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<title>Cranberries bumper crop in Brasher Falls</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Nov 20, 2012) Looking for that local touch for your Thanksgiving table?  Try cranberries, fresh from a bog in northern St. Lawrence County.  Peter Paquin owns Deer River Cranberries in Brasher Falls.He says local sales of his cranberries have grown fivefold.  He sells to North Country apple orchards and stores in Potsdam and Lake Placid.  Paquin says people even drive up to the farm to load up coolers full of berries.  &quot;Yeah, they basically come in with coolers and we fill &apos;em up, basically 50 pounds in a cooler,&quot; says Paquin.  &quot;We&apos;ve probably sold to 20 different people in the area, a hundred pounds each.  We&apos;re moving a lot of berries locally.&quot;Paquin says the hot, dry summer and the recent freezing nights have meant a late harvest.  But he says cranberries remain as lucrative a crop as ever.  David Sommerstein visited Paquin&apos;s cranberry bogs in 2008. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/20920/20121120/cranberries-bumper-crop-in-brasher-falls">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Canton&apos;s first microbrewery prepares to set up shop</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Oct 25, 2012) Like Governor Cuomo at his beer, wine, and liquor summit Wednesday in Albany, a pair of Canton entrepreneurs is hoping craft beer sales will provide an economic lift.  Ken and Katrina Hebb, owners of the Blackbird Cafe in Canton, are starting St. Lawrence County&apos;s first microbrewery. The St. Lawrence Brewing Company is leasing space in a new industrial building in Canton. They&apos;re ready to start moving in next week and hope to start selling beer by St. Patrick&apos;s Day.Ken Hebb gave David Sommerstein a tour. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/20730/20121025/canton-apos-s-first-microbrewery-prepares-to-set-up-shop">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Farmers, cooks and food lovers gather in Saranac Lake</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Aug 31, 2012) Saranac Lake&apos;s Farm 2 Fork Festival will celebrate local farms and bounty on Saturday. The annual end-of-summer event includes workshops, cooking demonstrations and, of course, a chance to eat locally grown food. Adirondack Green Circle founder Gail Brill, who&apos;s organizing the event in Riverside Park, says it&apos;s a user-friendly festival and a place to learn new skills. She spoke with Todd Moe about the event&apos;s featured guest, Maryland chicken farmer Carole Morison, who will give a special presentation tonight at the Harrietstown Town Hall. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/20406/20120831/farmers-cooks-and-food-lovers-gather-in-saranac-lake">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 31 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Overcoming obstacles to a local foods economy</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Aug 29, 2012) In the last couple weeks, NCPR has been looking at the local foods that have been turning up on more grocery store shelves and in restaurants in Northern New York.In the third piece in our local food series we look at some of the challenges and obstacles to the local food economy and how farmers, retailers, restaurateurs and others are working to overcome them. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/20369/20120829/overcoming-obstacles-to-a-local-foods-economy">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 29 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Flavor Fest at the Wild Center in Tupper Lake</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Aug 11, 2011) If you’re interested in eating locally, the folks at the Wild Center in Tupper Lake are setting up a feast of information and food today.  Stefanie Ratcliffe is director of the Wild Center.  She says they hold a farmer’s market every Thursday, but they wanted to do more to help people find ways to eat locally and to find local food and beer producers. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/18170/20110811/flavor-fest-at-the-wild-center-in-tupper-lake">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 11 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>TLC for the young garden</title>
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<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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<title>Winter farmers markets expand</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Mar 8, 2011) Farmers markets have seen huge growth in the past three decades. They give consumers access to local food, sometimes at a lower price. And farmers can sell without a middleman getting a cut.A growing number of markets now run through the entire winter.  The state agriculture department says New York has 75 markets that run December through March.  None of those, however, are in the North Country.  Check out today&apos;s related story to find out why.First, a visit to a winter farmers market, from WNPR’s Nancy Cohen in southern Vermont. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/17270/20110308/winter-farmers-markets-expand">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 08 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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