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Jam, Pickles, Dilly Beans & Salsa Party Webinars

August 4, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Adirondack Farm Produce by Shannon HoulihanCornell Cooperative Extension of Warren County has announced a series of cooking webinars, focused on making refrigerator salsa, jam, pickles, and dilly beans.

Participants will be able to use their own ingredients and receive step by step instructions from CCE nutrition and healthy living educator MB Mitcham. [Read more…] about Jam, Pickles, Dilly Beans & Salsa Party Webinars

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Capital-Saratoga, Events, Food, Hudson Valley - Catskills, Mohawk Valley, New York City, Western NY Tagged With: Cornell Cooperative Ext, Food, Warren County

Adk Garden Club Announces 2020 Grant Awardees

July 7, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

adirondack garden club logoThe Adirondack Garden Club has announced the Ellen Lea Paine Memorial Nature Fund grant awardees for 2020.

The Adirondack Garden Club Ellen Lea Paine Memorial Nature Fund was established in 2005 to give financial assistance to individuals and not-for-profit organizations involved in programs whose purpose is to study, protect and enjoy the natural environment within the Adirondack Park. [Read more…] about Adk Garden Club Announces 2020 Grant Awardees

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Food, Nature Tagged With: Adirondack Garden Club, Grants, nature

Call the Dogs off the Lions

June 21, 2020 by Paul Hetzler Leave a Comment

sweat bee on dandelion - Scott Bauer - USDA Agricultural Research Service - Bugwood.orgAlthough it’s possible dandelions arrived on the Mayflower, they do not get the esteem they deserve as plucky immigrants that put down firm roots in a new land, or as a vitamin-packed culinary delight, or as a multi-purpose herbal remedy. [Read more…] about Call the Dogs off the Lions

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Capital-Saratoga, Food, Hudson Valley - Catskills, Mohawk Valley, Nature, New York City, Western NY Tagged With: Native Plants, nature, wild food, wildflowers, Wildlife

Worm Composting at Home: A Tutorial

June 17, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

worm composting provided by CornellCornell Cooperative Extension has announced a virtual program on Worm Composting, set for Thursday, June 18th at 2 pm. [Read more…] about Worm Composting at Home: A Tutorial

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Capital-Saratoga, Events, Food, Hudson Valley - Catskills, Mohawk Valley, Nature, New York City, Recreation, Western NY Tagged With: composting, Cornell Cooperative Ext, gardening

When Eating Turtle Was All The Rage

June 14, 2020 by Jaap Harskamp 1 Comment

Turtle Soup headlineBefore the mid-eighteenth century, turtles were largely untried as edibles in North America. For considerable time, the turtle was assumed to be poisonous. An infernal creature, a “resident of hell,” it should not be cultivated for food.

But attitudes changed. By the mid-nineteenth century, civic banquets would inevitably offer turtle on the menu. [Read more…] about When Eating Turtle Was All The Rage

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Capital-Saratoga, Food, History, Hudson Valley - Catskills, Mohawk Valley, Nature, New York City, Western NY Tagged With: Culinary History, endangered species, nature, reptiles, turtles, Wildlife

NYS Wild Edibles Webinar Series Set

June 11, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

cattails provided by Cornell Cooperative ExtensionCornell Cooperative Extension has announced a series of three free webinars focused on how identify wild edibles, what parts of the plants are safely edible, when they should be harvested, and how they can be prepared. [Read more…] about NYS Wild Edibles Webinar Series Set

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Capital-Saratoga, Events, Food, Hudson Valley - Catskills, Mohawk Valley, Nature, New York City, Western NY Tagged With: Cornell Cooperative Ext, Food, nature, wild food, Wildlife

History’s Editable ‘Weed’: Lambs Quarters

June 3, 2020 by Pat Banker Leave a Comment

Leaf shape showing white dusty underside

Lambsquarters, Chenopodium album, aka pig weed, fat hen, goose foot. The name lamb’s quarters believed to be associated with “Lammas Quarter,” an ancient English festival that was held at the time this plant, or its relative orache, was harvested.

The name Chenopodium album translates as: cheno “goose,” podium “foot,” and album “white,” referring to the shape of the leaf resembling a goose’s foot and the color of the leaf’s underside. White – goose- foot. [Read more…] about History’s Editable ‘Weed’: Lambs Quarters

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Capital-Saratoga, Food, History, Hudson Valley - Catskills, Mohawk Valley, Nature, New York City, Western NY Tagged With: Cornell Cooperative Ext, Food, gardening, Native Plants, wild food

Rethinking Meat From Farm to Table

May 30, 2020 by Richard Gast Leave a Comment

pigs by Kate MountainAmerica’s meatpacking plants endure some of the highest rates of workplace injury of any U.S. job sector. COVID-19 has introduced yet another occupational hazard.

These crowded facilities have become frighteningly successful vectors for COVID-19 contagion. [Read more…] about Rethinking Meat From Farm to Table

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Capital-Saratoga, Food, Hudson Valley - Catskills, Mohawk Valley, New York City, Western NY Tagged With: Food, local farms, local food, Public Health

Free Outdoor Cooking Webinar Set For June 11th

May 25, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

fire pit by Greg DowerThe Cornell Cooperative Extension of Warren County has announced a free outdoor cooking webinar, set for Thursday, June 11th at 1 pm. [Read more…] about Free Outdoor Cooking Webinar Set For June 11th

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Capital-Saratoga, Events, Food, Hudson Valley - Catskills, Mohawk Valley, Recreation, Western NY Tagged With: camping, Cornell Cooperative Ext, Food

Small-Scale Livestock Production Webinars Planned

May 22, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

free range chickens being fed outdoors courtesy Wikimedia user AsterionCornell Cooperative Extension of Warren County has announced two webinar programs focused on small-scale livestock production. [Read more…] about Small-Scale Livestock Production Webinars Planned

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Capital-Saratoga, Food, Hudson Valley - Catskills, Mohawk Valley, Western NY Tagged With: Cornell Cooperative Ext, Food, local farms, local food

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