Clean Water -- Healthy Livestock:Erin Shea CCE Delaware County
The Watershed Agricultural Program issued a white paper/fact sheet by the same title. CCE Dairy Educator Erin Shea (at right) and Delaware County Soil & Water Engineer Technician Larry Underwood outline the basics of start-up and summer management of an outdoor watering system.
WAC in the News:
 
According to The Daily Mail, the local school has what it takes to benefit from a biomass system.
 
A TV crew from "La Semaine Verte," ("The Green Week" in French) a national weekly environmental program based out of Quebec City, toured the NYC watershed for an upcoming segment. Among those interviewed were former WAC forester, Victor Brunette (pictured below), who helped faciliate the show's interest.Victor Burnett Frost Valley NYC watershed
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2008 Annual Report & Supplement:
The WAC 2008 Annual Report and the 2008 online supplement can be found online. Check out the WAC's extended financial information, color before-after project photos and other related information.
Of Interest -- The Face of Farming:
The faith, struggle and joy of working the land are reflected in "The Face of Farming," a multi-media exhibit by artist Ellen Wong which will be on view at the Roxbury Arts Group's Hilt Kelly Hall in June. Local multi-generational farms -- The Elliott, Gray, Fuller/Oravetz, Darling and Fairbairn families of Middletown, Andes and Roxbury -- participated in the 2008 project, funded by grants awarded to the Historical Society of the Town of Middletown by the Roxbury Arts Group and the O'Connor Foundation. Portraits, photographs, video of farm activities and recorded interviews, can be seen during June 13 from 3 to 6 p.m.
 
Also during the gallery exhibit, WAC is sponsoring the lecture by Peter Forbes -- writer, photographer, farmer, conservationist, and founding director of the Center for Whole Communities in Fayston, VT -- who will address "The Power of Story" in strengthening movements for change. Call RAG at 607-326-7908 for more information.

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June 10, 2009
Livestock Water Systems
CBC Radio-Canada
Annual Report & Online Supplement
Dairy Fest, Meredith 6/13-14
 
Peter Forbes Sustainability Lecture and Face of Farming exhibit, Roxbury 6/13

Tree Identification Workshop at the
Agroforestry Resource Center, Acra 6/20 10 a.m.- 2 p.m.
 
Sidney, 3-7 p.m.
Fridays through October 30
 
Meet the Farmer Dinner Series
Fable, East Meredith
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