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Recent Writing from LocalHarvest Members
Healthy Living Market & Café in Saratoga Springs, NY will host a tasting of Dark, Robust Maple Syrup (formerly called Grade B Maple Syrup) sponsored by the Mohawk Valley Trading Company February 17- 20th from 11:00 am -2:00 pm. Read more here:...
Java John Z recently reviewed maple sugar and maple syrup from the Mohawk Valley Trading Company. Here is some of what he had to say: "Our household tended to favor maple syrup from Vermont. After trying out several recipes with syrup and sugar from...
LocalHarvest's 20 Year Anniversary!
The LocalHarvest Blog - Jan 27, 2020 - By Guillermo
I am pleased to congratulate the LocalHarvest team on their 20-year anniversary by interviewing the founder, Guillermo Payet for this month's article. I have been just a small periphery player in this two-decade effort, but am grateful for the opportunity...
Meet us at the seed swap!
Green Journey Seeds - Jan 25, 2020 - By Aline
What: Amazon Neighborhood Seed Swap When: Saturday, Feb. 1st from 4-6pm, followed by a community potluck Where: Amazon Community Center, Eugene, OR
Thinking About Starting a Farm?
Restoration Farm - Jan 24, 2020 - By Restoration Farm
During my time as a farmer, I have met a lot of people who are interested in sustainable farming or hobby farming but don't know how to get started. The thought of buying a farm and taking the plunge can seem very overwhelming. Where does one even begin?...
100% Pure Beeswax Pillar Candles – 10% Discount
Mohawk Valley Trading Company - Honey - Maple Syrup - Beeswax Candles - Jan 10, 2020 - By Betty_1
The Mohawk Valley Trading Company is offering a 10% discount on all 100% Pure Beeswax Pillar Candles from 1/9/20 thru 1/16/20. 100% pure beeswax candles burn clean and have their own natural honey/floral scent even when not burning. Unlike paraffin...
Soil Health and Regeneration of Life
Spyglass Gardens - Jan 03, 2020 - By Steve or Wendy
The health of our bodies relies on the health of the soil, the air and water. Sounds kind of odd? or does it make sense. Everything on this round sphere we live on is entirely reliant on each other. Without plants we would not have oxygen, without water or...
The Utica Herbal Study Group will meet Wednesday January 8th at 6:30PM at The Other Side , 2011 Genesee Street, Utica N.Y. Bree Lesniak will lead the group on the topic of healing uses of products made by honey bees. This event is free of charge and all are...
Seeding Hope
The LocalHarvest Blog - Dec 27, 2019 - By Guillermo
The landscape of agriculture and food is changing rapidly these days. In my daily news feed are articles about robots, cell-cultured foods, drone delivery, driverless trucking, climate instability, and more somber topics. Change is happening at a dizzying...
The Mohawk Valley Trading Company sent a shipment of 100% pure beeswax pillar candles to a customer and some of them got dinged up when the box broke open so they were returned to us. We put them in storage until we figured out what to do with them and...