight to talk about the upcoming No Farms No Food Rally in Albany.

For this years rally, three themes proposed by American Farmland Trust are
1. Protect Farmland from Development
2. Encourage State Agencies to Buy Food Grown in New York
3. Aid a New Generation of Farmers in Securing Farmland

Stay tuned to hear from David Haight and hear why you need to be in Albany on March 13, 2013.

And later in the hour we will hear from Severine von Tscharner Fleming
Severine is a farmer, activist, and organizer based in the Hudson Valley of New York. She is the director of The Greenhorns, a documentary film and grassroots organization working to ”recruit, promote and support” the growing tribe of new agrarians. Severine will be speaking with us later in the hour about her newest project New Agrarian Networks and the recent publication of the 2013 New Farmers Almanac.