WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30

Class session.

Sarah A Low et al, "Trends in U.S. Local and Regional Food Systems," AP-068, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, January 2015.

FRIDAY, APRIL 1

Fieldtrip: Stormfield Swiss, Hudson Valley Fresh Dairy (Wappingers Falls, Dutchess County).

"Farm Fresh Milk from the Hudson Valley to NYC" (Register-Star, September 6, 2014).

"To Survive, Dairy Farmers Go Co-Op" (New York Times, February 7, 2010).

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6

Class session.

Classroom guest: Eric Steinman, editor of Edible Hudson Valley.

Eric Steinman, "Generational Drift," Edible Hudson Valley, Fall 2015, 1.

Jane Black, "Getting Real About the Food Movement," Stone Barns Center for Food & Agriculture [blog], March 22, 2016.

Leah Douglas, "Labor and the Locavore: Farm Work in New York State," Civil Eats [blog], May 6, 2014.

FRIDAY, APRIL 8

Fieldtrip: Glynwood Center (Cold Spring, Putnam County).

Glynwood Center, "An Overview of our Mission and Programs," brochure, Fall/Winter 2015.

Katharine Millonzi, "From 'Agri-tainment' to Engagement: A New Era of Agritourism for the Hudson Valley," Glynwood Center report, October 7, 2015.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL13

Class session.

FRIDAY, APRIL 15

Fieldtrip: Ferncliff Forest (Rhinebeck, Dutchess County).

Ferncliff Forest (Wikipedia).

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20

Class session.

FRIDAY, APRIL 22

Fieldtrip: Hudson Valley Kinders & Knitters (Clinton, Dutchess County).

Columbia Land Conservancy.

"4 Ways Private Wealth Can Help the Small Farm" (Modern Farmer, August 2013).

"The Young-Farmers Movement," Chronogram, September 1, 2013.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27

Class session.

FRIDAY, APRIL 29

Fieldtrip: Starling Yards and Sawkill Farm (Red Hook, Dutchess County).

Nikki Goth Itoi, "Meat Up," Edible Hudson Valley, Winter 2015/16, 30-33.

"Red Hook Farmland Protected," Poughkeepsie Journal, November 26, 2014.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 4

Last class session.

FRIDAY, MAY 6

Fieldtrip: Migliorelli Farm (Red Hook, Dutchess County).

Ralph Gardner, Jr., "A Star of the Greenmarket," Wall Street Journal, September 15, 2016.

Clint Rainey, "New York Farmers Say a $15 Minimum Wage Would 'Decimate' Their Profits," Grub Street [New York Magazine blog], March 14, 2016.

Alia Akkam, "From the Ground Brewery Sets Up Shop on Red Hook's Migliorelli Farm," Hudson Valley, October 2015.

TUESDAY, MAY 17 (study period)

Final papers and any remaining blog posts due by noon sharp.