Over 200 years ago, the invention of a horse-drawn rake saved farmers labor in baling hay — the fuel of transportation. A replica of the flop rake will be on display at this year’s Altamont Fair.

The 123rd Altamont Fair is set to bring together events both old and new, as well as people from around the region.

The child’s tale about stone soup is being played out in Westerlo as people are contributing to a farm that Dennis Peterson is setting up for his autistic children, hoping it will serve others with disabilities as well.

Local ingredients. An accomplished chef. Youthful energy. And a  business plan to  do something more than a little different.

A new project through the Cornell Cooperative Extension will analyze varying prices of farmers’ market products throughout eastern New York State. 

The National Grange succeeded in lobbying for free rural mail delivery and the Farm Credit System. Now, the Bethlehem Grange's focus is on community service.

One law would permit a store similar to Westerlo’s The Original Applebees, now closed, and the other would change the minimum acreage requirements for farm uses from five to seven acres.
 

RENSSELAERVILLE — The Carey Institute for Global Good is hosting its third annual Small Grains Workshop for farmers, brewers, distillers, maltsters, bakers, and any others interested in the future of New York State small-grains production in the greater Capital Region, Schoharie, and Upper Hudson and Mohawk valleys. 

_{Gary and Pam Kleppel, Knox}