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Last Night at the Wild Hive

Posted on October 9, 2012

After a four-year run, the Wild Hive Farm, Store & Café Bakery closed. A few miles away, in Clinton Corners, not Pine Plains, but it could have been and I wish it had been.  I made this film on its last night to preserve how its customers celebrated its contribution to the community. I could ramble on about how much this place meant to me, but I think the film shows it. Every meal was a lesson and treat in local agriculture and people.

2 thoughts on “Last Night at the Wild Hive”

  1. Dori Wheeler says:
    May 8, 2014 at 11:12 am

    Looks like fun was had by all!

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  2. jay dedman says:
    October 15, 2012 at 12:03 pm

    I’m sad to see such a vital local place disappear. I know in small rural towns, it’s not easy to create such a space. I hope someone else decides to carry the place to the next stage.

    Great documentation Stan. It’ll only become more valuable as time moves on.

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WHY THIS WEBSITE

I came to Pine Plains by choice, not by chance of birth.

But the small-town rural community I chose is changing. The farmers have, for the most part, sold to people from the city and fields are becoming lawns.

And, like the land, people, too, are becoming subdivided as difference breeds distance rather than discourse.

I have been making these videos to preserve and reconstitute what I can of a changing way of life and to share it with the community.

On a more personal level, I am making this website as a way of holding on to the reasons why I came here.

Stan Hirson

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