Farm to fork: How local farms are using social media to build community and maintain transparency

Above photo by Makani Kirwin

These days, it seems like it’s nearly impossible to run any type of business without a social media presence. Whereas years ago business would spread by word of mouth, in this day and age, if you don’t have an Instagram or Facebook page, people almost always ask “Why not?” 

Increasingly, more […]

By |2025-04-28T13:57:35-04:00May 1st, 2025|Farm Feature, Featured Article, Our Environment|

Sky High Farm: Promoting food sovereignty and addressing rural food insecurity

Above photo by Walter Hergt. 

Sky High Farm is not your average Upstate New York farm. A registered 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, since its inception, Sky High Farm has donated 100% of the vegetables and protein grown and raised on the farm to food access partners throughout New York state. 

Located on 40 acres off of Hall […]

By |2025-04-28T13:48:11-04:00May 1st, 2025|Farm Feature, Featured Article, Our Environment|

Hudson Valley agriculture

Our old Dutchess farmers may feel proud of their farms,
Producing such fine crops, having beauty that chains,
The stranger that journeys far over the state
Declaring old Dutchess stands first on the slate.
Rhinebeck farmers, of good tillage, are not afraid,
When they gather their harvest, they find they’re well paid;
Their corn, rye, and oats, such a bountiful […]

By |2025-04-28T13:28:23-04:00May 1st, 2025|Farm Feature, Great Outdoors, Our Environment|

All about Scottish Highland Cattle: Environmental education and land restoration at Elk Ravine Farm

If you’re taking a drive through the countryside and you find yourself on Route 83 in Amenia, NY, chances are you’ll come across Elk Ravine Farm. The farm – owned by Jim Archer and named for the Rocky Mountain Elk that it initially housed – sits on 90 sprawling acres that encompass multiple different habitats, […]

Modern farming: Talking environmental changes, adapting to challenges, and connection to the land with four farms in the region

Above photo courtesy of Maitri Farm 

It’s no secret that farming is becoming harder and harder. It’s never been an easy job, but between climate change, the unprecedented environmental changes that come along with it, and constant changes in funding and grant availability, farming seems to be increasingly difficult in recent years. 

According to the US […]

Cooper’s Daughter Crafts Smooth Spirits in Claverack

Take a drive down the single-lane gravel path off of State Route 23 in Claverack, NY, and you’ll find yourself greeted with warm restored barns, a cocktail garden with an abundance of seating, and – of course – spirits aplenty. 

Cooper’s Daughter Spirits, located at Olde York Farm, is a woman-owned and family-operated distillery, […]

By |2024-08-01T11:30:05-04:00August 1st, 2024|Farm Feature, Food, Main Street News, Out and About|

High Spirit Community Farm provides residential farm living for adults with intellectual disabilities

High Spirit Community Farm is a therapeutic residential and farm-based work program for adults with intellectual disabilities in Great Barrington, MA.

The organization was founded back in 2014 when parents of young adults with intellectual disabilities were struggling to find placement for their children after they aged out of other residential programs […]

By |2024-07-02T09:22:12-04:00July 2nd, 2024|Farm Feature, Great Outdoors, Main Street News|

Family Farm: Migliorelli Farm Has Been Feeding the Hudson Valley’s Residents for Nearly a Century

The Hudson Valley is renowned for its abundance of food, restaurants, and chefs from the crops that are cultivated and grown on its land to the many chefs and food-, beverage-, and hospitality-industry employees who graduate from The Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park to the farm-to-table restaurants and the foodies who enjoy indulging […]

By |2024-06-27T12:39:43-04:00June 27th, 2024|Farm Feature, Food, Main Street News|
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