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 family's farm in Jefferson, Delaware County.
Shannon and show host Tara Collins from the Watershed Agricultural Council will talk about the family farm, Cowbella's product launch and Shannon's experiences as a Pure Catskills member, a beginning farm entrepreneur and female farmer. Ask Shannon questions by posting to the Watershed Agricultural Council Facebook Page. Listeners can catch the interview live on 91.3FM in the Roxbury-Grand Gorge area or pull up the online streaming audio at right fromhome.
Next week, Denise Warren from Stone & Thistle Farm joins Collins for "Farm Chatter: Got Your Goat" on February 2.
Watershed Wedneday is a one-hour talk show through community radio staion WIOX 91.3FM that airs at 1 p.m. The show explores the people, passion and programs behind the clean drinking water supply of New York City. Each week, the show features people who work and live in the Croton, Catskill and DelawareWatersheds. Many of these people partner with the Watershed Agricultural Council to prevent water pollution, improve the local food and fiber economies, and conserve farm and forest lands in our region. This program is sponsored by the Watershed Agricultural Council and funded, in part, by New York City Department of Environmental Protection, U.S. Forest Service, and U.S.D.A.
