Options for independent fieldtrips

For your independently written blog essay, you can either pick one of the places or events suggested below, or propose another field site.

Once you choose a fieldsite, e-mail me (Leonard Nevarez) with the following information: (1) your field site, (2) when you plan to visit it — make sure it's open on that day (3) a few sentences about how it could be relevant to the Hudson Valley's amenity economy. Only one student may write on a specific field event; however, other students are welcome to join you on your fieldtrip.

 

To propose a field site

Browse through our Hudson Valley resources page and find a destination, event or activity in one of the tourism websites or local publications you see there.

 

Suggested field sites

Food and agriculture

A farmers market (not the Thursday one across campus) A Farm Fresh Rail Tour (requires reservation)
A pick-your-own produce farm A community supported agriculture (CSA) (talk to members on a pick-up day)
A cut-your-own Christmas tree farm A farm-to-table restaurant (interview the chef/restaurateur during off hours)
A winery A corn maze
Culinary Institute of America (Hyde Park)  

 

Arts and culture

Dia: Beacon (art museum in Beacon) Bard Center for Curatorial Studies (Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson)
Opus 40 (sculpture garden in Saugerties) O+ Music/Art Festival (Kingston, October 11-12)
Queen City Arts Festival (Poughkeepsie, September 21) Rosendale Zombie Fest (Rosendale, September 28)

 

Outdoors and environmentalism

A major park or land preserve Walkway over the Hudson
Dutchess Rail Trail Common Ground Celebration (Stone Ridge, September 15)
Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies (Milbrook) Beacon Institute for Rivers and Estuaries (Beacon)

 

History and heritage

Vanderbilt Mansion (Hyde Park) (Fall Festival Plant Sale is on September 21) Val-Kill Cottage (Hyde Park)
Olana (Hudson) Mohonk Mountain House (New Paltz)