Beating the Heat

Hello, 

 

I had a great time visiting several farmers markets this past weekend. I am going to be out of office all next week. I will be returning on August 1st.

• Amber Tatnall and I went to the Delhi WIC outreach site. We also entered all of the interview data and are going to work on summarizing it.
• I have talked to a couple farms about vegetables for the dinner. Waiting to hear back about prices, etc. 
• Finished my binder of newspaper articles. I am thinking of scanning them into a pdf so I can send it to anyone who may want it.  
• Trying to get some farmers to participate in SUNY Delhi's Health and Wellness Fair on September 22nd.

Have a good week,

Mary

Eat your veggies!

Hello,

 

What a beautiful week its been! Perfect for visiting the farmer's markets.

• I am making some progress on the quest for vegetables (for the local dinner in October). I talked to the veggie vendors at the Delhi market and Hellers and Jamaica Dream Farm seem interested. I am going to visit the Hobart market this evening, and the Hancock, Deposit, and Franklin markets this weekend. I find that talking to the farmers in person is more effective...and visiting the markets is a good way to find the smaller farms that don't have websites, etc.
• While I'm waiting for farmers to get back to me, I've been working on archiving all the newspaper articles about agriculture that I've gathered this year. I am scanning the articles and putting them in a binder. I think it will be a good resource for anyone continuing this work.
• Amber Tatnall and I will be going to the Delhi WIC outreach site this coming Wednesday.

Thank you for all of your help and guidance,
Mary

Getting out of the office

Hello Everyone,

 

I hope you have been enjoying the summer weather.

• Amber Tatnall and I spent Wednesday at the Walton WIC outreach site and Thursday at the Hobart site doing our research interviews.  We also went to the Sidney outreach site last week.
• Trying to recruit some more students to work in the Delaware Academy school garden.
• Working on sourcing the vegetables for the local dinner. If anyone knows of any vegetable farmers looking to expand or grow for this specific event, let me know! I would like to use this dinner as an opportunity to get more farmers growing more.
• Barb Jones and I talked to the manager of the Delhi Farmer's market (Meg Kennedy) about having a market on campus once their regular season ends. Meg is going to talk to the vendors and see what they think.

Enjoy the weekend!
Mary