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Local Bounty: Highlighting innovative Capital Region farmers and producers (21 features)

LOCAL BOUNTY – We’re turning the spotlight on farmers and producers who are growing, harvesting and brewing the bounty we… Read more »

Owner Ryan McGiver holds a bundle of Harrison dwarf trees ready to be planted in the Srumpy Ewe fields in West Fulton in mid-April.

Local Bounty: Schoharie County native brings European-inspired cider to region via Scrumpy Ewe (with 10 photos)

SCHOHARIE COUNTY – When Ryan McGiver discovered wild apple trees in the ash forest on Fulton Hill, he knew it… Read more »

Window boxes at the writer’s house required bird netting to keep the deer at bay. Blueberries gathered from the writer’s bushes.

Local Bounty: Keeping up with the birds and the deer

LOCAL BOUNTY – I was mad. The deer ate half my patio tomato plant, and that wasn’t supposed to happen… Read more »

From left, Farm Manager Andrew Rowks, Operations Manager Kyle Bergen, Taproom Manager and Events Coordinator Abbie Hansen, and Head Brewer Adam Rosenthal take time out for a photo at Wayward Lane Brewing in Schoharie County

Local Bounty: Wayward Lane in Schoharie County brewing lots more than just beer (with 8 photos)

SCHOHARIE COUNTY – You can get beer at Wayward Lane Brewing. And eggs. And honey. Tucked into the rural, rolling… Read more »

Mitch Rogers, left, and Todd Rogers stand in front of one its older apple trees among the Rogers Family Orchard

Local Bounty: New crops, food products, cidery have helped Rogers Family Orchard in Johnstown (with 6 photos)

JOHNSTOWN – Todd Rogers was just 10 years old when his father, Don, purchased what would become the Rogers Family… Read more »

Ken and Kimm Schick are the owners of Hummingbird Hills Winery in Charleston.

Local Bounty: Years of hard work pay off for owners as Hummingbird Hills Winery in Charleston flourishes (with 8 photos)

CHARLESTON – The aptly named Hummingbird Hills Winery in Charleston offers visitors a bird’s-eye view of the local countryside. The… Read more »

Kevin Chamberlain, owner and head roaster, of Upstate Coffee in Gloversville holds up a four-pack of one of his manufactured coffee infused beer, a cream ale

Local Bounty: Artist keeps ideas percolating through coffee at Upstate Coffee in Gloversville (with 8 photos)

GLOVERSVILLE – Kevin Chamberlain, who earned his Master of Fine Arts degree in ceramics from the University of Iowa, has… Read more »

Stump City Brewing co-owner Nick Sherman pours a glass of KL Honey Brown at the brewing facility in Gloversville.

Local Bounty: Stump City Brewing outside Gloversville weathers pandemic storm, eyes best year yet (with 9 photos)

GLOVERSVILLE – When the weather turns warm, there’s nothing like gathering a few friends in the backyard and kicking back… Read more »

Saratoga Garlic owner Bill Higgins and son Max outside Proctors during the market in Schenectady

Local Bounty: Quality products, innovation, service helping Saratoga Garlic in Northumberland go national (with 7 photos)

NORTHUMBERLAND – Saratoga Garlic’s line of aiolis will take your favorite dish — including sandwiches, burgers, crab cakes and deviled… Read more »

Racks that will soon feature herbs and microgreens are part of the Glens Falls Agricultural Pilot Project, a hydroponic vertical farm.

Local Bounty: Glens Falls vertical farm aims to be testing ground for other cities

GLENS FALLS – The city of Glens Falls might soon be going greener with the addition of a vertical farm…. Read more »

Nic Fera looks over plants inside a greenhouse at Leaning Birch Farm in March

Local Bounty: Family still learning together to grow at Leaning Birch Farm in Broadalbin

BROADALBIN – At Leaning Birch Farm, seedlings sit on LED-lit shelves; there are germinator trays and propagation house benches. The… Read more »

Delicious garlic knots made by the author from Losurdo Foods pizza dough.

Local Bounty: Making garlic knots with Losurdo dough from Amsterdam

LOCAL BOUNTY – As I took off my white coat after the Losurdo tour, plant manager Mike Kaslauskas asked if… Read more »