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09/07/09 7:00am

Newburgh’s Urban Farm

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Urban Farming-the practice of growing and cultivating food in an urban/city like atmosphere. These exist is some of the biggest and smallest cities around. Brooklyn boasts many Urban Farms such as Roof Top Farms, which is an urban farm on the roof top in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Where am I going with all of this? Well, right in the City of Newburgh is Ashé Urban Farm. It is the only youth run farm in Orange County. It is located in The People’s Garden at Gidney Avenue between Dubois St and N. Miller. 

They plan to grow 200lbs of food to donate to families in the community and will reinvest any money gained back into the farm. The median age group of the students is 16 years of age, with 18 students total. One of their goals is to prove wrong the negative stereotype that is placed on Newburgh and show that it is a better place.

I am not sure if this extends into the 2010 school year, as this began at the end of the 2009 school year. But their website continues to be updated with great pictures.

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Ashé Urban Farm Website
Article in the Times Herald Record
Alchemical Nursery Project

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cool finds
08/12/09 8:00am

Newburgh Farmer has the good stuff

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(Edible Manhattan) 

Newburgh farmer, Nancy MacNamara, is so passionate about her greens that she delivers them herself. That is not the only extraordinary thing about her business, Honey Locust Farms which is on a small two acre piece of land. According to Edible Manhattan, after Nancy spent some time in Europe, she came back to the states and began selling fresh produce. It was there she realized a need for good food, fresh food, and specialty produce. Now Nancy grows specialty produce for catering companies, award winning restaurants, and chefs looking for exclusive delectable finds.

Her sweet cicely caught the attention of the NY Times when writer Christine Muhlke found some sprinkled on his plate. But, Nancy offers oh so much more. “Breakfast radishes, tender soybean, miniscule sorrel, fresh honeycomb, chicories (treviso, puntarelle), stinging nettles, ruchetta (a wild arugula), agretti (a marsh-grown plant with a taste similar to sea beans) and rue (a bitter plant used to perfume broths and pasta water)” are just some of the specialty items she offers according to Edible Manhattan.

Fortunately for Newburghers, she’s not that far away.

Honey Locust Farms
7 Morris Drive
Newburgh, NY 12550
Nancy MacNamara
845-561-7309

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3/50 Project
07/24/09 8:00am

This weekend in Newburgh: New Cafe to Open

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Want to know what’s behind the curtain? We do too! It’s the Fairweather Café, part of Terrace Lounge and Bar. Owner, Mary Ann, will preview the Café starting this Saturday from 12:00-3:30pm. It will only be open as the name implies-during “fair weather.” Sunday they will be open 12:00-4:00pm.

Also, check them out on:
Tuesday nights for live Jazz 7:30-9:30pm with Bugalu Smith
Wednesday nights for Karaoke 10-pm-2am

Terrace Bar & Lounge 81 Liberty Street

For more great events that are going on in the City of Newburgh, check out city of Newburgh Arts Calendar, presented by Newburgh Art Supply who this Sunday, July 26th will celebrate their first year anniversary! They have been doing so well that they plan to expand in the up and coming months. Liberty Street’s retail market is starting to take shape. This is a great place to spend your welcomed dollars as part of the 3/50 Project. Only you can keep great shops like these alive that transform communities. Click for a look at more food in Newburgh and Newburgh Restaurants.

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Culture
03/18/09 8:00am

Hudson Valley Restaurant Week

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Restaurant week has now come to the Hudson Valley, and Tim and Nina Zagat (from Zagat survey) have signed on as honorary co-chairs to the event. It will take place March 22-April 3, 2009 (Sunday-Friday only). This is a great opportunity to support your local restaurants as they lower their prices to try and generate sales that many are behind in comparison to last year. For more information click on the link: Hudson Valley Restaurant Week.

There are two restaurants in the downtown area of Newburgh participating:

Torches on the Hudson
120 Front Street
Newburgh, NY 12550
845-568-0100
www.torchesonthehudson.com
**reservations highly recommended**

Beebs
30 Plank Road
Newburgh, NY 12550
845-568-6102
www.beebsbistro.net

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Food
03/03/09 10:01am

Become a ‘Locavore’

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New York Area Food Wheel Available at Chewonthis.org  

With Spring coming up right around the corner on March 20th, it is a good time to think about all the new fruits and veggies that will be available to us in the upcoming season. And, it is a great idea to start thinking about buying your produce locally. Not only are local foods usually better quality, but you are also helping local farmers be sustainable. Soooo, become a ‘locavore’.As Moo & Oink put it, “a locavore is a person dedicated to eating food grown and produced locally.” They list many great reasons to eating locally. M&O is dedicated to selling quality locally grown produce, dairy, and meats.

The above wheel is a New York area food wheel that is designed to help you figure out the best times of the year to buy locally grown produce. Just turn the wheel to reveal the peak season and overall availability of your favorite fruits and vegetables. The website also lists recipes for in season produce. They are available for retail and wholesale buyers. See more at Chewonthis.org

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