Join 'All Things Local' with Nicole E. Day Gray on WIOX community radio Tuesday, 3/24/2015 from 6pm to 7pm. Tune-in locally to WIOX 91.3FM or stream the 'wildly diverse' universe on wioxradio.org.
The 'All Things Local' radio show is ALL about creating and sharing connections with food, farms, forests, & people; to the myths and stories that live in the landscapes around us. Speaking to the passions for our local community, friendships, agriculture, entrepreneurship, creativity, and the places we call home where ever that may be by bringing our community to the table. Exploring & Celebrating 'All Things Local'.
On March 24th (6pm EST) 'All Things Local' will be featuring 'All Things Heather Ridge Farm & Bees Knees Cafe'. Heather Ridge Farm is a gorgeous pasture-raised livestock & 'heather' honey farm located in the Northeastern corner of the Catskill Mountains in Preston Hollow (Schoharie Valley) owned by Carol Clement and her husband John Harrison. Heather Ridge Farm is a certified Animal Welfare Approved farm; Carol & John raise animals who are lovingly grown in small groups on pasture without antibiotics and hormones. Rob Handel is the incredibly adventurous and innovative Chef at the Bees Knees Cafe which is located on Heather Ridge Farm. Rob is passionate about creating menus using on-farm pasture-raised meats with locally-sourced products and foraged edibles. Rob explores his cooking techniques through charcuterie, smoking, fermentation, pates, cheese and much more. To learn more about Heather Ridge Farm and the Bees Knees Cafe, please visit their website at: http://heather-ridge-farm.com/. This is sure to be a highly informative radio show exploring farming entrepreneurship in our Catskill Mountains, please tune-in.
To stay connected with 'All Things Local' radio programming, please visit their Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/AllThingsLocalonWIOX, Twitter page at: https://twitter.com/LocalCatskills and/or check out their website at:http://www.agriforaging.com/the--all-things-local--radio-show.html.
Here's a little about Nicole:
Originally from New Hampshire, Nicole enjoyed her childhood on a small farm in Hopkinton. After earning a B.A. in Economics with a focus on Environmental Economics from the University of New Hampshire, and completing graduate work in Finance from Boston University, Nicole began her business career as an Associate at a prestigious Labor Economics firm in NH where she worked for over nine years. Then Nicole, along with her mother Joan, founded the natural foods manufacturing business, Mediterranean Delights. Mediterranean Delights, based in Southern Vermont, successfully serviced/distributed to retail and foodservice distribution channels nationally (All Natural, Certified Organic, HACCP approved & third party audited). After thirteen years in the food manufacturing business, Nicole moved to the Catskill Mountains and began working with non‐profit organizations providing guidance and technical assistance to value-added food producers, farmers and agricultural infrastructure enterprises throughout the Northeast.
Currently, Nicole serves as the Owner of AgriForaging, Inc., is the radio show host of "All Things Local" on WIOX 91.3 FM, President of Hickory Advisors, LLC an Endowment Fund Management Firm, serves as a Board Trustee at Hanford Mills Museum in East Meredith, NY plus volunteers as the Administrator for the New York State Farmstead & Artisan Cheesemakers Guild. Nicole resides in the midst of the gorgeous Catskill Mountains (Delaware County) with her husband.
To learn more about 'All Things Local' & AgriForaging, Inc., please visit http://www.agriforaging.com.