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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: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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<title>Chronicling the Dirty Life of a North Country farm</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Nov 17, 2010) It’s not easy managing a small organic farm in the Adirondack Mountains.  It’s even more complicated managing that farm while also writing a book about the experience.Kristen Kimball, author of The Dirty Life, has managed that double feat and her new book is drawing national attention.Kimball farms in the town of Essex with her husband Mark.  This week, she spoke about how farming redefined her life with Melissa Block, host of NPR’s All Things Considered. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/16682/20101117/chronicling-the-dirty-life-of-a-north-country-farm">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 17 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:summary><![CDATA[It’s not easy managing a small organic farm in the Adirondack Mountains.  It’s even more complicated managing that farm while also writing a book about the experience.Kristen Kimball, author of The Dirty Life, has managed that double feat and her new book is drawing national attention.Kimball farms in the town of Essex with her husband Mark.  This week, she spoke about how farming redefined her life with Melissa Block, host of NPR’s All Things Considered. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/16682/20101117/chronicling-the-dirty-life-of-a-north-country-farm">full story</a></strong>]]]></itunes:summary>
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