This Month’s Featured Articles…

By Mary B. O’Neill, Ph.D. info@mainstreetmag.com Sometimes there’s nothing like a good metaphor to illustrate a concept. Plantin’ Seeds uses the germination process to illuminate its mission of educating the wider community about farms, local food, and the importance of sowing seeds and ideas in fertile soil. There are two components to the Plantin’ Seeds organization: plantin’ seeds farm kitchen in Canaan, and Pom’s Cabin Farm in Falls Village, where Plantin’ Seeds was first conceived. Both are instructional venues for educational programs. […]

By Dominique De Vito | info@mainstreetmag.com “You’re not gonna find the cache!” That’s not something you want to say to a police officer as you’re heading out of the woods at dusk, but it’s what made sense to Kathy Gwozdz at the time. She’s a passionate geocacher, and she was just walking out of the woods after finding a “cache” that she was naturally excited about. She was sure that the person coming out of the car was there for the same reason. After all, [...]

By Mary B. O’Neill, Ph.D. | info@mainstreetmag.com | Photos by Lazlo Gyorsok | Featured in the July 2016 Issue Food is integral to our survival. Yet, some evidence suggests that the food we consume is increasingly devoid of the nutrients, vitamins, and ingredients that promote our health, and full of ingredients that don’t. Obesity, type-2 diabetes, and heart disease are only some of the maladies we cope with at an ever-decreasing age with an ever-increasing frequency. Often, with our busy schedules, convenience and pre-prepared meals [...]

By Carol Ascher | Photos of the Won Dharma Center by Olivia Markonic, all other photos by Carol Ascher or provided by the house of worship. | Featured in the June 2016 Issue Most of us easily recognize our New England countryside by the traditional white or brick Protestant churches that anchor the villages, their white spires often visible from a distance. Yet these days most New England communities are also home to Catholic churches, as well as smaller Protestant denominations that may not be [...]

By Dominique De Vito | Featured in the May 2016 Issue A beautiful day. A light breeze. A hawk soaring overhead, wings outstretched, floating, flying. Who hasn’t wished they could extend their arms and take flight? Well, wishes can – practically – come true right here. How? Paragliding. Yes, paragliders are a presence right here in the upper Hudson Valley! The flyers have flocked here on the wings of a French-born outdoorsman whose journey led him to the foothills of the Taconics in Millerton, NY, [...]