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The Highlands Current - News for Philipstown (Cold Spring, Nelsonville, Garrison) and Beacon, New York

August 05, 2020

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Growing Cash

By Cheetah Haysom | November 30, 2018

What can be done to make farms profitable?

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Black Gold

By Cheetah Haysom | November 16, 2018

Dirt so valuable it’s illegal to remove it

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No One Left to Farm

By Cheetah Haysom | November 2, 2018

What happens when the children move on?

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Who Will Pick the Crops?

By Cheetah Haysom | November 2, 2018

Farmworkers “aging out” with farmers

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The Weeding Robot

By Cheetah Haysom | November 2, 2018

Can machines replace human hands?

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    Critics oppose themed tourist complex on historic site

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