WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26
Class session.
Sarah Low and Stephen Vogel, "Direct and Intermediated Marketing of Local Foods in the United States," U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Report No. 128, November 2011.
FRIDAY, MARCH 28
Fieldtrip to Sprout Creek Farm, Poughkeepsie (Dutchess County).
4:00: blogging workshop at electronic classroom.
"A Tasty (and Cheap) Escape to Dutchess County, N.Y." (New York Times, December 11, 2013).
"Life Lessons from Sprout Creek Farm" (Organic Connections, June 2013).
"Agritourism Helps Sustain Hudson Valley Farms" (Chronogram, May 1, 2013).
"The Cheese Process: Sprout Creek Farm's work in progress" (Edible Hudson Valley, Spring 2012).
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2
Read the previous ENST 291 class blog. Post on Moodle forum: what makes a good blog post?
Class presentation: a visit by Eric Steinman, editor at Edible Hudson Valley Magazine.
"Best Food Forward" (Chronogram, March 1, 2013).
FRIDAY, APRIL 4
Fieldtrip to Chaseholm Farm Creamery, Pine Plains (Dutchess County).
"Got raw milk? It's more popular, despite warnings" (Brooklyn News Service, December 19, 2013).
"'Cheese please' society needs good choices" (Register-Star, August 8, 2013).
"Chaseholm gets Farmland Protection funds, 'Amazing' food company" (Columbia Paper, December 26, 2009).
WEDNESDAY, APRIL9
Wikipedia workshop at electronic classroom.
FRIDAY, APRIL 11
Fieldtrip to Hearty Roots, Tivoli (Dutchess County).
National Young Farmers Coalition.
"Stewards of the Land" (New York Times, March 14, 2008).
"Young Farmers Find Huge Obstacles to Getting Started" (New York Times, November 12, 2011).
Farm Hack: An Open Source Community for Resilient Agriculture.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16
Erin Conway, "The Local Food Movement and Terroir in the Hudson Valley," Vassar College, Environmental Studies senior thesis, 2013.
FRIDAY, APRIL 18
Fieldtrip to Monkshood Nursery, Stuyvesant (Columbia County).
Columbia Land Conservancy.
"The Young-Farmers Movement," Chronogram, September 1, 2013.
"4 Ways Private Health Can Help the Small Farm" (Modern Farmer, August 2013).
"Program matches up farmers, landowners" (Poughkeepsie Journal, August 9, 2013).
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23
Class presentation: Jessica Applestone (co-founder of Fleisher's Grass-Fed & Organic Meats) and Don Lewis (Wild Hive Farm).
Jessica Applestone
"Upstate Butchers Come to New York" (New York Times, September 27, 2011).
"Inventing a New Business Model for Butchers" (Inc., May 23, 2011).
"Vegetarian Butchers?" (Gourmet, April 2, 2009).
Don Lewis
2012 Harvest Award Winners (Glynwood Center).
FRIDAY, APRIL 25
Fieldtrip to Farm to Table Co-Packers, Kingston (Ulster County).
"Ulster food distributor Farm to Table Co-Packers getting $775K from NY to expand at TechCity" (Daily Freeman, January 11, 2013).
2012 Harvest Award Winners (Glynwood Center).
"Edible Infrastructure: Frozen Assets" (Edible Brooklyn, September 28, 2011).
"Valley Vitals" (Edible Hudson Valley, Fall 2010).
"Farm to Table Co-Packers: A fresh take on farm fresh food" (Empire State Development website).
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30
Class session.
FRIDAY, MAY 2
Fieldtrip to Field Apothecary, Germantown (Columbia County).
"Meet the Modern Farmers: Fall 2013" (Modern Farmer, October 2013).
"Field Apothecary" (Chronogram, September 1, 2013).
FRIDAY, MAY 9 (study period)
Wikipedia articles, self-assessment briefs and any remaining blog posts due by noon sharp.
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