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Food and Farms

Flowers from Sunwarm Gardens

A farm full of flowers

By Betsy Kepes

Vermontville gardener switches from selling vegetables to fresh-cut flower bouquets.

Cori Deans

Small Town Cultures launches a fermentation revolution

By Holly Riddle

How a woman-owned Keene business Small Town Cultures is taking its plant-based probiotics and fermented foods nationwide 

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June is National Dairy Month

By Adirondack Explorer

Lift a glass (of milk) in honor of National Dairy Month in June.

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Composting revolution heats up

By Holly Riddle

A growing interest in reducing food waste leads to new business, nonprofit projects.

Yaks on RavenMoon Farm in Westport. Photo by Mike Lynch

Yaks in the ‘dacks

By Holly Riddle

“Yaks are something people are kind of familiar with, but they’re also really unique."

Anna Polak of Mini Euromart

New grocer provides taste of Old World flavors

By Amy Scattergood

Mini Euromart brings hard-to-find continental cuisine staples to the Adirondacks.

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March Maple Madness

By Melissa Hart

Even though Maple Weekends are again canceled, the trees are still tapped and sap has begun flowing.

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With switch to remote learning, farm to school program struggles to adapt

By Holly Riddle

Cornell Cooperative Extension’s Farm to School program brings local produce into school cafeterias and teaches children about local agriculture. However, the COVID-19 pandemic has forced program managers to broaden their approach.

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Harvest of the Month

By Melissa Hart

Check out the new "Harvest of the Month" column brought to us from Adirondack Harvest

Wild Center composter

Cultivating a love of composting

By Sierra McGivney

The Wild Center and AdkAction have teamed up to get young people excited about composting.

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