HV Farm Hub

Hudson Valley Farm Hub is a major non-profit center for resilient agriculture in the Hudson Valley.

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Join our team! We are hiring for two administrative assistants. Follow the link below to learn more and apply!

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Tilling, weeding, spreading straw, cleaning out seedling flats, and making soil blocks were a few of the tasks our staff tackled Soul Fire Farm annual community day.

A big thank you to Soul Fire Farm for a... https://t.co/7jNN9ohoZZ

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We are excited as we move into the fourth season of the Native American Seed Sanctuary, where we will grow Native American varieties of corn, beans, squash, and sunflowers for... https://t.co/s9UZAPVsrR

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Farm Hub staff were thrilled to assist the Kingston YMCA Farm Project to help build a three-system compost bin. A three-system compost bin allows compost to break down more quickly and is more manageable than... https://t.co/7rmHOIwKN4

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Now available in Spanish and English, Farm Hub Director Brooke Pickering-Cole's article “Agricultural Conservation” which discusses our recent purchase of 260 acres of land.

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Welcome Bobolinks!

The Bobolinks have arrived on the farm and they are right on time.
They typically arrive on our farm between May 1 and May 4. These small New World blackbirds are likely coming from South... https://t.co/wLfxqdkCc2

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Welcome Bobolinks!

The Bobolinks have arrived on the farm and they are right on time.
They typically arrive on our farm between May 1 and May 4. These small New World blackbirds are likely coming from South... https://t.co/FZTzgzfqG7

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A big thank you to Hot Bread Kitchen for hosting us;
we loved visiting the facilities and were inspired by your culinary training program. Kudos to the alumni—many of them mothers with young children—who are... https://t.co/Co5bvby7Ln

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Spring has sprung!

A glimpse of wild nature at the Farm Hub provided by our Applied Farmscape Ecology Team.

Common Blue Violet, a native wildflower, thrives along some field edges at the Farm Hub. Its... https://t.co/yd6qpDYfi3

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Excited that "Growing with the Grain," our small grains research trial with Cornell Cooperative Extension Ulster County screened at Jacob Burns Film Center on Monday.

Post-screening our field crops manager... https://t.co/D35XBXnB47

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The scent of onions, peppers and butter ribbons through the hallways of the Kingston YMCA. Tucked inside the YMCA in downtown Kingston, a group of local youth are all smiles as Nailah Marie Ellis, a... https://t.co/PKrAZ7cZ0l

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Stories in Spanish and English

Starting with the spring 2019 newsletter, we are happy to provide a selection of articles that are in both Spanish and English.

Learn more here: https://t.co/cuc8Mp1Z22

This quarter’s... https://t.co/cuc8Mp1Z22

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Excited that the film “Growing with the Grain,” which spotlights our small grains research trial with Cornell Cooperative Extension Ulster County will screen at the Jacob Burns Film Center... https://t.co/g9bqmoJXbd

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Good coverage on the rise of the local grain economy in upstate New York's by KingstonTimes The Farm Hub's small grains trial with Cornell Cooperative Extension Ulster County is mentioned in the piece too https://t.co/1O8v1Y55t7

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So happy to welcome students from Bard College to our farm and show them various aspects of our farm including the vegetable and corn fields, wash and pack and the hops yard. The students are part of the “Re-imagined Farms in... https://t.co/uINRfOpFn2

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Very excited "Growing with the Grain," which highlights our small grains trial partnership with Cornell Cooperative Extension Ulster County will be screened at the "Regenerating Planet, People ad Economy"... https://t.co/MzFX48msPn

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Farm Hub News Spring 2019 - https://t.co/VxHMVfOzyq

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“Farm Hub” Films

Two mini-documentaries featuring the Farm Hub can now be found on our new Vimeo channel https://t.co/wbBzcCnKV0

Our small grains trials, now into its fifth year with Cornell Cooperative Extension Ulster County, is... https://t.co/wbBzcCnKV0

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The winter months give farmers the opportunity to think strategically and gear up farm operations for the coming season. At the Farm Hub, we rotate and refine the crop plan, order the seeds, create a planting schedule, reorder supplies, and... https://t.co/Vd1oDZUMLR

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A farm extends beyond agriculture. It is also home to a variety of wildlife including birds, rabbits, coyotes, and bears to name a few.

For the many creatures which call the farm home, being out and about all winter is a part... https://t.co/97SiR4QU1W