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Local Food Isn’t a Privilege; It’s a Necessity

March 23, 2020

We are all getting a taste for what it might feel like to inhabit a science fiction novel. Or, as one meme said, maybe this is what life would look like it if was written by a 4th grader: “There was this virus, and the whole world ran out of toilet paper. Yeah, and there … More Local Food Isn’t a Privilege; It’s a Necessity

Eating is an Agricultural Act

April 26, 2017

The title of this month’s article is a quote from farmer and writer Wendell Berry. In 5 words, he conveys that farming directly impacts you every time you eat, so you are involved in farming whether or not you care to be. Farmers own 1.7 million acres of land in NYS. That is more than … More Eating is an Agricultural Act