Food and Farms

By Melissa Hart

After 10+ years, Keeseville vegetable farm is weighing its options Like many small business owners, farmers need to find that “sweet spot” of growing/producing enough to make a profit, on a scale that’s manageable. And as Ian Ater of Fledging Crow, a vegetable farm in Keeseville, is finding out, bigger doesn’t always mean better. Years…

By Melissa Hart

Featuring Rachel’s Raquette Lake Elixir Meet local food entrepreneur Rachel Pohl. Born and raised in Raquette Lake, NY, when she was 11, her parents Dean and Donna, decided they were going to build a dinner boat and go into the food service business. The ship’s hull came in two pieces and her dad, along with…

By Melissa Hart

Kristin Kimball to read from, sign new book at Grange event From the Whallonsburg Grange: The new book by Essex Farm’s Kristin Kimball is out!. Come join the community-wide celebration of Good Husbandry: Growing Food, Love and Family on Essex Farm, all of our farms and local food, and this small corner of the world.…

By Melissa Hart

Aims to match it in fundraising; applications for farm grants due Nov. 30 Looking ahead into 2020, the Adirondack North Country Association (ANCA) is setting some big goals to help local farms grow. The nonprofit, which has a mission to “catalyze sustainable economic development across the Adirondack North Country and enhance the quality of life…

By Melissa Hart

Wednesday, Nov.13, 2019, 3-5 PM Beef producers as well as the larger agricultural community are invited to a free farm tour at the East Adirondack Cattle Company, owned and operated by Greg Weber. Greg is an independent nutrition consultant, for both dairy and beef operations. He currently has about 60 Black Angus cattle.  Greg will…

By Melissa Hart

When looking for capital to put toward improvement projects, the region’s up-and-coming generation of farmers often turn to their supporters for assistance, using crowd-based funding platforms. If you’ve ever given online to a campaign, you’re probably familiar with the two main types: rewards-based (such as Kickstarter.com), where you contribute money toward a project and, depending…

By Melissa Hart

A classic Adirondack outing

By Melissa Hart

New memoir by Kristin Kimball picks up where ‘The Dirty Life’ left off The new book by Kristin Kimball of Essex Farm comes out today and I just received my copy in the mail. Looking forward to reading this! Let me know: Have you read “The Dirty Life”? And are you planning to read “Good…

By Melissa Hart

Stock up at this year’s Essex Country Cheese Tour, on Sunday, Oct. 13 This year’s Essex County Cheese Tour is coming up on Sunday, Oct. 13. In honor of the occasion, Ashlee Kleinhammer and Steve Googin, owners of North Country Creamery in Keeseville, shared this recipe for a homemade mac and cheese featuring their farmstead…

By Melissa Hart

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