GROWERS' ROW

The last few months have been a whirlwind.  We’ve hired a new staff including Jesica Clark, Katrina Cohoe, Robyn Glenney, Noel Poindexter,...

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Connecting Farm, Food and Community

The Poughkeepsie Farm Project exists to ensure that our local community, our region and our nation has secure access to good food now and in the future. Our vision is a just and sustainable food system that serves and nourishes all people while providing healthy food, strengthening communities and stewarding the environment. We work toward this vision by using community-based strategies to produce food, create and support venues for food distribution, and provide hands-on educational experiences about food and farming for children, youth and adults.

RECENT NEWS

Sat, May 18th
The first harvests and distributions will take place Tuesday, June 4th, and Saturday, June 8th!  See you at the farm.   continue reading
Fri, Apr 19th
Last year the Poughkeepsie Farm Project, along with collaborators Pattern for Progress, the Poughkeepsie City School District, and Hudson Valley Agribusiness Development Corporation, was awarded one...   continue reading
Fri, Apr 19th
Last fall, the PFP made a difficult decision based on the last few years of experience with the Farmers Market.  After several years of considerable effort on the part of the staff and some...   continue reading

FEATURES

Farm to School - A PFP Education Intern’s Experience

By Andrew Murphy

Upon our arrival to the School Food Summit 2013: Celebrating our Children, Food and Future in the snowy Hudson Valley, my colleagues and I were welcomed into the Rondout Valley High School cafeteria by enthusiastic volunteers. We entered the Local Food Fair where we were able to meet with local farmers and representatives from community organizations that work on food access, food education, sustainable agriculture and other related issues. They talked with us and other event-goers about their farms and their work from behind their beautiful displays. I picked up some stickers and brochures advocating for local farming and community supported agriculture. We got to taste the output of the Kitchen Camp held earlier in the day. One of my colleagues, Meghan McDermott, participated and worked with school food service workers and others to prepare healthy school lunch options from a range of donated ingredients.

Open Farm Day - May 18

We invite you to join us and celebrate the new season!

 

Open Farm Day (All morning 9:30 am-12 pm) is open to the public, takes place rain or shine, and is FREE!

Come and meet the farm staff, take a farm tour, and learn about how the CSA works.  PFP CSA members will have their first opportunity to sign up for shareholder work hours as well. Not yet a member of a CSA? You can sign up here too.  Children's gardening activities and face painting!   NO PLANT SALE this year, look for its return in 2014.

Meet the PFP's New Farm Management Team!

Introducing Leon Vehaba, Farm Manager and Jesica Clark, Assistant Farm Manager

(photo above of Leon and his wife, Tracy Lerman)

Leon Vehaba came to the PFP from the Student Farm at the Agricultural Sustainability Institute of the University of California at Davis.  Leon grew up in Brewster, NY, and earned a bachelor's degree in biology from Worcester Polytechnic Institute and a master's degree in education from Boston University. (more about Leon)

Jesica Clark (photo by Dion Ogust) writes: When the opportunity to apply for the Assistant Farm Manager position at Poughkeepsie Farm Project arose, I jumped at the chance.  I had worked at PFP as an intern in the 2004 and 2005 seasons and since then I have moved on to other farming ventures in the Hudson Valley.  

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