Posts tagged with ‘agriculture’
Keep Farming in action.
Keep Farming is Glynwood’s community-based program, through which we empower communities to support their local farming. When a community chooses to engage in the program, we become involved in a hands-on process of helping them to identify their agricultural resources and the challenges they may face. We then help them think through options and create a strategy for the future.
Last year, we created a video about our mission to save farming. We were honored to have the participation of so many leaders in our local system (see the full list of interviewees after the jump).
Since its completion, the video has been touring with the Wild & Scenic Film Festival, and has played in venues across the country, including California, West Virginia, Indiana, Massachusetts, Utah, Wisconsin – and of course, here at Glynwood.
Please watch and share it widely:
Starting this week, dozens of young farmers-in-training from all over the Hudson Valley will begin convening weekly to learn more about their trade. CRAFT, or the Collaborative Regional Alliance for Farmer Training, provides the means for supplementing on-farm training in a cooperative effort with a number of participating farms. A CRAFT visit is an operational tour, a talk or demonstration on a specific farm management topic, a networking opportunity for young farmers, and an occasion to socialize.
Building on the momentum of last year’s Quadricentennial celebrations, OurHudson.org has been gathering ideas and hopes for the future of the Hudson River Valley region.
Glynwood’s President, Judith LaBelle, is showcased on the site as a “Voice of the Valley.” In this recent audio interview, she discusses the importance of agriculture to our region and Glynwood’s role in supporting the growing vitality of our regional food system.
Hear the full interview:
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Purslane sprouts up in cracks. Long considered to be a weed, it is actually a highly nutritious leafy vegetable.
Last night, Glynwood sponsored a gathering of the Hudson Valley Green Drinks chapter. Green Drinks is a networking event for people involved in environmental work, and this event was their very first webcast – sent live to Green Drinks events around the world.
The featured presentation was a speech by Glynwood’s President Judy LaBelle, titled “The State of [Local] Food… It’s Not Just What You Eat,” in which she urged us all to “be like purslane” – find the cracks that are weakening the industrial food system, take root in them, and then lead the way to positive change.
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