ESSEX - When local agriculture is mentioned during a conversation, many people automatically think about the food they can buy at farmers markets. They rarely think about flowers that are locally grown, cut and sold.But Kirsten Liebl, garden manager and floral designer at the 170-acre Echo Farm ...

AuSABLE FORKS - They don't eat tin cans.In fact, goats are actually picky eaters, according to Asgaard Farm & Dairy co-owner Rhonda Butler."They like good grass. They like to eat things in the woods like bark off the tree and bushy limbs," she said. "The idea that they'll just eat old ...

LAKE PLACID - After 59 years, the Uihlein Farm of Cornell University on Bear Cub Lane will shut down, effective June 30, 2020, according to Farm Manager Chris Nobles.The closure decision was made in March."We are currently growing out our last greenhouse crops this growing season," he said. ...

LAKE PLACID - When it comes to agriculture in Essex County, growing the food and raising the animals for meat - or milk and eggs - comes first. The harvest. Then comes the wide variety of value-added products.Meghan Brooks is the farm to school educator for Cornell Cooperative Extension of ...

LAKE PLACID - Summer is the most exciting time to eat in Essex County. Not only can consumers find locally grown food in season, but they can find it nearby at farmers markets, grocery stores and restaurants.There is also a tradition of food at summer festivals, whether it's the Essex County ...

WESTPORT - Early Monday morning, June 17, retired Keene Central School Superintendent Cynthia Ford-Johnston sat at the family-style table in her farm-to-table restaurant at DaCy Meadow Farm, sipping coffee, when a rooster crowed in the yard."This is what retirement looks like," she said. "Seven ...