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AgriCulture: Hormonal Rush

AgriCulture bloggers Peter Davies and Mark Scherzer are the owners of Turkana Farms in Germantown, NY. This week Mark writes. As we continuously tell you, we are in lambing season. It started in earnest at the beginning of December and still hasn't stopped. The two dozen births we&

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Heat Wave

AgriCulture bloggers Peter Davies and Mark Scherzer are the owners of Turkana Farms in Germantown, NY. This week Peter writes. I think we are all, either from direct experience or reading about it, aware that the year 2012 has gone down in U.S. weather history as being the hottest

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Currant Scones: Get 'em While They're Hot!

Berkshire native Alana Chernila, local politician, mother of two, and author of the new cookbook, The Homemade Pantry: 101 Foods You Can Stop Buying & Start Making (Clarkson Potter), dispenses change and cooking ideas to readers and friends. She shares her peak-of-the-season recipes with Rural Intelligence to help us make

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AgriCulture: Going Rogue

AgriCulture bloggers Peter Davies and Mark Scherzer are the owners of Turkana Farms in Germantown, NY. This week Mark writes. This is the season when we all make resolutions for improvement in the new year. While I consider myself a person of reason, not trapped in age old superstitions, I

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January Salad With a Side of Inspiration

Berkshire native Alana Chernila, local politician, mother of two, and author of the new cookbook, The Homemade Pantry: 101 Foods You Can Stop Buying & Start Making (Clarkson Potter), dispenses change and cooking ideas to readers and friends. She shares her peak-of-the-season recipes with Rural Intelligence to help us make

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AgriCulture: Ducks and Geese and Farmers Better Scurry

AgriCulture bloggers Peter Davies and Mark Scherzer are the owners of Turkana Farms in Germantown, NY. This week Peter writes. It was the morning of our departure for a four-day getaway to New Orleans, Mark’s generous treat in celebration of my birthday. When one gets to a certain aggregation

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Savoring the Season: The Daily Pâté

Months ago I was sitting with my friend Audrey Sussman on her porch. We were drinking iced tea and enjoying the sun, probably having a meeting of some sort on recipes. But then she changed the subject, as if inspired, and she asked, “Do you want to make pâté?” She

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A Nuns' Story: Sacred Hearts and Heady Cheeses at Sprout Creek Farm

As the year enters its final days, many of us are frantically gearing up for our holiday rituals. But the staff of Sprout Creek Farm in Poughkeepsie, two of whom are nuns from the Society of the Sacred Heart, a socially conscious international order, are slowing down as the days

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The Handy (and High Minded) Hoarder

AgriCulture bloggers Peter Davies and Mark Scherzer are the owners of Turkana Farms in Germantown, NY. This week Mark writes. It’s the eve of the departure of our geese and ducks to be transformed into festive holiday dinners. For us, who don’t make it to the malls very

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Indian Pudding: A Secular Staple

Berkshire native Alana Chernila, local politician, mother of two, and author of the new cookbook, The Homemade Pantry: 101 Foods You Can Stop Buying & Start Making (Clarkson Potter), dispenses change and cooking ideas to readers and friends. She shares her peak-of-the-season recipes with Rural Intelligence to help us make

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Fire Cider: The Hot New Mixer for Warming Winter Drinks

Cold season is here; the wildly vacillating weather, with its regular dips into frigidity, drives the annual search for ways to ward off the inevitable onslaught of coughs, sneezes, and sore throats. There’s a relatively new addition – albeit steeped in tradition – to the all-natural anti-cold arsenal: Fire Cider from

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Seasonal Sweetheart: Gingerbread Uncut

Berkshire native Alana Chernila, local politician, mother of two, and author of the new cookbook, The Homemade Pantry: 101 Foods You Can Stop Buying & Start Making (Clarkson Potter), dispenses change and cooking ideas to readers and friends. She shares her peak-of-the-season recipes with Rural Intelligence to help us make

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