News and Views from the Empire State
Adirondack Harvest, a program of Cornell Cooperative Extension of Essex County, has announced this year’s Free Range Adirondack Harvest Festival is set for September 19th.
The festival, usually held at the Essex County Fairgrounds, will be scattered throughout the community and virtually. There will be a Scavenger Hunt that includes all the activities in the field and online. [Read more…] about Adirondack Harvest Festival Goes Free-Range
In March, when Governor Cuomo signed the New York State on PAUSE executive order, which mandated that all non-essential businesses in New York State had to close, farmer’s markets were exempted as essential retail businesses and, as such, allowed to open or remain open.
But, as concerns about the spread of COVID-19 grew, farmers market growers, gardeners, and managers, like other small business operators, found themselves rushing to come up with innovative contingency plans to modify their operations and employ solutions that would protect their livelihoods, as well as the health and well-being of their customers, market workers, and the community at large. [Read more…] about Farmers Markets: An Alternative to a Food System in Flux