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<title>Books: &quot;Hands on Health&quot;</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (May 21, 2013) Todd Moe talks with the local author of a new book about healthier eating and taking care of our bodies.  Paula Youmell is a nurse and certified holistic health counselor. Her new book is titled, Hands on Health.   It&apos;s the first in a series of books she calls &quot;The Whole Food Kitchen.&quot; [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/22025/20130521/books-quot-hands-on-health-quot">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
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<title>North Country wines survive the cold, please the palate</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (May 13, 2013) The New York wine industry is booming. According to the New York Wind and Grape Foundation, five million people visit New York wineries every year. The industry generates almost $4 billion.The New York Farm Bureau is pushing for an official designation for a new Adirondack Wine Coast Trail to bring enthusiasts to seven vineyards in Clinton County.A lot of the credit for New York wines can go to a team of researchers that&apos;s doing what you might call &quot;extreme winemaking&quot;: Breeding grapes that survive the North Country&apos;s frigid winters and still make delicious wine.They hope names like Frontenac and Marquette will one day be as popular as Cabernet and Merlot. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21968/20130513/north-country-wines-survive-the-cold-please-the-palate">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Gillibrand wants food stamps, milk price reform in Farm Bill</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (May 8, 2013) Congress is back to work on a new five year Farm Bill. The Senate passed one last year, but the House of Representatives couldn&apos;t agree on the size of cuts to the food stamp program and other issues.New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand says preserving food stamps is &quot;a moral issue.&quot; And she says there&apos;s a way to pay for them. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21942/20130508/gillibrand-wants-food-stamps-milk-price-reform-in-farm-bill">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
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<title>From milk to beer: Dairy family switches to hops</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Apr 29, 2013) Agriculture in the North Country is changing - and the evidence is everywhere. For the Goodmans, a longtime dairy family in Fort Ann, in Washington County, it&apos;s time to get out of the business. But Erica and Les Goodman are trying something new on their land: growing hops. And they&apos;re using social media to do it. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21856/20130429/from-milk-to-beer-dairy-family-switches-to-hops">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Why milk containers send mixed messages</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Apr 19, 2013) When you go to the supermarket dairy aisle, there are so many milks to choose from: different brands, fat contents, and prices. One thing they all have in common is a label that says something like &quot;our farmers pledge they do not inject their cows with artificial growth hormone.&quot; The containers also state that there&apos;s no difference in the milk from cows with or without those hormones.    So what&apos;s going on here?  Why are our milk containers sending mixed messages?  And what does it mean for North Country dairy farms that use growth hormones on their cows? [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21823/20130419/why-milk-containers-send-mixed-messages">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Amish farmers partner with Agri-Mark</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Apr 18, 2013) Most of the North Country is losing population, and losing farms. But there&apos;s one group that keeps growing: Old Order Amish. They&apos;re drawn  to the St. Lawrence Valley by the area&apos;s cheap, available farmland. They Amish live an agrarian lifestyle that&apos;s more 19th century than 21st century. But in order to support their communities and their culture, the Amish have had to find a place in the local economy, including the dairy industry and an unlikely partnership with Agri-Mark. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21814/20130418/amish-farmers-partner-with-agri-mark">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Milk culture: touring the North Country yogurt plant</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Apr 16, 2013) A couple of years ago, things looked bad for dairy processing in North Lawrence.  Healthy Food Holdings was shutting down its Breyer&apos;s yogurt plant, and laying off more than 100 workers.  But within weeks, the plant was quietly purchased by the Upstate Niagara Cooperative. The Buffalo-based dairy processor renamed the plant the North Country Dairy. It says yogurt is on an upward trend in New York State, and the Cooperative wants to be part of that.Many food manufacturers guard trade secrets tightly, and won&apos;t allow visitors. Upstate Niagara wouldn&apos;t allow the North Country plant manager to talk on tape for a story. But he did take me on a full tour of the facility. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21799/20130416/milk-culture-touring-the-north-country-yogurt-plant">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>A safe haven, and homemade pie, at the Silver Leaf</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Apr 5, 2013) North Country highways are full of diners, cafes, and coffee shops. The sign on the Silver Leaf in DeKalb Junction calls it a diner. But owner Loretta Thayer says it&apos;s really a hamburger joint.  She decided to open the place after the September 11th attacks. Thayer is 80 now, and the place is still running. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21752/20130405/a-safe-haven-and-homemade-pie-at-the-silver-leaf">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Heard up North: Young chefs have fun cooking, competing</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Mar 11, 2013) More than two-dozen teams of young cooks from Franklin, Jefferson and St. Lawrence Counties gathered to show off their culinary skills in Canton on Saturday. Middle and high school teams with names like, The Bacon Boys of Brasher Falls, Peru Blue and the Massena Treble Chefs, competed for top kitchen honors at the North Country Junior Iron Chef competition at St. Lawrence University.  The event was organized by St. Lawrence Health Initiative.   The dishes were judged based on taste, creativity, presentation and whether their peers would eat them in the school cafeteria.  For today&apos;s Heard Up North, Todd Moe caught up with the Hermon-DeKalb Dominators — 6th and 7th graders Garrett, Miranda and Cassidy, and their faculty coach Erin Green —  working on their Hillbilly Chili recipe. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21590/20130311/heard-up-north-young-chefs-have-fun-cooking-competing">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 11 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>In the Studio: &quot;RE-stock&quot; Concerts will help restock local food pantries</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Mar 8, 2013) Bluesman Rick Bates (aka Tas Cru) and singer/songwriter Mary Ann Casale are hosting a series of concerts this spring that will benefit St. Lawrence County food pantries.   The &quot;RE-stock&quot; series kicks off tonight with a house concert at Robin McCellan&apos;s home in Sandfordville.Mary Ann and Rick joined us in the studio this morning, during The Eight O&apos;clock Hour, to share their unique blend of folk/blues Americana born out of their shared experiences as young musicians when they met in Potsdam nearly 30 years ago. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21584/20130308/in-the-studio-quot-re-stock-quot-concerts-will-help-restock-local-food-pantries">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 08 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Sugaring season is underway</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Mar 1, 2013) It may not feel like spring outside yet, but it&apos;s coming. The days are getting longer, the sun is higher in the sky, and the sap buckets are out.  Jeffrey Jenness of Orebad Sugar Shack in DeKalb Junction says February was a slow month for sugaring. When he spoke with Julie Grant earlier this week, Jenness had only collected a couple hundred gallons of sap.  For an operation like his, that&apos;s not enough to get the equipment dirty and start making syrup. He&apos;s hoping for better days ahead. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21533/20130301/sugaring-season-is-underway">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 01 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>What North Country wineries are doing right</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Feb 18, 2013) When you hear New York wines, you probably think about the Finger Lakes.  Wineries in that region have become world famous for their Rieslings and other white and red wines.There are four other official wine regions in New York - the Hudson Valley, the shore of Lake Erie, the Niagara Escarpment, and Long Island.There are also almost 30 wineries in the North Country, and wine aficionados are starting to take notice. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21459/20130218/what-north-country-wineries-are-doing-right">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>How &quot;food hubs&quot; could create jobs in the North Country</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Feb 14, 2013) According to the USDA, there are more than 200 regional &quot;Food Hubs&quot; in the US. The USDA says it believes the hubs &quot;offer strong and sound infrastructure support to producers across the country which will also help build a stronger regional food system.&quot; New York recently announced funding for four more across the state, including one in Canton, through its Regional Economic Development Councils. Canton&apos;s grant is for $350,000. The details are still in flux, but David Sommerstein spoke with one of the project&apos;s organizers, United Helpers CEO Steve Knight,  to get a sense of the food hub&apos;s vision.United Helpers is a non-for-profit organization known more for health care than for work on food issues, but it&apos;s bought the old Community Bank building, on Main Street in Canton, to house its new for-profit business incubator, Sparx Corp. Sparx, says Knight, is a partner in the food hub project. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21444/20130214/how-quot-food-hubs-quot-could-create-jobs-in-the-north-country">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Canton moves toward chickens, vegetable farms </title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Feb 12, 2013) The town of Canton is moving forward with zoning changes that would allow chickens and community gardens in residential areas. The Town Council decided Monday to draft two separate rules, one governing animals, and one for vegetable gardens.Canton supervisor David Button says allowing chickens presents unique issues, so the town wants to address those specifically. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21432/20130212/canton-moves-toward-chickens-vegetable-farms">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Biomass deal a step in taking the corn out of ethanol</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Jan 21, 2013) Sweetwater Energy, based in Rochester, has made their second $100-million biomass deal in as many months. It&apos;s a step in replacing corn in ethanol production, and they&apos;re setting their sights on comparable deals every month over the next two years. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21294/20130121/biomass-deal-a-step-in-taking-the-corn-out-of-ethanol">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
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<title>Owens a reluctant &quot;yes&quot; on Farm Bill extension</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Jan 2, 2013) Tucked into the fiscal package passed by Congress last night is a nine-month extension of the farm bill. The massive five-year farm bill expired last fall when the House wouldn&apos;t vote on a new version passed by the Senate.This extension includes a safety net for dairy farmers. But it axes many popular programs. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21175/20130102/owens-a-reluctant-quot-yes-quot-on-farm-bill-extension">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
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<title>Old Christmas an old tradition for many Amish in the North Country</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Jan 2, 2013) For most of us, Jan. 1 marks the end of the holiday season, whether that&apos;s a sad goodbye or a relief. But for some Christians, including many of the Amish people in the North Country, Jan. 6 is another day of celebration: Epiphany, or &quot;Old Christmas.&quot; Karen Johnson-Weiner is a professor of linguistic Anthropology at SUNY Potsdam. She&apos;s been working with the North County&apos;s Amish for years. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21167/20130102/old-christmas-an-old-tradition-for-many-amish-in-the-north-country">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Food pantries reluctantly play larger role in feeding hungry</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Jan 1, 2013) Food pantries and soup kitchens say they&apos;re reluctantly becoming a permanent part of the nation&apos;s safety net for the poor.In a new report on New York&apos;s charitable food distribution system, the groups say government needs to step in and lend a helping hand. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21165/20130101/food-pantries-reluctantly-play-larger-role-in-feeding-hungry">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
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<title>Nutrition program to help HIV/AIDS patients stay healthier</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Jan 1, 2013) Advancements in AIDS treatment means that people with the illness are living longer than ever. That means they need to take better care of their long-term health. A new program for AIDS patients in the North Country focuses on improving their nutrition. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21155/20130101/nutrition-program-to-help-hiv-aids-patients-stay-healthier">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
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<title>Root, root, root for the rutabagas!</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Dec 19, 2012) This week, we&apos;re listening to some of our favorite food stories from NCPR news.  Today, rutabaga curling.  The farmers market in Ithaca is celebrating its 15th annual Rutabaga Curling Championship Dec. 22. David Sommerstein was there in 2003 and sent this tuber-tossing postcard. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/20902/20121219/root-root-root-for-the-rutabagas">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
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