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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>Young farmers connect, ready to grow</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Jul 12, 2011) Two years ago, about a hundred young farmers gathered in Tarrytown, New York and came up with the idea of creating an organization to support young people wanting to work the land and make a living off of it.  They named the group the National Young Farmers Coalition.  One of its co-founders is Severine von Tscharner Fleming. She manages Smithereen, a 100-acre farm on rented land in the Hudson Valley. We’ll hear from her in just a moment.According to the USDA, the average age of the American farmer is 57.  Von Tscharner Fleming says young farmers—descendents of traditional farmers, inner-city gardeners, homesteaders, college graduates and ex-suburbanites—face tremendous structural obstacles: access to land, capital, education, and business training.  She told Todd Moe that one of the principle ideas behind the coalition is that if the country wants active farms and sustainable food production in fifty years, the next generation needs help. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/17994/20110712/young-farmers-connect-ready-to-grow">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>NCPR: Todd Moe</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Two years ago, about a hundred young farmers gathered in Tarrytown, New York and came up with the idea of creating an organization to support young people wanting to work the land and make a living off of it.  They named the group the National Young Farmers Coalition.  One of its co-founders is Severine von Tscharner Fleming. She manages Smithereen, a 100-acre farm on rented land in the Hudson Valley. We’ll hear from her in just a moment.According to the USDA, the average age of the American farmer is 57.  Von Tscharner Fleming says young farmers—descendents of traditional farmers, inner-city gardeners, homesteaders, college graduates and ex-suburbanites—face tremendous structural obstacles: access to land, capital, education, and business training.  She told Todd Moe that one of the principle ideas behind the coalition is that if the country wants active farms and sustainable food production in fifty years, the next generation needs help. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/17994/20110712/young-farmers-connect-ready-to-grow">full story</a></strong>]]]></itunes:summary>
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<itunes:keywords>farmers, agriculture, economy, food, hudson valley, photolead, farmers40, [loc:41.0762077 -73.8587461], topstory</itunes:keywords>
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<title>Hudson Valley, &quot;tech valley&quot;?</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Nov 16, 2010) New York’s biggest investment in technology is in the Hudson Valley Region, where the state lavished more than a billion dollars on Globalfoundries.  The microchip company is building a plant in Saratoga County.  The hope is other companies will follow.One of those businesses is Tech Valley Communications - a fiber network service provider. The company recently partnered with an investment firm. As the CEO tells Innovation Trail reporter Dan Bazile, he now has the ability and the capital to compete. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/16674/20101116/hudson-valley-quot-tech-valley-quot">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 16 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:summary><![CDATA[New York’s biggest investment in technology is in the Hudson Valley Region, where the state lavished more than a billion dollars on Globalfoundries.  The microchip company is building a plant in Saratoga County.  The hope is other companies will follow.One of those businesses is Tech Valley Communications - a fiber network service provider. The company recently partnered with an investment firm. As the CEO tells Innovation Trail reporter Dan Bazile, he now has the ability and the capital to compete. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/16674/20101116/hudson-valley-quot-tech-valley-quot">full story</a></strong>]]]></itunes:summary>
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<itunes:keywords>economy, high tech, saratoga county, hudson valley, topstory, [loc:42.9661883 -73.7664409]</itunes:keywords>
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