Introducing the Hudson Valley

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4

Fieldtrip: Fishkill Farms (Dutchess County).

"The Story of Fishkill Farms," Williams-Sonoma Taste [blog], June 27, 2015).

"102 Years Later, Fishkill Farms Still in Care of Morgenthau Family," Poughkeepsie Journal, July 28, 2015.

The Hudson Valley's agri-tourism economy

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9

Classroom guest: Mary Kay Vrba, Dutchess Tourism.

"Dutchess Tourism Inc. Celebrates 1st Anniversary," Hudson Valley News Network, June 30, 2015.

"Dutchess Resident Completes Dutchess Tourism's 'History Passport,'" Poughkeepsie Journal, August 20, 2015.

Katharine Millonzi, "Betting the Farm," Edible Hudson Valley, Spring 2015, pp. 38-42.

Katharine Millonzi, "Agritourism: Every Field Has a Story," TEDxHudson lecture, (2014). YOUTUBE CLIP.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11

Fieldtrip: Phillies Bridge Farm Project (New Paltz, Ulster County).

"Phillies Bridge restores community farming" (Times Herald-Record, February 14, 2014).

"Groups Collaborate to Preserve Historic Working Farm in Gardiner" (Open Space Institute press release, January 9, 2003).

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16

Sarah Low, et al., "Trends in U.S. Local and Regional Food Systems: A Report to Congress," U.S. Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service, Administrative Publication No. (AP-068), January 2015. Read especially pp. 1-19, 30-43.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18

Fieldtrip: Woodstock (Ulster County).

"Buying a Second Home First" (New York Times, September 11, 2015).

Leonard Nevarez, "Under the Shadow of Woodstock: Listening to the Hudson Valley," Musical Urbanism (blog), August 15, 2011. Read especially the last half ("Musical Representations").

Browse the Woodstock Times.

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23

Meet in the library's electronic classroom.

Complete the first three modules (Welcome, The Core, and Editing) on Wikipedia:Training/For Students.

View this YouTube playlist: Wikipedia editing basic.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25

Fieldtrip: Letterbox Farm Collective (Hudson, Columbia County).

"Letterbox Farm Collective now owns its land" (Examiner.com, January 12, 2015).

Northeast Farm Access: Wyda Farm.

"Scenic Hudson Land Deal Aids Conservation, Young Farmers" (WAMC Northeast Public Radio, January 9, 2015).

"Columbia County Home to Next Generation of Farmers" (Time Warner Cable News, September 17, 2015).

"A Weekend in Hudson" (Upstater [blog], September 2015).

"Both Sides Now: Catskill & Hudson" (Chronogram, September 1, 2015).

"A Church of Sound Nurtures Sonic Communion at Basilica Soundscape" (The Observer, September 16, 2015).

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30

Classroom guest: Serge Madikians, owner/chef of Serevan Restaurant (Amenia, Dutchess County).

"Meet the Chef: Serge Madikians of Serevan Restaurant" (Williams-Sonoma Taste [blog], July 31, 2015).

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2

Fieldtrip: Madava Farms (Dutchess County).

"Crown & Country: A Deluge of Maple Syrup is in the Forecast," Edible Hudson Valley, winter 2012-13.

"Is it too classy for pancakes?" New York Times, April 2, 2013.

"On a Mission to Make Maple Syrup Part of Every Meal" (Inc., November 6, 2014).

"Light, Dark – All Maple Syrup Is Delish" (Wall Street Journal, March 18, 2015).

"Sweet drips – it's sugar maple time in the valley" (Poughkeepsie Journal, March 21, 2015).

"The Sweet Science of Syrup" (New York Times, May 9, 2015).

"Madava Farms and America's Love Affair With Maple Syrup" (Huffington Post, August 24, 2015).

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7

Last day of classroom discussion.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9