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Food Detective: A Farm Grows in Queens
Posted by Ed Yowell, Slow Food NYC
A 47 acre farm in Queens? Who knew?
The Queens County Farm Museum, originally the 1697 Dutch homestead of Elbert Adriance, is the oldest continuously operating farm in the City of New York. It remained a working farm until 1926, when it passed to the ownership of Creedmore State Hospital to serve as a farm-based, patient rehabilitative service facility. In 1975, the farm came under the stewardship of the not-for-profit Queens County Farm Museum, the mission of which is to, “preserve..the site..and educate the public as to Queens County’s agricultural and horticultural past.” And that it did from 1975 until 2008, presently hosting approximately 500,000 visitors each year, mostly children.
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PASTURE TALK DECEMBER 5, 2008
Posted November 13th, 2008 by Jane ShuputPRESS RELEASE: PASTURE TALK DECEMBER 5, 2008
Multi-topic Discussion: Economic Benefits of Rotational Grazing, Insights from World Food Conference and Impressions of European Farm Tour
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
START DATE: Nov. 13, 2008
END DATE: Dec. 4, 2008
SUMMARY: Greene County talk on farming and food is free and open to the public.
RELEASE CONTACT:
Erin Shea
CCE-Delaware
(607) 865-7090
WAC CONTACT:
Tara Collins
Communications Director
(607) 865-7017, ext. 226
HAMDEN, NY - Cornell Cooperative Extension in Delaware County and the Watershed Agricultural Council are hosting a Pasture Talk in Halcott Center, on Friday December 5, from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. A pot luck lunch will precede the talk, and attendees are encouraged to bring a dish to pass. The talk and lunch are free and open to the public.
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