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

February 08, 2023


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A Growing Challenge

Special Reports

Hudson Valley Farms, by the Numbers

By Chip Rowe, Editor | April 19, 2019

Feds release new agricultural census

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A Growing Challenge (Part 3)

By Chip Rowe, Editor | November 30, 2018

The uncertain future of farming in the Hudson Valley …

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Progress Report

By Chip Rowe, Editor | November 30, 2018

In 2004, a major report recommended changes in the Hudson Valley. How are we doing?

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Funding Options

By Brian PJ Cronin, Reporter | November 30, 2018

The 2014 Farm Bill was great for the Hudson Valley. How about 2019?

A Growing Challenge

Reports from the Field

By Deb Lucke, Investigative Cartoonist | November 30, 2018

The wheat field, the rye field, the barley field, and the oat field

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Growing Cash

By Cheetah Haysom, Contributor | November 30, 2018

What can be done to make farms profitable?

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Where Will the Food Come From?

By Chip Rowe, Editor | November 30, 2018

Study: 90 percent of the U.S. could feed itself

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A Growing Challenge (Part 2)

By Chip Rowe, Editor | November 16, 2018

The uncertain future of farming in the Hudson Valley…

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The Dirt on Dirt

By Pamela Doan, Columnist | November 16, 2018

The inside scoop on the foundation of farming

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Black Gold

By Cheetah Haysom, Contributor | November 16, 2018

Dirt so valuable it’s illegal to remove it

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Earthy Finish

By Chip Rowe, Editor | November 16, 2018

A connoisseur’s guide to local soil

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Battling Sprawl

By Jeff Simms, Beacon Editor | November 16, 2018

Groups work to save an overlooked resource — farmland

A Growing Challenge

Up-and-Coming Crops: Hops

By Deb Lucke, Investigative Cartoonist | November 16, 2018

A symbiotic relationship between brewer, farmer and legislator

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Could Soil Save Us?

By Pamela Doan, Columnist | November 16, 2018

Farmers adapt to climate change, and push back

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A Growing Challenge

By Chip Rowe, Editor | November 2, 2018

The uncertain future of farming in the Hudson Valley

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No One Left to Farm

By Cheetah Haysom, Contributor | November 2, 2018

What happens when the children move on?

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A Short History of Hudson Valley Farming

By Michael Turton, Reporter | November 2, 2018

A thousand years of innovations

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Who Will Pick the Crops?

By Cheetah Haysom, Contributor | November 2, 2018

Farmworkers “aging out” with farmers

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The Weeding Robot

By Cheetah Haysom, Contributor | November 2, 2018

Can machines replace human hands?

Special Reports

Finding New Farmers

By Staff | November 2, 2018

Who will be growing our food?

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Building Out

By Brian PJ Cronin, Reporter | November 2, 2018

Hudson Valley group pushes to expand market

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