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AgriCulture: Efficiency Has Its Own Costs

Peter Davies and Mark Scherzer are the owners of Turkana Farms in Germantown, NY. This week Mark writes: When I left the farm Tuesday, our sow, Miranda, extremely pregnant, her udders swollen with milk, was barely stirring herself out of her farrowing hut, not showing her usual enthusiasm for her

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Healthy & Hearty French Toast

"Challah makes a great French toast, but the old hippie in me always tends towards whole grains," says Amy Cotler, author of The Locavore Way: Discover and Enjoy the Pleasures of Locally Grown Food.  "The recipe developed because I had guests coming and I wanted to serve

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AgriCulture: The Road to Turkana, Part 3

Peter Davies and Mark Scherzer are the owners of Turkana Farms in Germantown, NY. This week Peter writes: It's a new year and our sheep are on the qui vive, producing a baby lamb every few days, six so far. And all of them are black, their wool

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Tropical Butternut Bisque

On a snowy day, this soup reflects my locavore’s craving for the  Caribbean — coconut with a touch of fiery ginger and cayenne pepper  party with butternut’s sweet silky texture. The Berkshires and Hudson Valley produce  fabulous butternut squash, and happily the local stuff is still around. Roasting it

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AgriCulture: The Carnivore's Dialectic—Food for Thought

Just before the holiday break, Peter Davies of Turkana farms in Germantown wrote about eating heritage breeds in order to save them (to refresh your memory, please scroll down).  Enid Futterman, editor of the periodical, Our Town in Claverack, NY, wrote to Peter and his partner Mark Scherzer to express

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Old Chatham Country Store & Café

Comfort food with a gloss of sophistication

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AgriCulture: The Road to Turkana, Part II

Peter Davies and Mark Scherzer are the owners of Turkana Farms in Germantown, NY. This week Peter writes: A few days after Thanksgiving, a doctor from Washington State left a message on my answering machine: "I saw those turkeys in The New York Times a couple of days ago

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Last Minute Latkes for Locavores

You don't have to be Jewish to enjoy these potato pancakes, using local apples, parsnips, onions, sour cream and potatoes—if you can find them. (I had trouble, but don't get me started; I'm proof that it's not always easy to practice

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AgriCulture: Food Production and Health Care

Peter Davies and Mark Scherzer are the owners of Turkana Farms in Germantown, NY. This week Mark writes: Just when I think I have things somewhat figured out, along comes someone with a whole new angle to set me to rethinking. Several weeks back, I speculated that perhaps the family

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Red Lion Inn

dinner at the Red Lion makes you feel like you've been on a journey to the heart of America

By Lisa Green

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AgriCulture: The Long and Winding Road to Turkana Farms

Peter Davies and Mark Scherzer are the owners of Turkana Farms in Germantown, NY. This week Peter writes: More and more often, of late, we are approached by interested parties who want to know why and how we got into farming. Some of them seem more than interested; in fact,

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Food Shopping: Delicious Holiday Gifts

One size fits all.  But that's just one of many good reasons to give edibles as gifts.  Food gets shared, which is always festive.    And the fact that it is ephemeral is a nothing but a plus—who among us has room for another tchotchke?  Besides, a gift

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