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<itunes:summary>NCPR provides locally-produced news stories from around the Adirondack and North Country regions of New York State, as well as Western Vermont, and Ontario and Quebec in Canada.</itunes:summary>
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<title>Grown up and growing food on their own</title>
<link>http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/17977/20110711/grown-up-and-growing-food-on-their-own</link>
<description><![CDATA[ (Jul 11, 2011) This week we begin a series of stories and conversations about the next generation of farmers in the North Country.   We’re calling it “Farmers under 40”.  They’re young, energetic and willing to make sacrifices to be part of the farmer-foodie culture.     Community Supported Agriculture, or “CSA”, is a growing trend across the region with people who like to know where their food is grown and that it’s fresh. It’s like subscription agriculture.  Members join before the growing season begins, giving the grower the money to buy seeds and supplies.  They also share in the farm’s seasonal bounty.       One such CSA, Fledging Crow Vegetables, is run by Ian Ater and Lucas Christenson.  Todd Moe recently visited their small farm just outside of Keeseville, south of Plattsburgh.  Chances are you&apos;ve seen the Fledging Crow booth at a farmers&apos; market in the Adirondacks or Champlain Valley this summer.  Ater and Christenson are both college educated, but growing and peddling spinach, lettuce, tomatoes and carrots wasn’t in their early career plans.   Now in their late-20’s, the two friends are committed — physically and financially — to dirt, sweat and feeding the North Country. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/17977/20110711/grown-up-and-growing-food-on-their-own">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>NCPR: Todd Moe</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[This week we begin a series of stories and conversations about the next generation of farmers in the North Country.   We’re calling it “Farmers under 40”.  They’re young, energetic and willing to make sacrifices to be part of the farmer-foodie culture.     Community Supported Agriculture, or “CSA”, is a growing trend across the region with people who like to know where their food is grown and that it’s fresh. It’s like subscription agriculture.  Members join before the growing season begins, giving the grower the money to buy seeds and supplies.  They also share in the farm’s seasonal bounty.       One such CSA, Fledging Crow Vegetables, is run by Ian Ater and Lucas Christenson.  Todd Moe recently visited their small farm just outside of Keeseville, south of Plattsburgh.  Chances are you&apos;ve seen the Fledging Crow booth at a farmers&apos; market in the Adirondacks or Champlain Valley this summer.  Ater and Christenson are both college educated, but growing and peddling spinach, lettuce, tomatoes and carrots wasn’t in their early career plans.   Now in their late-20’s, the two friends are committed — physically and financially — to dirt, sweat and feeding the North Country. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/17977/20110711/grown-up-and-growing-food-on-their-own">full story</a></strong>]]]></itunes:summary>
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<itunes:keywords>photolead, farmers40, food, farming, agriculture, farmers, csa, champlain valley, keeseville, chpv, [loc:44.5050479 -73.4801348], topstory</itunes:keywords>
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<title>TLC for the young garden</title>
<link>http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/17783/20110606/tlc-for-the-young-garden</link>
<description><![CDATA[ (Jun 6, 2011) It&apos;s a challenging year, no doubt about it, for gardeners and commercial growers — and the plants they&apos;re tending. There may be too much water in some places, but not enough in others, after a series of dry, sunny and windy days, and a couple of nights in the 30s. Cornell Cooperative extension horticulturist Amy Ivy has some reminders about garden TLC in her weekly chat with Martha Foley.  And they preview workshops on using local food, homegrown or not, starting next week in Sacket&apos;s Harbor, Canton and Plattsburgh. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/17783/20110606/tlc-for-the-young-garden">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>NCPR: Martha Foley</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[It&apos;s a challenging year, no doubt about it, for gardeners and commercial growers — and the plants they&apos;re tending. There may be too much water in some places, but not enough in others, after a series of dry, sunny and windy days, and a couple of nights in the 30s. Cornell Cooperative extension horticulturist Amy Ivy has some reminders about garden TLC in her weekly chat with Martha Foley.  And they preview workshops on using local food, homegrown or not, starting next week in Sacket&apos;s Harbor, Canton and Plattsburgh. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/17783/20110606/tlc-for-the-young-garden">full story</a></strong>]]]></itunes:summary>
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<itunes:duration>09:59</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>weather, outdoor recreation, agriculture, flooding, environment, garden, gardening, local food, locavore, food, nutrition, csa, cooking, [loc:43.9461707 -76.1190929], photolead, topstory</itunes:keywords>
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<title>As floods recede, North Country farmers play catch-up</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (May 12, 2011) Lake Champlain is still more than two and a half feet above flood stage this morning and communities along the shore are struggling with wind and high water.But in much of the North Country, historic floods are finally receding.  Roads and buildings are being rebuilt.  People are cleaning up water-damaged homes.Among the hardest hit are the region&apos;s farmers, who lost weeks of precious time for planting and moving their livestock out to pasture.  Fruit trees typically in bloom are barely showing signs of budding.  &quot;Just the saturated soils and the cool temperatures,&quot; said Jay Matteson, Jefferson County&apos;s agriculture coordinator.&quot;Our farms are anxious to get out there, and for the temperatures to come up.  Our soil temperatures are down a little bit as well.&quot;Brian Mann visited Essex Farm in the Champlain Valley and has our story. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/17639/20110512/as-floods-recede-north-country-farmers-play-catch-up">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 May 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>NCPR: Brian Mann</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Lake Champlain is still more than two and a half feet above flood stage this morning and communities along the shore are struggling with wind and high water.But in much of the North Country, historic floods are finally receding.  Roads and buildings are being rebuilt.  People are cleaning up water-damaged homes.Among the hardest hit are the region&apos;s farmers, who lost weeks of precious time for planting and moving their livestock out to pasture.  Fruit trees typically in bloom are barely showing signs of budding.  &quot;Just the saturated soils and the cool temperatures,&quot; said Jay Matteson, Jefferson County&apos;s agriculture coordinator.&quot;Our farms are anxious to get out there, and for the temperatures to come up.  Our soil temperatures are down a little bit as well.&quot;Brian Mann visited Essex Farm in the Champlain Valley and has our story. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/17639/20110512/as-floods-recede-north-country-farmers-play-catch-up">full story</a></strong>]]]></itunes:summary>
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<itunes:duration>06:04</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>photolead, flooding, kimball, essex farms, agriculture, csa, [loc:44.3100000 -73.3530560], topstory</itunes:keywords>
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<title>Learning to love farming, dirt and all</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Oct 12, 2010) There are urban folks who spend weekends and summers on upstate New York farms. They&apos;re taken by the part-time charm of rural life.  Then there are those, like Kristin Kimball, who give up the big city completely and fall in love with life in the country.  Kimball was a freelance writer in New York City.  Then she met a young farmer, and on an impulse, traded city bustle for the chance to live closer to the earth.  Since 2003, Kristin and her husband Mark have run Essex Farms, a CSA among the rolling hills above Essex, New York.   Todd Moe toured their farm this summer, during the peak harvest season, and talked with Kristin about her new book, The Dirty Life - On Farming, Food and Love.  It chronicles the Kimballs&apos; challenges and joys during the first year on their Champlain Valley farm. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/16484/20101012/learning-to-love-farming-dirt-and-all">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 12 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>NCPR: Todd Moe</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[There are urban folks who spend weekends and summers on upstate New York farms. They&apos;re taken by the part-time charm of rural life.  Then there are those, like Kristin Kimball, who give up the big city completely and fall in love with life in the country.  Kimball was a freelance writer in New York City.  Then she met a young farmer, and on an impulse, traded city bustle for the chance to live closer to the earth.  Since 2003, Kristin and her husband Mark have run Essex Farms, a CSA among the rolling hills above Essex, New York.   Todd Moe toured their farm this summer, during the peak harvest season, and talked with Kristin about her new book, The Dirty Life - On Farming, Food and Love.  It chronicles the Kimballs&apos; challenges and joys during the first year on their Champlain Valley farm. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/16484/20101012/learning-to-love-farming-dirt-and-all">full story</a></strong>]]]></itunes:summary>
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<itunes:duration>10:44</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>champlain valley, essex, farming, agriculture, csa, food, lake champlain, books, writers, literature, [loc:44.3100511 -73.3526277], topstory, photolead</itunes:keywords>
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