Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Hydroponic Greens
Just found a farmer using Hydroponics in Berlin, New York who may be able to supply our schools in Columbia County with fresh local greens in the long winter months. So exciting!
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
March 23rd Presentation of Community Food Assessment
Columbia County Community Food Assessment: Come learn about current research and share ideas for the future
Presentation by Anna Duhon, Hawthorne Valley Farmscape Ecology Program
Where does our food come from? What kinds of agricultural, community, retail, and other food resources exist in Columbia County? How do community members interact with these food resources? What about schools - what kinds of food, agriculture and health-related choices are students making? What role do farmers' markets, CSAs, farm stands, grocery stores and other markets play in providing fresh and local food, and how accessible are they to the people who live here? These are some of the questions we've been exploring through this ongoing Community Food Assessment project. We'll share results from the research we've conducted so far, and most importantly, invite your feedback on what other research would be useful, and next steps to creating a healthier food system in Columbia County.
Presentation by Anna Duhon, Hawthorne Valley Farmscape Ecology Program
Where does our food come from? What kinds of agricultural, community, retail, and other food resources exist in Columbia County? How do community members interact with these food resources? What about schools - what kinds of food, agriculture and health-related choices are students making? What role do farmers' markets, CSAs, farm stands, grocery stores and other markets play in providing fresh and local food, and how accessible are they to the people who live here? These are some of the questions we've been exploring through this ongoing Community Food Assessment project. We'll share results from the research we've conducted so far, and most importantly, invite your feedback on what other research would be useful, and next steps to creating a healthier food system in Columbia County.
Columbia County Farm Connection
Welcome to our little blogsite!
What is this and Why are we doing this???? This blog is about how to keep the dream alive.We all have so much to bring to the table but the table is never big enough and we can never sit down long enough to be fully satiated.
So, we thought we could provide a forum for people to talk about food. Producers of food, consumers of food and all of the people in between who care about food and how it affects the health of our kids and our community.
The community I speak of is Columbia County, New York. We live in a gorgeous, fertile valley surrounded by fields and fields of food, but many resdients of Columbia County never get a taste of this local food because it's either hard to get to or too expensive to buy. I, personally, can not walk to a banana and I live in the middle of Hudson, a city of 7000 people.
This is why we starting a forum where everyone can meet and talk and find information on many different subjects. We would like farmers, foodies, educators, politicians and residents to be able to check in and see what's going on in the local farm and food scene.
What is this and Why are we doing this???? This blog is about how to keep the dream alive.We all have so much to bring to the table but the table is never big enough and we can never sit down long enough to be fully satiated.
So, we thought we could provide a forum for people to talk about food. Producers of food, consumers of food and all of the people in between who care about food and how it affects the health of our kids and our community.
The community I speak of is Columbia County, New York. We live in a gorgeous, fertile valley surrounded by fields and fields of food, but many resdients of Columbia County never get a taste of this local food because it's either hard to get to or too expensive to buy. I, personally, can not walk to a banana and I live in the middle of Hudson, a city of 7000 people.
This is why we starting a forum where everyone can meet and talk and find information on many different subjects. We would like farmers, foodies, educators, politicians and residents to be able to check in and see what's going on in the local farm and food scene.
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