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and Influence
Celebrating Independence
Billiam van Roestenberg
Here is our NEW E-newsletter format.
Take a moment to familiarize yourself by playing around with your mouse. Amazing what you can do with this E-Magazine.
This gives me the ability to include more information and
at the same time make it more enjoyable for you while
you read.
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Always Bearing fruit.....
"I am interested in helping people have a tastier life! Learn to have
good taste! By eating seasonally- naturally. Eat healthy be Happy!""
No matter how you slice it, farming is
changing back to basics. And the
sooner it happens the better! Nature is
far smarter than any biotechnology
corporation of the early 21st, it is very
complex and we are Not always as
smart as we think we are. Like many
people organic farmers are getting back
to basics. This 4th of July, lets embrace
Independence from pesticides and large
international corporations and get back
to buying Local!
Swiss
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Similar to spinach and beets with a flavor that is bitter, pungent
and slightly salty, Swiss chard is truly one of the vegetable
valedictorians with its exceptionally impressive list of health
promoting nutrients. Although Swiss chard is available
throughout the year, its season runs from June through August
when it is at its best and in the greatest abundance at your
local supermarket.
Swiss chard, along with kale, mustard greens and collard
greens, is one of several leafy green vegetables often referred
to as "greens". It is a tall leafy green vegetable with a thick,
crunchy stalk that comes in white, red or yellow with wide fan-
like green leaves. Chard belongs to the same family as beets
and spinach and shares a similar taste profile: it has the
bitterness of beet greens and the slightly salty flavor of spinach
leaves. Both the leaves and stalk of chard are edible.
Independence Pot-LuckLiberty View Farm
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I P L
All chickens and their owners-
One of a kind Hudson Valley Farm Forum. It's been hard for
everyone here in the Hudson Valley and surrounding areas
lately to find rare and unusual breeds as well as just backyard
plain layers. No auctions or connections available locally so
here we are! Trade, Give, Sell, Barter
Next tailgate is the last Saturday of the month. Raindate:
Sunday
@ Hudson Valley Game Farm
737 route 44-55. Highland NY. 12528
more info contact Tank or Carol Marie
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hudsonvalleychickens/
"Hudson Valley Chickens"
This pesto is an especially tasty way to enjoy fresh kale. Garlicky and
cheesy, this pesto recipe is every bit as tasty as traditional basil pesto,
but the kale makes it healthier.
Use this kale pesto in your favorite lasagna recipe or simply toss with
penne to make pesto pasta.
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Total Time: 5 minutes
Ingredients: • 1/2 cup pine nuts • 2 cups firmly-packed fresh kale • 2-3 cloves garlic • 1/2 tsp. kosher salt • 1/4 cup grated parmesan cheese • 2 Tbsp. to 1/2 cup olive oil
Preparation: 1. Place pine nuts in a dry skillet, and toast, shaking
occasionally, until golden brown, about 3 minutes.
2. Place kale in a food processor fitted with a metal blade. Add
pine nuts, garlic and salt. Pulse until kale is finely chopped.
3. Add cheese, and pulse until cheese is incorporated. Do not
puree or overprocess. The pesto should still be chunky.
4. Drizzle in olive oil, and continue to pulse until the pesto
reaches the desired consistency.
VERY HEALTHY VERY YUMMY!
KALE PESTO RECIPE
is a Community Supported Farm
providing their members regeneratively grown vegetables,
flowers, and herbs for weekly pickup at the farm.
They grow with Permaculture based no-till systems that use no
chemicals, that avoid or eliminate fossil fuel use, that
regenerate their soils, that grow delicious veggies and more…..!
Offering a range of locally produced food: eggs, fresh bread,
maple syrup, lacto-fermented foods, fresh and dried herbs,
fruit, and of course fresh produce from this little farm! !
2010 WORKSHOPS IN THE WORKS (they love suggestions for
workshop topics and locals who have skills to teach!)!!
Some of the topics offered: weed-free no-till garden techniques,
food preservation, canning, drying, lacto-fermentation,
alternative energy and fuels, composting, and much more.!
Almost all of our workshops are by donation. At Regeneration
they believe that sustainable living skills need to be shared
among the community to all who want them. No one will ever
be turned away from their permaculture workshops. And of
course, donations are always gratefully accepted! They
appreciate the support in making these programs available.
SUNDAYS AT THE FARM
Regeneration CSA
81 Clove Valley Road
High Falls, NY 12440
845-687-0535
regenerationcsa@gmail.com
www.RegenerationCSA.org
Fulfilling the vision of a country wedding theme is unique and easy.A sustainable way to have a most special day.
Beautiful country farm settings are the perfect place to entertain. A country wedding venue has many advantages in that the setting itself offers almost all the "decoration". Privately, you and your guests have access to the orchard, edible landscapes and flower gardens through-out the property. Wonderful photo-ops are plentiful on a farm. Farm homes are also perfect accommodations for you, the bridal party, and or your guests.
FARM FOR A DAY Share, learn & laugh...
Weddings in the Hudson Valley
Did you know there are many ways to get out and
enjoy the day while helping a farmer?
Well you can - weeding, watering, harvesting it's easy!
Crop Mob, Woofing or just ask a farmer to volunteer. Liberty View Farm
Regeneration Farm
Lee Reich
!
A wedding on a farm can be most anything from a more informal feeling to an event that is magnificent in grace and elegance and of course anything in between.
Affordable, sustainable and tasteful. On a farm cultivated with love.
One of Liberty View Farms' Barns
Libertyviewfarm.biz for more info!
Located two hours north of New York City, CAS provides a safe
and loving haven for abused horses and farm animals - animals
who have never known warm shelter, spacious pastures, good
food, or the touch of a kind hand. Since 2001, CAS has provided
refuge for over 1,700 such animals, and served as a center to
raise awareness of their mistreatment and its impact on all of us.
In short, the mission of CAS is:
* to provide a safe haven for abused, abandoned, and
neglected horses and farm animals
* to heighten public awareness of the treatment of these
animals and its impact on humans, animals, and the planet we
share through innovative on and off-site programming
* to serve as an educational resource to schools and youth
organizations by providing innovative on-site and school-based
programming
Catskill Animlal Sanctuary
"Tours" at Catskill Animal Sanctuary are unlike any you've ever experienced. For reasons that we'll explain when you arrive, many of our animals free range. Rather than living in enclosed pastures, they're free to go wherever they please throughout the work day. So when you drive into our parking lot, be prepared to have a chicken hop in your car, a sheep walk right up to say hello, or a pig saunter by in his relentless quest for food. If you're lucky, Casey the horse might suggest where you park.
HudsonValleyParents.com is a group of families (with children of
all ages, or soon-to-be through pregnancy and adoption) who live
in, or are connected to, the beautiful Hudson Valley region of New
York State, including Ulster, Dutchess, Orange, Sullivan, and
Westchester Counties. Our purpose is to enable members to
coordinate local activities and discuss parenting issues.
"Hudson Valley Parents" was originally known as the "New Paltz
Playgroup" which began in 2003 when a few of us were encouraged
to exchange phone numbers and e-mails after a local La Leche
League meeting. Until our initial playgroup gatherings, many of us
did not know any other people in the area with a baby and felt
very isolated as new parents. As our membership has grown (from
8 people to over 1000 and counting!), this community network
has evolved from a personal e-mail list, to a Yahoo! group, and
now we're our own official website and forum.
The site's owners are full-time Hudson Valley residents, Erica and
Michael Chase-Salerno, proud parents of Declan and Quinlan.
If you have kids....
Hudson Valley Parents
Take A Share In A Booth In The "Green Tent" At The Dutchess County
Fair!
Low Cost, Limited Commitment To Be Present, and Tremendous
Exposure.
This year at the upcoming Dutchess County Fair (August 24-29), They are
adding a new space to the Green Tent(a BIG tent in the middle of the
infield area of the Fairgrounds): It's a 10' x 25' space, for CSAs, farmers and farmers markets to share at
very low cost...a place where you can display information about your
farm/CSA/farmers market, have people sign up to become members for
the next growing season, and just generally show the thousands of people
who visit the tent what the importance of your enterprise is to our local
communities.
The Dutchess County Fair attracts up to 400,000 or more visitors over six
days. You'll never find another venue to get this kind of real-time
marketing exposure to so many people.And the cost -- $50 per farm/CSA/market -- can't be beat.
Also, by grouping together, you'll only be required to be physically present
in the booth for a few hours one or two days of the Fair (all other Fair
exhibitors/vendors are required to staff their booth 13 hours each day,
for ALL six days!).
If you're interested, please contact Laurie Rich, Coordinator, Dutchess
County Fairgrounds Green Initiative: 845.876.6330;
LRich@frontiernet.net ASAP!
"Green Tent"
Calling All CSA Farms, Farmers and Farmers Markets
Evolutionary Organics is a
28 acre farm run by Kira Kinney. She has been farming for 16 years, the last 8 on Springtown Road in New Paltz. She has had a small
CSA at the farm since 2006
and have been selling in New York City's farmer markets since 1995. Grand Army Plaza in Brooklyn on Saturdays!
"You can get your food right here in your community from a farm and farmer you can get to know. It is important that you realize nature can be both fickle and extreme, thereby altering the schedule some. It is also important that you remember that you will be receiving super fresh SEASONAL produce."
Vegetarians and omnivores are welcome!
Kira Kinney at blondykinney@yahoo.com or 845-417-1543.
Evolutionary OrganicsC.S.A.Community Supported Agriculture
Liberty View Farm Stand!
Right off the side of our farm house...
Eat
Healthybee
Happy
Farmer Rene'
Farmer Billiam
Some of our veggies
"I've been working on some still
lifes in the morning. It's the only
time right now when Is quiet
enough to do some
uninterrupted work."
"I like waking up
early and painting, it
sets the day up
nicely."
A traditional
painter stuck in a
post-modern world.
Master Painter and Educator Les
Castellanos offers year-round private instruction in painting and drawing. Mr.Castellanos was born in Peru and joined his family in New York at the age of eleven. He gratuated from The School of Visual Arts with an
Illustration degree in 1994. He has received awards from the
Art Students League, The Society of Illustrators, and The Art Director's Club.
In 1996 he was a Recipient of the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation
Award which allowed him to enroll
in Graduate school . During that time, Mr. Castellanos was a guest instructor at The School for the
Visual Arts and was also part of an arts program for children at P.S. 22 funded in part by the New York Academy of Figurative Art, where he completed his Masters Degree.
Hudson Valley ArtistLes Castellanos
New Paltz New York
Sainsbury's opens doors on "Honybee Hotels"
Supermarket chain warns protecting bee population will prove essential to UK
farming supply chain The race to be seen as the UK's greenest supermarket took a
somewhat bizarre twist last week when Sainsbury's announced that it is to set up
a network of " bee hotels" across London to help reverse the decline in the
population of solitary bees. The company said it has appointed bee expert Robin
Dean to install and maintain a network of small-scale "hotels" at 38 stores across
the capital.
The supermarket added that the initiative would not only help to address
biodiversity loss, it could also provide a boost to the production of the fruit and
vegetables upon which the firm is reliant. "Bees are the unsung heroes of the food
chain, as most fresh fruit and veg depends on bees for pollination," explained Dean.
"We hope that by setting these bee hotels up at a network of stores across the city,
we'll be able to help rejuvenate the bee population, and learn more about why the
population has decreased so dramatically over the past few years."
The scheme is part of a wider initiative designed to help restore bee populations,
which has also seen the supermarket work with farmers to sow a seed mix
designed to help support bumblebees and other insects. Neil Sachdev, Sainsbury's
commercial director, said there was a long-term commercial motive for the
initiative. "We recognise that if we are to continue to sell fresh British produce in
the long term, we are going to have to look at the problem of the declining bee
population and do our bit to help solve the problem," he said.
"When we've gained an understanding of how well the bee hotels work in these
stores, we might well consider making them a standard feature of Sainsbury's
supermarkets nationwide."
The Ulster County Beekeepers embrace a natural approach to
honeybee care. We nurture bees and beekeepers, as well as advocate
for public awareness and a shift in environmental policy to keep our
pollinators and our earth healthy and diverse.
They meet the first Monday of most months
@ Rosendale Community Center.
7 - 9 pm
Coffee and mingling at 6:30
1055 Rt 32, Rosendale
Ulster County Beekeepers' Association
New York City Beekeepers Association, a Hive for the Urban
Beekeepers of Gotham City
We are a small group of beekeepers, bee enthusiasts, and honey lovers
who live, work and pollinate in the greatest city in the world, and who
happen to share a love for the humble honeybee and her delicious
doings.
The mission of the NYCBA is to provide our membership with a
medium for sharing knowledge and mutual interest in beekeeping, and
to educate and promote the benefits of beekeeping to the world, in a
forum of friendship and fun, and to do so safely and responsibly in an
urban environment.
Whether you are a beekeeper with 10,000 colonies or you just like
honey in your tea, you are welcome to join our hive.
Whitney Haddard
sweetpandco@aol.com
(845) 239-5131
Full Moon Farm
Paul Colucci and Laura Watson
PO Box 231
Gardiner, NY 12525
Phone: 845-255-5602
Fax: 845-255-3538
The Rhinebeck Farmers Market is located in
the Municipal Parking Lot on East Market St
in the Village of Rhinebeck, 12572
A couple weeks ago, McDonald's, France, released a gay-friendly commercial that encouraged
patrons to "come as you are." The ad, which created a lot of buzz (mostly in America, where it
wasn't -- and as we learn below, won't be -- aired), got a reception from McDonald's execs in
America that was colder than day-old fries.
The Chicago Tribune recently interviewed Don Thompson, the Chief of Operations at McDonald's,
and has him saying:
"[A]t McDonald's, there are core values we stand for and the world is getting much closer. So
we have a lot of conversations. We're going to make some mistakes at times. (We talk) about
things that may have an implication in one part of the world and may be the cultural norm in
another part of the world. And those are things that, yes, we're going to learn from. But, you're
right, that commercial won't show in the United States."
In response to Thompson's comments, the National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce --
the largest GLBT business group in the country with 1.4 million businesses -- has severed
their relationship with McDonald's, writing in a letter:
Barring a significant change in policy on the part of McDonald's, please consider this letter as
official notice that the NGLCC will not accept future support or membership by McDonald's or
any of its subsidiaries. Additionally, please note that we will answer any questions about this
communication, the past relationship between our organizations or any other questions by
members of the NGLCC, the media or other interested parties with nothing less than factual and
accurate information based on our communications and experiences with McDonald's and its
representatives.
We strongly believe that McDonald's plan to
distance itself from LGBT and other diverse
business segments, coupled with the release of
the French TV ad, is ill advised and counter to
the spirit of good business and sound ethics. We
sincerely hope that McDonald's will reconsider
its position and that the company will again
show its support for LGBT people, our families
and our businesses -- not just where it is
politically expedient, but around the globe.
Have it your way you clown!
"I have not eaten there in years and never will again!" BvR
The Queens Galley is a 501 ( c) 3 not for profit organization that
provides awareness, education, relief and prevention of food insecurity in
America. The Queens Galley supports, creates and implements programs
dedicated to the affordable nutritional education of children, families and
seniors.
Soup Kitchen
The Queens Galley soup kitchen is open
every day of the year, serving breakfast,
lunch and dinner to anyone seeking a
meal. Each meal is prepared from
scratch with the assistance of volunteer
chefs, culinary students and
professionals as well as dedicated
community members. The Queens Galley
soup kitchen enjoys a wonderful rapport
with our local farms. We are expecially
grateful to Migliorelli farms, Phillies
Bridge farm project, Hearty Roots, RSK
farms, Bread Alone, Saulpaugh farm and
Liberty View Farm for their generosity
during the growing season.
Meals served:
July 2007 5,974
May 2010 11,152
Volunteers are always welcome! We
begin cooking each day at 7:00am
and continue through 7:00pm.
There are openings for help during
meal prep and service as well as
openings after hours for clean up
projects. Food drives and
fundraisers are also welcomed at
any time!
Open house
180 Horsenden Road
New Paltz
Sunday June 27th
1-4 PM.
Route 299 West to a right on North Putt
Corner's Road to end. Turn left
onto Horsenden Road (3/10 ths of a mile),
home on the left.
From Route 32 North coming from the
Village, turn right onto Horsenden Road
to 180.
Call Westwood Metes & Bounds Realtor Helen Coyle Bergstein 845 803 2298
They Speak Geek!
"I had computer
problems a few weeks
ago and these guys
blew me away with
their service!"
Tell them Billiam sent you.
10 Main Street, Suite 421
New Paltz, NY 12561
845.255.0139
Dear Reader,
As you know, Liberty View has always provided our newsletter
-- and now our newsMagazine! -- free of charge.
We love to inspire community action (and hopefully, you) with
its content, providing original home-grown stories,
great ideas and building awareness and belief that it really is
all about community. And we will continue to do so.
It is our pleasure to provide this platform to cultivate the many
good things that can and do happen and, it is our honor to
cross-pollinate and through our work, help others grow. I
receive several calls a day asking for help in many ways both
large and small.
That is why, while we will continue to offer Liberty View free of
charge, we also will warmly welcome voluntary monetary
contributions from you, to help us grow and evolve so that we
may help others grow as well. It's the gift that keeps giving.
If you care to contribute, we suggest just $1.00 per month. A
little goes a long, long way.
Meanwhile we'll keep digging up great articles from and about
Mother Earth and get word to you on important issues.
When we all help in our own little way, we really make good
things happen!
Thank you for your support!
Libertyviewfarm.Biz for more info.