Sweetman with her bluebirds at the old prison site in July. ( Becca Tucker) To tame a wasteland Amy Lewis Sweetman is in her studio, which is a shipping container next to a compost heap on the dairy farm where she and... Features 26 Sep 2024 | 01:41
Stuff we dig Our annual holiday gift guide is not meant to be an enticement to buy more, more, more. It’s an invitation to be deliberate... Features 05 Sep 2024 | 02:14
A burger served at Vernon High School. ( Photo provided) The year school kids got a taste of local The burgers (pictured above) served at Vernon High School’s cafeteria this school year came from a pastured steer raised... Features 11 Jul 2024 | 02:56
Ellen and Bill Crain at Safe Haven Farm Sanctuary in Poughquag, NY in May. ( Photo by Becca Tucker) A different kind of midlife crisis When my wife Ellen and I entered our 60s, we began a new project. We renovated a run-down farm in upstate New York and turned... Features 24 Jun 2024 | 03:28
Beverly Braxton at home in Warwick. ( Aja Brandt) The Back Seat manifesto: a dozen meditations on the view from north of 70 Aging is a hot topic. There’s presidential politics, larger issues of memory loss, and just the numbers. America’s aged population... Features 28 May 2024 | 03:38
Swiss chard exchanging hands at Genesis Farm. ‘A Boomer thing?’: The uncertain future of the CSA As a CSA farmer of three seasons, I have personally experienced the joys of connecting with the people for whom we grow food.... Home 11 Apr 2024 | 04:03
Karen Berry and Steve Regan, co-founders of Warwick Ecstatic Dance. ‘The body’s instinctive way to heal’ People filter in by ones and twos, take off their shoes and find a spot on a mat or cushions. It could be a yoga class except... Features 30 Nov 2023 | 06:47
Farmer and writer Keith Stewart shows a group of veterans around his Greenville, NY organic farm in October as part of an Armed to Farm field trip. ( Lee Rinehart) A life of service: the veteran-farmer pipeline In my 33 years running an organic produce farm in Orange County, a dozen or more college classes and their teachers visited... Features 01 Dec 2023 | 12:20
1. Eucalyptus pillowcases Stuff we dig 1. Eucalyptus pillowcasesThere aren’t many better feelings than your head hitting that pillow at the end of a long day.... Features 02 Oct 2023 | 02:11
Tom Brown, Jr. on the first night of camp. “Well gang, here we go. Welcome to the Tracker School.” Before founding the Tracker School, Tom trained Navy SEALS in high-speed invisible survival and helped the police and FBI track criminals and missing people. ( Becca Tucker) Higher education Editor’s note: To commemorate the recent passing of Tom Brown, Jr., we are re-posting this story originally published last... Features 26 Aug 2024 | 02:30
Over the decades, the population of silo pigeons remained remarkably stable -- until a recent inexplicable decline. ( Keith Stewart) Requiem for the silo pigeons When we moved to our farm there were 20 or more pigeons living in the upper barn and three half-feral cats still hanging... Features 09 May 2023 | 02:22
‘Already, I have enough address labels to last several lifetimes.’ - Keith Stewart ( Keith Stewart) Killing me slowly with junk mail I’m overwhelmed with junk mail — especially the stuff sent by non-profit organizations I want to support. I’m betting you... Features 13 Feb 2023 | 03:29
“Chef Danny” Amend’s favorite of the crops that he grows is salinova oak leaf lettuce, the middle row. “It’s a beautiful head lettue, it almost looks like a hedgehog to me,” said Amend. ( Michael Bloom) These greens are dialed in Growing up, Danny Amend spent a lot of time in the family garden in California’s Sonoma County, weeding and hauling wheelbarrows... Features 07 Dec 2022 | 11:58
A cow at Kezialain Farm in the Town of Minisink, N.Y., which has been in the Lain family since 1775. ( Keith Stewart) The biggest burpers Sorry if this spoils your day but here’s yet another thing to worry about: burping cows. No crap. Cow burps and, to a lesser... Features 09 Jan 2023 | 04:50
Plant jewelry Stuff we dig Looking for something different? Here’s what we liked this year. 1. Plant jewelry: It’s not only a lovely accent to your favorite... Features 13 Oct 2022 | 11:44
