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Berkshire Grown "Berkshire Grown envisions a community where healthy farms define the open landscape, where a wide diversity of fresh, seasonal food and flowers continue to be readily available to everyone, and where we celebrate our agricultural bounty by buying from our neighboring family farms and savoring their distinctive Berkshire harvest."
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The Regional Farm & Food Project "Eating locally produced foods is better for you, better for kids, better for the planet. You can improve your diet, conserve energy, contribute to a cleaner environment, and support your local economy by purchasing more food grown closer to home. The Regional Farm & Food Project builds supply and demand for local foods in the Hudson-Mohawk Valley food shed. We are grassroots organizers, we produce educational programs, and we advocate for small farms and community food systems."
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Northeast Organic Wheat "'Northeast Organic Wheat' is a consortium of local teams in Vermont, New York, Massachusetts and Maine. We are restoring rare, heritage wheats, conducting conferences and seed exchanges, and hosting field days at demonstration farms in each state. We invite farmers, gardeners and artisan bakers to grow and evaluate heritage and modern wheats, conduct baking tests for flavor, nutrition and baking quality, and host beautiful displays of wheat sheaves - to restore heritage wheat and community bread traditions. Schools and Food Coops can host bread-baking workshops with local talent and restore the the heritage wheats that sustained your community in the past. "
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Wild Hive Farm “Our mission is to help build sustainable communities and support regional sustainable agriculture by producing food products made with the local, organic bounty of the Hudson Valley.”
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Hallowell Heatinig and Cooling Innovative heating and cooling equipment.
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Sap Bush Hollow Farm "Sap Bush Hollow is a multi-generation family farm located in beautiful Schoharie County, in the hinterlands of upstate New York. We believe in stewarding our land as sustainably as possible, in order to ensure that it will continue to produce for many generations to come. All our livestock are raised on grass during the growing season, and are fed hay or antibiotic/hormone/animal by-product free grain, as their diets require. We’ve been living in our little community of West Fulton, the best place on earth, since 1979."
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Green Maven -- The Green Search Engine "A search engine that focuses on green, conscious, and sustainable websites."
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groSolar "Our mission is simple:
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Growing Wheat and Making Flour A New York Times article about farmers planting wheat and making flour in this area once more. It highlights Lightning Tree Farm in nearby Millbrook.
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Uniting Around Food to Save an Ailing Town An inspiring story from the New York Times about Hardwick, Vermont. "Facing a Main Street dotted with vacant stores, residents of this hardscrabble community of 3,000 are reaching into its past to secure its future, betting on farming to make Hardwick the town that was saved by food."
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Farmer in Chief A thought-provoking and stimulating article about sustainable agriculture. From the New York Times.
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Harvest Spirits "WHY VODKA FROM APPLES?
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Green Courage "Green Courage, LLC joins like-minded companies in offering professionals and consumers a broader product base for eco-conscious choices. Along with products that are balanced in their safety, ethical manufacturing, and sustainability, Green Courage, LLC sources products that are aesthetically appealing and make no compromise to comfort and design."
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Green Living "Get the tips and tools you need to help to bring a little green into your life. Check out our guides to saving energy, protecting your health, giving green gifts and more."
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Jobs in Solar Power A NY Times article about employment and business opportunities in solar energy.
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Hawthorne Valley Farm "Hawthorne Valley Farm has been producing high-quality, nutritious food for more than 35 years. Our biodynamic farming practices reflect our commitment to protecting the health of the earth and all who live on it. Our education and outreach programs strive to raise awareness of the social, ecological, and economic importance of agriculture in our daily lives."
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Larmon House Movers Since 1885 the Larmon family has been moving houses and buildings around in this area. They often recycle buildings that would otherwise be destroyed. Hardly preservationists or conservationists, they do contribute to sustainability.
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The Small Dairy Farm "Small dairy farms are on the edge, being pushed out by large farms that are producing too much milk, which causes prices paid to the farmers to go down, though retail prices rise due to fancy packaging. Making dairy products on the farm gives the mom-and-pop operation a chance to recapture some of the profits ordinarily lost to middlemen, while offering consumers a closer link to the source of their dairy foods and, in most cases, more wholesome products."
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Dancing Lamb Farm & Sheep Dairy On the edge of the Catskills, this small farm raises Icelandic sheep for wool, cheese, and meat.
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The Farm at Miller's Crossing "We grow certified organic vegetables, plants and flowers as well as raising a small beef herd. The farm has 30 acres of vegetables within a 60-acre rotation, as well as 75 acres of pasture for our cows. Our greenhouse provides room to grow the farm's transplants and bedding plants for sale. Our produce is marketed through a 150-member CSA, three local farmers' markets, and numerous wholesale accounts. Such diversified markets allow us to grow many different types of vegetables all season long."
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Local 111 Restaurant "Local 111 is located in the Village of Philmont at the geographic center of Columbia County — a rural area that is blessed with some of the best farms in the Hudson Valley.
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Whole Foods Market This is not a link to the markets, but to the website. As much as I would love to shop there, the nearest store is at least 50 miles away. But thanks to the information super highway, the articles and information about sustainable agriculture on the website are right at hand.
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Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture "Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture is a farm, a kitchen, a classroom–an exhibit, a laboratory, a campus. The mission of this unique, nonprofit, member-driven collaboration is to celebrate, teach and advance community-based food production and enjoyment, from farm to classroom to table."
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Hudson Valley Fresh "We are a non-profit – Hudson Valley Fresh is a not-for-profit dairy cooperative dedicated to preserving the agricultural heritage of the Hudson River Valley and promoting it as one of the premier food regions of the United States. Presently, our main business is producing premium quality dairy products – whole, skim, low-fat and chocolate milk along with half and half, heavy cream, sour cream - but we also market other Hudson Valley food products via our website. We are big believers in supporting sustainable agriculture and have made it our mission to secure living wages for our farmers and their families."
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Hudson Valley Foodworks "Food businesses are tough. We understand how much work goes into producing high-quality food. So we offer time-saving equipment to help you make and package your products without waste or inefficiency. By using Hudson Valley FOODWORKS' efficient, higher-volume production environment, you can afford to invest in promotion and distribution. You can concentrate on growth and quality rather than equipment and infrastructure - and even have fun in the process."
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Carbon Farmers of America "The excess carbon dioxide in our atmosphere causing global warming can be transformed, through photosynthesis by grassland plants and then decay by soil life, into stable soil organic matter.
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Rainbow’s End Butterfly Farm and Nursery A farm in Pawling, NY., that has a special attraction:
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Serenbe, Georgia "Let’s say you could create the perfect place to live. Blank slate. Anything you want.
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New York Times: Serenbe, Georgia The story of Serenbe, Georgia.
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Wisdom Way Solar Village A New York Times Video about "A development in Western Massachusetts features solar powered, tightly sealed and super-insulated homes, which are nearly off the grid and affordable."
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Look What Happened in Chilhowie, Va. "Since 2008, this Appalachian town of 1,827 has been home to two Chicago chefs who turned down the chance to open a Charlie Trotter restaurant in Las Vegas so they could take over a grill advertised on Craigslist. Today, the highly sophisticated food they serve at the Town House is drawing diners from around the country to a main street that is only half a block. The locals, too, are catching on to four- and nine-course dinners that might include foie-gras cotton candy, 36-hour confit of lamb with licorice gelée and a dessert of liquid-nitrogen-frozen marshmallow “moss.”"
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Postgreen "Postgreen is a real estate development firm specializing in modern, green and affordable buildings in Philadelphia’s urban neighborhoods. Our projects include single and multi-family residential units as well as mixed-use and commercial buildings for both purchase and lease."
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Organic Farms as Subdivision Amenities NY Times article: "Increasingly, subdivisions, usually master-planned developments at which buyers buy home sites or raw land, have been treating farms as an amenity. “There are currently at least 200 projects that include agriculture as a key community component,” said Ed McMahon, a senior fellow with the Urban Land Institute."
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Growing Power "Growing Power is a national nonprofit organization and land trust supporting people from diverse backgrounds, and the environments in which they live, by helping to provide equal access to healthy, high-quality, safe and affordable food for people in all communities. Growing Power implements this mission by providing hands-on training, on-the-ground demonstration, outreach and technical assistance through the development of Community Food Systems that help people grow, process, market and distribute food in a sustainable manner."
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Street Farmer NY Times article about Growing Power.
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Flats Mentor Farm "The Flats Mentor Farm (FMF) is located on a 70-acre river bottom parcel of land in Lancaster, Massachusetts. FMF assists and supports small farmers of diverse ethnic backgrounds with the land, farming infrastructure and marketing assistance needed to promote and sustain successful farming enterprises. FMF promotes economically viable agricultural production that protects the environment through the practice of sustainable farming methods. This program offers resources, hands-on-training and technical assistance on soil fertility, irrigation, pest and weed management and marketing. FMF also provides opportunities for beginning farmers to increase their economic returns, and quality of life."
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UNH Stormwater Center "The UNH Stormwater Center studies stormwater-related water quality and quantity issues. A unique facet of the program is the field facilities that are used to evaluate the performance of stormwater management technologies. Over 20 different management systems have been or are currently undergoing side-by-side comparison testing under strictly controlled conditions. The close proximity of the field testing facility to UNH enables the Center to offer technology demonstrations and workshops, as well as specialized training opportunities. "
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Field Report: Family Heirlooms "Though the Travises never set out to be farmers, in the five years since they started gathering wild ramps from a cousin’s woods — he had asked them to help get rid of the invasive weed — their Spence Farm has come to sell produce that is obscure or nearly extinct to Chicago’s best restaurants. In saving their central Illinois farm, they’ve managed to save some American crops too."
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The Andes Chronicles "What remains unclear is why Andes has flourished while some neighboring towns are shabby, listless and bitterly divided between an old guard and resented newcomers."
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Redbeacon This is just an idea of something that may come here. Right now it is in the SF Bay Area. It matches needs for services to service providers.
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64 Ways to Eat Food "A Q. and A. with the author Michael Pollan, whose new book "Food Rules" offers 64 ways to improve your eating habits." A NY Times article, also promotes with sustainable agriculture.
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Migliorelli Farm The Migliorlli family farmed in the Bronx and came up to northern Dutchess County in the 1960's. Still family-run, it is active in farmers' markets in the City and in the Hudson Valley. They even have a twitter presence, MigliorelliFarm. The website also posts what is in season.
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