Our Environment, Animal Tips and the Great Outdoors
Our Environment
Housatonic Valley Association receives grant to expand Connections Program
The Housatonic Valley Association (HVA), a conservation organization dedicated to the tri-state Housatonic watershed, has recently received a grant of nearly $100,000 from the Long Island Sound Study Community Impact Fund and the United States Environmental Protection Agency.
The grant was awarded through Restore America’s Estuaries, a […]
Creating the high ground: Gardening around record rainfalls
By FireDean Schilling
There is a saying among horticultural pros: “Plant it high, it won’t die. Plant it low, it won’t grow.” Never before has this been more true. Violent rains are the new normal – remember July and August? Once upon a time, these were […]
Herbalism Education with Foliage Botanics
Hannah Schiller is a clinical, community herbalist and ecologist and owner of Foliage Botanics in Pine Plains, NY. Hannah believes that herbal knowledge and land connection is a birthright and that everyone deserves access to affordable, empowering, and supportive healthcare.
What is herbalism, you ask? Hannah describes it […]
I Thrifted It! An Investigation Into the World of Secondhand Clothes Shopping
Throughout my life, I’ve struggled with a bit of a germ problem. Particularly when the pandemic hit, and I barely did anything outside the house, my concern whenever I did branch out was underscored by the threat of getting sick. My approach to fending off the virus, besides masks, […]
Animals Tips
Great Outdoors
All about organic at Deep Roots Farm in Copake
Deep Roots Farm is a family run farm in Copake, NY. Run by farmers Scott and Stormie O’Rourke and their two daughters, Scarlet and Fiona, they grow organic food with regenerative and sustainable practices at the forefront.
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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 […]
Celebrating World Bee Day
World Bee Day takes place on May 20 and celebrates the importance of bees and other pollinators in our environment and ecosystems. World Bee Day was officially declared by the UN in 2018 thanks to the efforts of the Slovenian government and the […]
Gatherwild Ranch Offers Luxury Stays Immersed in Nature
Laura Sink was inspired to create a place where people could stay that would invoke feelings of creativity, calm, and inspiration. After living in New York City for five years, she and her husband Paul Jacobsen, who had grown up in Brooklyn, were naturally drawn upstate to the […]
