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Savor the Season

SAVOR THE SEASON: What’s in season in the Adirondack Park?

LAKE PLACID — Or should we say, what’s not in season in the Adirondack Park? There’s a lot of fresh produce at local farms, farm stands and farmers markets in Essex County right now. In addition to fall favorites — such as apples, pumpkins and all kinds of winter squash — ...

SAVOR THE SEASON: Harvest festival focuses on agroforestry

WESTPORT — The Adirondack Harvest Festival broke its attendance record this past Saturday, Sept. 24, attracting about 3,500 people to the Essex County Fairgrounds to help celebrate the harvest season. “We really lucked out,” said Adirondack Harvest Communication Coordinator Mary ...

SAVOR THE SEASON: Couple grows organic landscaping business in hamlet of Keene

KEENE — Before the East Branch Organics landscaping and garden center became a reality, it already existed in co-owner Heather Leisher Coffin’s vision of her ideal garden center. But when she first discovered the property, located behind the Stewart’s Shops off state Route 9N/73 in ...

SAVOR THE SEASON: Wilmington garlic farmer has bumper crop this year

WILMINGTON — Last year, Rarilee Conway grew about 3,600 heads of garlic at her small farm at 1104 Springfield Road. “That was a lot,” she said Wednesday, Sept. 28. “Then I bumped it up to 5,200 (this year), and that was too much.” This was the fifth season Conway has grown ...

NYS taps $7.9M for farms impacted by climate change

ALBANY — Gov. Kathy Hochul recently announced nearly $7.9 million is being awarded through the Climate Resilient Farming Grant Program to help over 70 farms across the state reduce their environmental footprints and prepare for extreme weather events related to climate change. The ...

SAVOR THE SEASON: Adirondacks are where the forest and farm meet

If Wilmington’s tag line is “where the mountain and river meet,” then the tag line for the Adirondack Park could be “where the forest and farm meet,” agriculturally speaking. Adirondack Harvest — a program of the Cornell Cooperative Extension of Essex County — held its annual ...