(12/26/11) This week, we're listening again to a series we produced this summer titled, "Farmers Under 40", a look at the new generation of young farmers in the North Country. The series also celebrates locally grown food: vegetables, fruit, meat and dairy. So, what can you do with raw milk, besides drinking it? Think cheese.
Inspired by Barbara Kingsolver's book, Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, Todd Moe found it's pretty easy to make delicious soft cheese, with no special equipment and just a few key ingredients. He starts with a gallon of raw milk. Forty-five minutes later, he's got a softball sized piece of home made mozzarella. It begins on the farm...
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You can make cheese at home with just a few ingredients.
At last year's Potsdam Food Co-op Baking Contest
(12/01/11) The Potsdam Food Co-op will hold its 14th annual Baking Contest and Silent Auction this Sunday in the Co-op's Carriage House Bakery. You can sample some of the homemade holiday confections and savory treats and then vote on your favorites. Proceeds from the silent auction will go to Potsdam Neighborhood Center. Todd Moe spoke with Lynn Clarke-Stone who's coordinating this season's event.
Flip Fillippi and Matt Kidwell seal a deal
The Corse family will live mostly on their canned and preserved harvest this winter.
(12/01/11) The harvest seems like a long time ago. But lots of people are still savoring the fruits of the garden with a technique as old as their great-grandparents.
Canning and preserving fruits and vegetables is enjoying a revival, thanks to the burgeoning foodie and locavore movements. A group of canners got together in Canton recently to barter and diversify their winter larder. As David Sommerstein reports, they make the old-fashioned...cool. more agriculture ·
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(11/25/11) Craft beer has proven recession-proof. With sales climbing as the overall beer market remains flat, a pair of friends decided to turn a hobby into a business. As the Innovation Trail's Zack Seward reports, Rochester's newest microbrewery is now getting national attention.
What we have is over- enthusiastic enforcers from the department of health.
(02/15/11) The cancellation of two chili cook-offs in St. Lawrence County this month is prompting a clash with local health officials. Many community groups rely on food-related events for their fundraising.
The state health department says it's trying to work with those groups to prevent food borne disease while letting the show go on. But some local leaders say the rules are arbitrary and too onerous to follow. As David Sommerstein reports, state lawmakers are stepping in to seek a compromise. more canton ·
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Snert
Tracy Boyd serves up a cup of Snert in Portland, Ontario
(01/31/11) Mention skating the Rideau Canal and it's hard to not think of Beavertails. But there are other comfort foods associated with outdoor skating. In the Netherlands one would be "snert." That's Dutch pea soup, thick enough to stand a spoon and considered even better a day or so after it's made.
Snert is an old stand-by for some, for others it's a brand new experience. Tracey Boyd copied an expert and finally got the hang of it, in time to feature hot snert at a busy fund-raising booth for last Saturday's "Skate the Lake" event in Portland, Ontario. She's today's Heard Up North. more canada ·
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Flip Fillippi and Matt Kidwell seal a deal.
The Corse family will live mostly on their canned and preseved harvest this winter.
(01/03/11) The harvest seems like a long time ago. But lots of people are still savoring the fruits of the garden with a technique as old as their great-grandparents.
Canning and preserving fruits and vegetables is enjoying a revival, thanks to the burgeoning foodie and locavore movements. A group of canners got together in Canton recently to barter and diversify their winter larder. As David Sommerstein reports, they make the old-fashioned...cool. more agriculture ·
canning ·
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eat local ·
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(11/22/10) Thanksgiving can be a great opportunity to savor a real harvest meal, even given the North Country's growing season. Martha Foley and Cooperative Extension's Amy Ivy inventory the menu possibilities. (And it isn't all root vegetables!)
(10/04/10) Some of the region's farmers and chefs will gather tonight in Antwerp to showcase locally raised food and offer a free tasting of gourmet dishes. Families are invited to come learn about where they can purchase locally produced meats, veggies, fruit, cheeses, wine, honey and more. Todd Moe talks with Sue Rau, of North Country Grown Cooperative, about tonight's "Farm to Market" event and her coop, which began five years ago.
A bucket of tomatoes from a local farmers' market.
(08/26/10) "Going local" is a subject you've heard about many times in the last few years. You can't celebrate "local" without talking about food. Todd Moe visited a community garden in Saranac Lake and talked to Green Circle founder Gail Brill about the upcoming "Farm2Fork Festival" on September 4th in Riverside Park. The event will include workshops, cooking demonstrations and, of course, a chance to eat locally grown food.
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