Pure Catskills
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Aug. 31, 2011
We've been humbled by the huge interest from the regional community looking to help farmers who have been impacted by damage from this weekend's storm. What follows is a list of what we've heard from our regional business members on the assistance... Read more
Aug. 25, 2011
Announcing a Day of Rural Pageantry and Performance in the Catskills
“Agrarian Acts” to Feature Creations from a New Generation of Sullivan County Farmers
Highland Lake, NY – Agrarian Acts is a contemporary county fair and production celebrating the... Read more
Aug. 25, 2011
Young farmer documentary, "The Greenhorns," to screen at SCCC September 22nd
LOCH SHELDRAKE, NY - On Thursday, September 22nd, the Gardening Club of Sullivan County Community College will host a screening of the documentary film "The Greenhorns" in the... Read more
Jul. 28, 2011
Photo: The CRAFT group on its June visit to Willow Wisp Organic Farm.
WALTON, NY - On Monday, August 8th, the Catskills CRAFT group will meet from 5 to 7 p.m. at Lucky Dog Organic Farm in Hamden, NY. Catskills CRAFT, or Collaborative Regional Alliance... Read more
May. 20, 2011
The Watershed Agricultural Council is hosting the 2nd Annual Schoharie Watershed Month Environmental Film Series this weekend. Four movies, six screeenings over three days, at the Doctorow Theater on Main Street. Film Series was all made possible by... Read more
Apr. 27, 2011
Join us this Thursday for a free panel discussion, Fascinating Fishers and Surprising Saw-Whet Owls: Little Known Catskill Wildlife, at the Seelig Theater on the SUNY-Sullivan campus. The seminar is number two in a three-part lecture series entitled "... Read more
Apr. 27, 2011
On Watershed Wednesday TODAY at 1 p.m., the masterminds behind Schoharie Watershed Month join me in the studio to talk up the 2011 activities and events scheduled throughout May in the Hunter-Tannersville area. Robyn Worcester, Michelle Yost and Mikana... Read more
Apr. 6, 2011
That's today's big question on Watershed Wednesday at 1 p.m. is...Do You Fondue? Denise Warren of Stone & Thistle Farm co-hosts Farm Chatter with Tara Collins of the Watershed Agricultural Council. So really, do you, fondue? To round out the... Read more
Feb. 28, 2011
Specialists from the Watershed Agricultural Council (WAC) and Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE) will provide an overview of native and invasive species that are attacking the Catskill forest in a free program to be held Thursday, March 17 from 4:30 to... Read more
Feb. 28, 2011
Denise Warren of Stone & Thistle Farm co-hosts Farm Chatter on Watershed Wednesday with Tara Collins of the Watershed Agricultural Council. This week's topic? Goats...
Bearded, horned, hooved, and miraculously mischievous, goats (and their meat and... Read more
Feb. 22, 2011
Karen Rauter, Stream Management Coordinator for the Rondout and Neversink basins, is the featured guest on Watershed Wednesday with Tara Collins of the Watershed Agricultural Council on February 23 at 1 p.m. Karen will share information about the... Read more
Feb. 18, 2011
Producers, processors and purchasers of local food are invited to the Farm to Market Connection March 21st from 9 am to 5 pm at the CVI Building at One Cablevision Center in Liberty, NY. Organized by the Pure Catskills Buy Local Campaign, the event will... Read more
Feb. 14, 2011
Find out what the USDA NRCS can do for you. Tune in this Wednesday to WIOX Community Radio 91.3FM (streaming live on the web) for Watershed Wednsday at 1 p.m. Host Tara Collins of the Watershed Agricultural Council sits down with NRCS State... Read more
Feb. 7, 2011
Denise Warren of Stone & Thistle Farm co-hosts Farm Chatter on Watershed Wednesday with Tara Collins of the Watershed Agricultural Council on February 9 at 1 p.m. on WIOX. According to Denise, "It's in the Soup"...what is? Everything. No ingredient,... Read more
Feb. 2, 2011
At its January meeting, the Watershed Agricultural Council (Council) welcomed Greene County dairyman Chris DiBenedetto to its 15-member Council of Directors. The WAC works with landowners regionally to protect farmland, forests and clean water in the New... Read more
Jan. 25, 2011
Shannon Mason of Cowbella butter and yogurt wiill be a guest on Watershed Wednesday at 1 p.m. on January 26 on WIOX 91.3FM. Shannon is a sixth-generation farmer who raises her dairy line's raw materials -- milk from 30 Jersey cows eating grass -- at her... Read more