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Regional Farm & Food Project January 2006 News If you are looking for ways to connect with like-minded activists, these stories should interest you! 6 news stories:
We have moved the Regional Farm & Food Project office to Columbia County. Our new mailing address is: Regional Farm & Food Project Our telephone number remains the same: 518-271-0744 2. Regional Farm & Food Project Activist Potluck Dinner & Member Meeting Feb 4 Saturday, February 4, 2006 Immediately following the closing of the Troy Farmers' Market (10a - 2p) at Saint Peter’s Lyceum Hall, across the street from Saint Peter's Church, 2310 Fifth Avenue, Troy, NY 12180 (Corner of 5th Avenue and Hutton Street) Please join us and bring a dish to share. We will supply beverages and tableware. Call 518-271-0744 to confirm your attendance. All volunteers are welcome, please email liz@farmandfood.org.
Directions: Take Interstate 787 to Troy and get off at the Route 7 Troy-Bennington Exit. You will cross the Hudson River on the Collar City Bridge. Stay in the furthest right lane all they way over the bridge and follow signs to Downtown Troy - Hutton St. Turn right onto Hutton St. At the street light, the Lyceum Hall for St. Peter's is right on the corner and the parking lot is right next to it. We have re-organized and re-designed our website which includes a directory of hundreds of farms and farming organizations. If your farm, CSA, farmers' market or organization has a listing in our Directory or Resource guide, please review your listing for accuracy. Changes, corrections and new listings should be emailed to billie@farmandfood.org. 4. Feb 8-10 Soils & Weeds Workshop Agenda Workshop speaker bios and registration information can be found at: http://www.farmandfood.org/programs/workshops.html Soils & Weeds: A Three-Day Farmer-to-Farmer Workshop for Vegetable Farmers. February 8, 9 & 10, 2006 at the United Methodist Church, Saratoga Springs. Presented by the Sustainable Farmers Network with support from the Regional Farm & Food Project Wednesday, February 8
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5. NOFA-NY Annual Conference Jan 27-29 NOFA-NY’s Annual Education Conference Organic Farming: Cooperation with Nature, Neighbors and Local Economies 4 Keynotes
6. Chemical Pollution - Poisoning Babies Before They're Born Reuters reported in July 2005 that "Unborn U.S. babies are soaking in a stew of chemicals, including mercury, gasoline byproducts and pesticides." "The report by the Environmental Working Group is based on tests of 10 samples of umbilical cord blood taken by the American Red Cross. They found an average of 287 contaminants in the blood, including mercury, fire retardants, pesticides and the Teflon chemical PFOA." "If ever we had proof that our nation's pollution laws aren't working, it's reading the list of industrial chemicals in the bodies of babies who have not yet lived outside the womb," said U.S. Representative Louise Slaughter (D-NY). Cord blood contains chemicals passed from the mother into the baby through the placenta. "Of the 287 chemicals we detected in umbilical cord blood, we know that 180 cause cancer in humans or animals, 217 are toxic to the brain and nervous system, and 208 cause birth defects or abnormal development in animal tests," the report said. Six months after this stunning report was released, the Bush administration announced that it was abolishing the Office of Children's Health Protection within U.S. EPA (Environmental Protection Agency). OPPORTUNITIES Internships available to study pasture-based livestock farming. 15 week program will offer hands-on experience in pasture management, marketing, meat processing, livestock management, plus 8 formal learning modules covering topics like Holistic Management, marketing and business management, whole farm and family monitoring, holistic herd health, grazing land management and meat science. 3-6 positions available through 4 participating Upstate New York farms. Compensation varies by farm. For more info, visit www.grassfedinterns.com, or call (518) 239-6234. Cook/Gardener wanted at an organic, innovative Albany area kitchen at Hometown Foods, LLC. Training and housing available. Entrepreneurship opportunity. Visit www.ouhometownfoods.com or call 518 758 7342. Sheep Dairy and pasture-raised meat business for sale: This is a turn-key operation, including a successful brand and market for sheep milk yogurt, feta and cream cheese and aged raw milk cheese, as well as grass fed and finished beef and lamb, humane pork, pastured eggs, pastured broiler chickens and turkeys. Current marketing focus includes retail and wholesale within the local area, as well as distributor accounts throughout New York and New York City. Training in production and processing included with sale. The dairy consists of approximately 60 head of East Friesian cross ewes milked seasonally for 4 years, 8 head parlor, licensed grade “A” dairy, bucket milking system, 150 gallon bulk tank, licensed on-farm creamery with new ( in ’04) 50 gallon pasteurizer, work tables, new steam boiler and hot water system, steam heat, 6’ x 8’ walk-in freezer, 9’ x 13’ walk-in cooler, yogurt incubator, cheese molds, cheese press, etc. Farm consists of 78 acres, including protected wetlands, woods, and 31 acres of improved pasture (15 acres with high tensile perimeter fencing), organically managed in a rotational grazing system for 8 years, with water pipeline to all fenced pastures. Additional 15 acres of fenced and watered pasture also possible. Farm could be certified organic immediately. Buildings include 4 bedroom home, 4 vehicle garage, 30’ x 60’ barn, connected to a 45’ x 54’ open span pole barn. Feed storage area, several misc. buildings, and a rough but serviceable retail sales area, with lots of room for expansion. Tractor and necessary machinery also available if desired. Serious inquiries only please - contact Keith at (315) 542-9484 |
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