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HUDSON VALLEY HARVEST FESTIVAL September 21-22, 2013

Ulster County Fairgrounds New Paltz, NY

LAUREN THOMAS

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Welcome to the festival

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Event Parking Lot fun activities for the kids. There are arts-and crafts vendors, animal exhibits, pie-and-cupcake baking contests, a photo contest, educational demonstrations and classes with Cornell Cooperative Extension educators. The work of UlsterCorps volunteers will be recognized. There’ll be a classic car show on Saturday and a Touch-A-Truck happening on Sunday. And there will be a lot more.

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Schedule of Events SATURDAY 10:00-11:00 Youth Building Harvest Festival Pie Contest Registration (pies accepted until 11:00) Save Energy at Home. Learn tips and tricks from CCE Educator, Arthur Zaczkiewicz, to save money on energy costs this winter. Geocaching Scavenger Hunt – organized by Growing Up Green 4-H Club (10-5) Guess the Weight of the Giant Pumpkin - entry forms available for sale in the youth building information desk, giant pumpkin is located outside between the youth building and the Horse Barn. Everyone who guesses the correct weight will be placed in a drawing to win 50% of the proceeds. $0.25 per entry 5 entries for a $1.00. (Winners to be announced Sunday at 4:00pm) (10-8) Purchase tickets for Bessie Bingo – $5 entry forms available for sale in the youth building information desk. Choose the correct square, win 50% of the proceeds. Bessie Bingo Game to be held each day at 3:00, outside the Youth Building. (10-3) Harvest Festival Photography Show and Sale – Over 30 pictures with the theme of “Agriculture in Ulster County” (10-8) Learn about Bees and Beekeeping with the Ulster County Beekeepers Association (10-5) Mushrooms at Home – Peter LaValle, Ulster County Mushroom Producer, Platte Creek Maple Farm, will provide information about tips and techniques for growing mushrooms. (mushrooms available for sale) (10-4)

Tap those trees! Maple Syrup Production Information – Chris Genson, Platte Creek Maple Farm (maple syrup available for sale) (10-4) Maple Candy Making Demonstrations and information – Jeanine and John Stockin, Lyonsville Sugar House (maple syrup and products available for sale) (10-4) Maple Cotton Candy! Cornell Cooperative Extension is selling maple cotton candy. Maple Cotton Candy is made with local maple syrup and contains no artificial colors or flavors! (10-6) Tractor Safety – Grant DeWitt, Ulster County 4-H program (10-5) Learn About Raising Back-yard Animals (chickens, goats, and horses) with Erin Campbell Craven, CCE Livestock Educator. Special farmer guest: Ryan Fitzgerald of Fitzgerald Poultry Farms in Accord, NY (10-5)

Frank the Draft Ox viewing and demonstrations– Robin Jurechko with Frank the ox (10-4)

Cattle Barn Honey Tasting and Butter Making - Esopus Farm Friends 4-H Club (10-2) Pumpkin Painting – Animals and Company 4-H Club (10-5) 4-H Youth Animal Exhibits, 4-H Clubs: Foxfire, Outstanding Crazy Crew, Growing Up Green, Animals Around the World, Capricious Kids, Animals and Company, 4-H Animal Squad (10-5) 4-H Youth Club Activities, 4-H Clubs: Feathered Friends, Nature Lovers, Epic Explorers, CHAT (10-5)

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A cornucopia of sound More than 40 bands will bring musical diversity to HVHF By Frances Marion Platt

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sawing fiddles and barn dancers promenading in calico, think again. Yes, at the second annual Hudson Valley Harvest Festival’s Americana Gazebo stage this weekend, there will be oldfashioned, folksy barn-burning performances. But a significant part of the harvest that the lush Hudson Valley supplies is a cornucopia of sound styles from all over the globe and from every musical era. And the roster of musicians who live and perform in this region is every bit as world-class as our apples, sweet corn, maple syrup, cheese, freerange beef or pumpkins. So while you’ll get your chance at the HVHF to hear bands that would feel at home at a hoedown or a hootenanny, others among the 40-plus scheduled performing groups really push the boundaries of alt/country into the Twilight Zone. Take for instance longtime local favorites Pitchfork Militia, whose twelfth album will be coming out very soon. Their style, which they call “Apocabilly,” could also be described in terms of a grunge band in cowboy hats. “Fairgrounds of any sort are perfect for us rural types,” says bandleader Peter Head, affecting a bucolic innocence. “We have a lot of country-themed songs: songs about cows and chainsaws and farming accidents.” But in Pitchfork Militia’s hands, an ode to a woodstove gives a whole new meaning to the term “axe-slinging.” Their signature song “Metro” – in which Head uses a toy firetruck to coax feedback out of his electric guitar – should fit right in, in a weird way, with this festival that features a Touch-a-Truck activity for kids. Plenty of straight-up rock ‘n’ roll is on the har-

vest festival menu – notably, with two of the more successful New Paltz-spawned bands of recent decades, The Trapps and The Sweet Clementines. Woodstock’s Paul Green Rock Academy will be on hand as well, plus a tribute to the Doors with Feast of Friends. You should also come prepared to get buried alive in the blues. Check out the Jonny Monster Band for powerful electric slide and Hendrixflavored chord-bending. Patti Rothberg, whose gritty performing style might remind you of Heart or Pat Benatar, teams up brilliantly with Woodstock’s veteran all-female blues ensemble Big Sister this weekend to form The Rothstars. Noted for their deep-in-the-groove sound and double drum kits, Big Sister was founded by drummer Lisa Wexler, daughter of Atlantic Records’ great music producer Jerry Wexler. A superstar legacy act which will command the Main Stage spotlight on Saturday evening will be the Gabriel Butterfield Band, keeping the flame alive for Gabe’s father, blues harmonica master Paul Butterfield, a nominee for inclusion in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame this year. The Paul Butterfield Blues Band brought the influence of electric Chicago blues into the rock idiom in the 1960s, inspiring a whole generation of young British and American rockers. It was also, Gabe points out, the first racially integrated band playing Chicago blues. Here’s the full band lineup for the whole weekend:

Saturday, September 21 Harvest Stage Emcee: Uncle Willy 10:30 a.m. - The New Lazy Boys 11:45 a.m. - The Shoe String Band 1 p.m. - Mister Kick 2 p.m. - UlsterCorps Volunteers recognition ceremony, presented by Susan Barnett of WAMC 2:15 p.m. - Feast of Friends (Tribute to The Doors) 3:30 p.m. - Lindsey Webster Band

Wool Room Your Fiber Journey! We will be demonstrating the entire process from sheep to finished products- all steps will be hands on for festival goers to try! Come play with fiber and meet local fiber artists, enthusiasts, farmers, and guild members. Our large porch will be dedicated to housing all our local Hudson Valley Fiber Community. The shop will have raw materials as well as finished products for you to enjoy. Please visit! Activities: Fleece on display straight from the sheep; Hand Carding and machine carding; Spinning Wheels and Spindles- Making Yarn!; Wet and Needle felting for KIDS and Adults; Weaving Looms; Knitting And Crochet. Finished Products and Raw materials will be available! (10-8)

Horticulture Jams and Jellies Class ($20 fee) Learn tips and techniques on making jam and jelly successfully and safely. Instructor: Alma Rodriguez, CCEUC Food Preservation Expert. Youth Building Harvest Festival Pie Judging and Awards (11-1) Growing Garlic Successfully – plant garlic in the fall for a good crop next summer. Grow varieties that are not available in the grocery store. Teresa Rusinek, CCE Regional Vegetable Educator will be available to make recommendations to help increase your success. She can also answer other

4:45 p.m. - Pitchfork Militia 6 p.m. - Lara Hope & the Ark-Tones 7:15 p.m. - Gabriel Butterfield Band

Valley Stage 10:30 a.m. - LuAnn Arena 11:45 a.m. - Whiskey Mountain 1 p.m. - The Control Theory 2:15 p.m. - The Alex Jornov Band 3:30 p.m. - Pete Santora (of Beatlemania) & Special Friends 4:45 p.m. - Salted Bros. 6 p.m. - Big Sister + Patti Rothberg = The Rothstars!

Americana Gazebo 10 a.m. - Norm Wennet 11 a.m. - Erin Powers Noon - Melinda DiMaio 1 p.m. - Roses & Rust: Jeanne & Ernie Mortuzans 2 p.m. - BobKat, Bob Kennedy 3 p.m. - Shaktipat 4 p.m. - Jim Barbaro 5 p.m. - The Old Double E 6 p.m. - PP Junior 7 p.m. - The Chestnut Hill Gang

Sunday, September 22 Harvest Stage Emcee: Studio Stu 10:30 a.m. - Ratboy, Jr. 11:45 a.m. - The Paul Green Rock Academy 1 p.m. - The Sweet Clementines 2:15 p.m. - The Trapps 3:30 p.m. - Frenchy and the Punk

Valley Stage 10:30 a.m. - The Old Dawgz 11:45 a.m. - Ben Rounds Band 1 p.m. – Asphalt Green 2:15 p.m. - NA3: Stellar Groove Ensemble 3:30 p.m. - The Jonny Monster Band

Americana Gazebo 10 a.m. - Our Mountain Home 11 a.m. - Carl Mateo 12 noon - Jay Mankita 1 p.m. - Wally Nichols 2 p.m. - Hudson Crossing 3 p.m. - Finley and Pagdon 4 p.m. - Yard Sale

September 2013 Hudson Valley Harvest Festival questions you might have about growing vegetables. Taking Care of Your Home Septic System. New rural residents often forget that septic systems need regular care and maintenance. Avoid a “stinky” situation by coming by to learn more about how to care for yours from Arthur Zaczkiewicz, CCE Ulster County Educator. Geocaching Scavenger Hunt – organized by Growing Up Green 4-H Club (10-5) Guess the Weight of the Giant Pumpkin - entry forms available for sale in the youth building information desk, giant pumpkin is located outside between the youth building and the Horse Barn. Everyone who guesses the correct weight will be placed in a drawing to win 50% of the proceeds. $0.25 per entry 5 entries for a $1.00. (Winners to be announced Sunday at 4:00pm) (10-8) Purchase tickets for Bessie Bingo – $5 entry forms available for sale in the youth building information desk. Choose the correct square, win 50% of the proceeds. Bessie Bingo Game to be held each day at 3:00, outside the Youth Building. (10-3) Harvest Festival Photography Show and Sale – Over 30 pictures with the theme of “Agriculture in Ulster County” (10-8) Learn about Bees and Beekeeping with the Ulster County Beekeepers Association (10-5) Mushrooms at Home – Peter LaValle, Ulster County Mushroom Producer, Platte Creek Maple Farm, will provide information about tips and techniques for growing mushrooms. (mushrooms available for sale) (10-4) Tap those trees! Maple Syrup Production Information – Chris Genson, Platte Creek Maple Farm (maple syrup available for sale) (10-4) Maple Candy Making Demonstrations and information – Jeanine and John Stockin, Lyonsville Sugar House (maple syrup and products available for sale) (10-4) Maple Cotton Candy! Cornell Cooperative Extension is selling maple cotton candy. Maple Cotton Candy is made with local maple syrup and contains no artificial colors or flavors! (10-6) Tractor Safety – Grant DeWitt, Ulster County 4-H program (10-5)

Learn About Raising Back-yard Animals (chickens, goats, and horses) with Erin Campbell Craven, CCE Livestock Educator. Special farmer guest: Ryan Fitzgerald of Fitzgerald Poultry Farms in Accord, NY (10-5) Cattle Barn Honey Tasting and Butter Making - Esopus Farm Friends 4-H Club (10-2) Pumpkin Painting – Animals and Company 4-H Club (10-5) 4-H Youth Animal Exhibits, 4-H Clubs: Foxfire, Outstanding Crazy Crew, Growing Up Green, Animals Around the World, Capricious Kids, Animals and Company, 4-H Animal Squad (10-5) 4-H Youth Club Activities, 4-H Clubs: Feathered Friends, Nature Lovers, Epic Explorers, CHAT (10-5) Horse Barn Draft Horses – Hudson Valley Draft Horse Association (10-4) Frank the Draft Ox viewing and demonstrations– Robin Jurechko with Frank the ox (10-4) Wool Room Your Fiber Journey! We will be demonstrating the entire process from sheep to finished products- all steps will be hands on for festival goers to try! Come play with fiber and meet local fiber artists, enthusiasts, farmers, and guild members. Our large porch will be dedicated to housing all our local Hudson Valley Fiber Community. The shop will have raw materials as well as finished products for you to enjoy. Please visit! Activities: Fleece on display straight from the sheep; Hand Carding and machine carding; Spinning Wheels and Spindles- Making Yarn!; Wet and Needle felting for KIDS and Adults; Weaving Looms; Knitting And Crochet. Finished Products and Raw materials will be available! (10-8)

12:00-1:00 Youth Building Do you know what a potato plant looks like in the ground growing? Join Wendy Hollender, botanical illustrator, author and instructor as she

His father’s son BUTTERFIELD BLUES BAND’S ICONIC 1966 LP EAST-WEST included some of the earliest examples of jazz/ rock fusion and a 13-minute raga-influenced instrumental regarded as a precursor of acid rock. The Gabriel Butterfield Band consists of an eclectic collection of Woodstock-area heavy hitters – Jim Curtin on bass and vocals, Jimmy Eppard on guitar and vocals, Pete Levin on piano and organ, and Rob Paparozzi on harp and vocals – in addition to the drummer-bandleader. “We listen to each other really well,” says Gabe happily. “I couldn’t ask for better people to play with.” Gabe Butterfield himself has had a thorough education in the rhythms of many cultures, having joined a California-based worldbeat ensemble with his first drum instructor, Rick Walker, while still in his mid-teens. “We played salsa and soul, reggae, rock,” he says. “I even did my stint in heavy metal, but I didn’t really like it. But blues is always in my blood.” Though the younger Butterfield tried his hand at Gabriel Butterﬁeld. several instruments in childhood, he reports that “The drums picked me. They’ve always been my home. My mother has a picture of me in a headband when I was about five, playing the drums. On my high school diploma it says, ‘Future Philosopher and the Best Damn Chair-Drummer in the School.’” His younger brother Lee is a bassist. “Before dad died [in 1987, when Gabe was 21], he planned to take the kids on tour as a rhythm section.” Gabe spent a lot of time on the road with his father, but lived with him for a few years in a house on Wittenberg Road in the 1970s. He has divided the subsequent years among California, Florida and Woodstock, where he finally feels settled now that he’s married. Trained as a sound engineer, he took a job at Levon Helm Studios in 2009. He soon ran into guitarist Jimmy Vivino, who proposed the idea of creating a band that would preserve Paul Butterfield’s musical legacy by reinterpreting his repertoire without becoming a note-for-note tribute band, in the same spirit as Vivino’s Beatles project the Fab Faux. And so the Gabriel Butterfield Band was born. The latest chapter in Gabe’s efforts to make sure that younger rock musicians know the historical debt that they owe to his father is a documentary film, to be titled In My Own Dream: The Life and Times of Paul Butterfield. “I’ve been working on it since 2004 with Thom Pollard, gathering a series of interviews. We’re interviewing Maria Muldaur and Michael Lang next week. We want to finish this story that needs to be told, and get my dad into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.” Look for it in the Woodstock Film Festival some year soon. Gabe carefully treads the fine line between widespread automatic recognition as his father’s son and making his mark based on his own hard work and natural talent. But bluesmen know all about having to pay their dues. “I’ve always made my own way,” he says. You can judge for yourself at the Hudson Valley Harvest Festival on Saturday night, September 21 at 7:15 p.m. on the Harvest Stage. Be ready to boogie. F.M.P.

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demonstrates drawing techniques used in depicting plants for such publications as The New York Times, Real Simple Magazine and her latest book; Foraging &Feasting; A Field Guide and Wild Food Cookbook. (12-4) Come taste the New Cornell Apple Varieties! Mike Fargione, CCE Regional Fruit Tree Specialist will have samples of the two new apple varieties SnapDragon and RubyFrost just released by Cornell University. He will also be available to answer questions that you may have about growing and caring for your fruit trees. Harvest Festival Pie Judging and Awards (11-1) Geocaching Scavenger Hunt – organized by Growing Up Green 4-H Club (10-5) Guess the Weight of the Giant Pumpkin - entry forms available for sale in the youth building information desk, giant pumpkin is located outside between the youth building and the Horse Barn. Everyone who guesses the correct weight will be placed in a drawing to win 50% of the proceeds. $0.25 per entry 5 entries for a $1.00. (Winners to be announced Sunday at 4:00pm) (10-8) Purchase tickets for Bessie Bingo – $5 entry forms available for sale in the youth building information desk. Choose the correct square, win 50% of the proceeds. Bessie Bingo Game to be held each day at 3:00, outside the Youth Building. (10-3) Harvest Festival Photography Show and Sale – Over 30 pictures with the theme of “Agriculture in Ulster County” (10-8) Learn about Bees and Beekeeping with the Ulster County Beekeepers Association (10-5) Mushrooms at Home – Peter LaValle, Ulster County Mushroom Producer, Platte Creek Maple Farm, will provide information about tips and techniques for growing mushrooms. (mushrooms available for sale) (10-4) Tap those trees! Maple Syrup Production Information – Chris Genson, Platte Creek Maple Farm (maple syrup available for sale) (10-4) Maple Candy Making Demonstrations and information – Jeanine and John Stockin, Lyonsville Sugar House (maple syrup and products available for sale) (10-4) Maple Cotton Candy! Cornell Cooperative Extension is selling maple cotton candy. Maple Cotton Candy is made with local maple syrup and contains no artificial colors or flavors! (10-6) Tractor Safety – Grant DeWitt, Ulster County 4-H program (10-5) Learn About Raising Back-yard Animals (chickens, goats, and horses) with Erin Campbell Craven, CCE Livestock Educator. Special farmer guest: Ryan Fitzgerald of Fitzgerald Poultry Farms in Accord, NY (10-5) Cattle Barn Honey Tasting and Butter Making - Esopus Farm Friends 4-H Club (10-2) Pumpkin Painting – Animals and Company 4-H Club (10-5) 4-H Youth Animal Exhibits, 4-H Clubs: Foxfire, Outstanding Crazy Crew, Growing Up Green,

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2013 6 | September Hudson Valley Harvest Festival Animals Around the World, Capricious Kids, Animals and Company, 4-H Animal Squad (10-5) 4-H Youth Club Activities, 4-H Clubs: Feathered Friends, Nature Lovers, Epic Explorers, CHAT (10-5) Horse Barn Draft Horses – Hudson Valley Draft Horse Association (10-4) Frank the Draft Ox viewing and demonstrations– Robin Jurechko with Frank the ox (10-4) Wool Room Your Fiber Journey! We will be demonstrating the entire process from sheep to finished products- all steps will be hands on for festival goers to try! Come play with fiber and meet local fiber artists, enthusiasts, farmers, and guild members. Our large porch will be dedicated to housing all our local Hudson Valley Fiber Community. The shop will have raw materials as well as finished products for you to enjoy. Please visit! Activities: Fleece on display straight from the sheep; Hand Carding and machine carding; Spinning Wheels and Spindles- Making Yarn!; Wet and Needle felting for KIDS and Adults; Weaving Looms; Knitting And Crochet. Finished Products and Raw materials will be available! (10-8)

1:00-2:00 Horticulture What is Organic? ($20 fee) Have you ever wondered what it is that makes organic produce different than non-organic produce? Are you curious about how organic farmers manage weeds, diseases and pests? Instructor: Emily Cook, CCEUC vegetable production educator and former organic farmer will help explain the label and answer questions about organic production. Youth Building Tractor Safety Demonstration (field next to the Youth Building) – Grant DeWitt, Ulster County 4-H Program Tractor Safety Program. Learn about ATV Safety from Ulster County Sheriff ’s Office – Deputy Paul Costa and DEC Officer John Helmeyer (1-5) Do you know what a potato plant looks like in the ground growing? Join Wendy Hollender, botanical illustrator, author and instructor as she demonstrates drawing techniques used in depicting plants for such publications as The New York Times, Real Simple Magazine and her latest book; Foraging &Feasting; A Field Guide and Wild Food Cookbook. (12-4) Come taste the New Cornell Apple Varieties! Mike Fargione, CCE Regional Fruit Tree Specialist will have samples of the two new apple varieties SnapDragon and RubyFrost just released by Cornell University. He will also be available to answer questions that you may have about growing and caring for your fruit trees. Geocaching Scavenger Hunt – organized by Growing Up Green 4-H Club (10-5) Guess the Weight of the Giant Pumpkin - entry forms available for sale in the youth building information desk, giant pumpkin is located outside between the youth building and the Horse Barn. Everyone who guesses the correct weight will be placed in a drawing to win 50% of the proceeds. $0.25 per entry 5 entries for a $1.00. (Winners to be announced Sunday at 4:00pm) (10-8) Purchase tickets for Bessie Bingo – $5 entry forms available for sale in the youth building information desk. Choose the correct square, win 50% of the proceeds. Bessie Bingo Game to be held each day at 3:00, outside the Youth Building. (10-3) Harvest Festival Photography Show and Sale – Over 30 pictures with the theme of “Agriculture in Ulster County” (10-8) Learn about Bees and Beekeeping with the Ulster County Beekeepers Association (10-5) Mushrooms at Home – Peter LaValle, Ulster County Mushroom Producer, Platte Creek Maple Farm, will provide information about tips and techniques for growing mushrooms. (mushrooms available for sale) (10-4) Tap those trees! Maple Syrup Production Information – Chris Genson, Platte Creek Maple Farm (maple syrup available for sale) (10-4) Maple Candy Making Demonstrations and information – Jeanine and John Stockin, Lyonsville Sugar House (maple syrup and products available for sale) (10-4) Youth Bldg. Maple Cotton Candy! Cornell Cooperative Extension is selling maple cotton candy.

Maple Cotton Candy is made with local maple syrup and contains no artificial colors or flavors! (10-6) Learn About Raising Backyard Animals (chickens, goats, and horses) with Erin Campbell Craven, CCE Livestock Educator. Special farmer guest: Ryan Fitzgerald of Fitzgerald Poultry Farms in Accord, NY (10-5) Cattle Barn Selecting Your Rabbit - Outstanding Crazy Crew 4-H Club (1-4) Poultry Showmanship Demonstration – Animals Around the World 4-H Club (1-4) Honey Tasting and Butter Making - Esopus Farm Friends 4-H Club (10-2) Pumpkin Painting – Animals and Company 4-H Club (10-5) 4-H Youth Animal Exhibits, 4-H Clubs: Foxfire, Outstanding Crazy Crew, Growing Up Green, Animals Around the World, Capricious Kids, Animals and Company, 4-H Animal Squad (10-5) 4-H Youth Club Activities, 4-H Clubs: Feathered Friends, Nature Lovers, Epic Explorers, CHAT (10-5) Horse Barn Draft Horses – Hudson Valley Draft Horse Association (10-4) Frank the Draft Ox viewing and demonstrations– Robin Jurechko with Frank the ox (10-4) Wool Room Your Fiber Journey! We will be demonstrating the entire process from sheep to finished products- all steps will be hands on for festival goers to try! Come play with fiber and meet local fiber artists, enthusiasts, farmers, and guild members. Our large porch will be dedicated to housing all our local Hudson Valley Fiber Community. The shop will have raw materials as well as finished products for you to enjoy. Please visit! Activities: Fleece on display straight from the sheep; Hand Carding and machine carding; Spinning Wheels and Spindles- Making Yarn!; Wet and Needle felting for KIDS and Adults; Weaving Looms; Knitting And Crochet. Finished Products and Raw materials will be available! (10-8)

2:00-3:00 Youth Building Learn about ATV Safety from Ulster County Sheriff ’s Office – Deputy Paul Costa and DEC Officer John Helmeyer (1-5) Do you know what a potato plant looks like in the ground growing? Join Wendy Hollender, botanical illustrator, author and instructor as she demonstrates drawing techniques used in depicting plants for such publications as The New York Times, Real Simple Magazine and her latest book; Foraging &Feasting; A Field Guide and Wild Food Cookbook. (12-4) Geocaching Scavenger Hunt – organized by Growing Up Green 4-H Club (10-5) Guess the Weight of the Giant Pumpkin - entry forms available for sale in the youth building information desk, giant pumpkin is located outside between the youth building and the Horse Barn. Everyone who guesses the correct weight will be placed in a drawing to win 50% of the proceeds. $0.25 per entry 5 entries for a $1.00. (Winners to be announced Sunday at 4:00pm) (10-8) Purchase tickets for Bessie Bingo – $5 entry forms available for sale in the youth building information desk. Choose the correct square, win 50% of the proceeds. Bessie Bingo Game to be held each day at 3:00, outside the Youth Building. (10-3) Harvest Festival Photography Show and Sale – Over 30 pictures with the theme of “Agriculture in Ulster County” (10-8) Learn about Bees and Beekeeping with the Ulster County Beekeepers Association (10-5) Mushrooms at Home – Peter LaValle, Ulster County Mushroom Producer, Platte Creek Maple Farm, will provide information about tips and techniques for growing mushrooms. (mushrooms available for sale) (10-4) Tap those trees! Maple Syrup Production Information – Chris Genson, Platte Creek Maple Farm (maple syrup available for sale) (10-4) Maple Candy Making Demonstrations and information – Jeanine and John Stockin, Lyonsville Sugar House (maple syrup and products available for sale) (10-4) Maple Cotton Candy! Cornell Cooperative Extension is selling maple cotton candy. Maple Cot-

ton Candy is made with local maple syrup and contains no artificial colors or flavors! (10-6) Tractor Safety – Grant DeWitt, Ulster County 4-H program (10-5) Learn About Raising Back-yard Animals (chickens, goats, and horses) with Erin Campbell Craven, CCE Livestock Educator. Special farmer guest: Ryan Fitzgerald of Fitzgerald Poultry Farms in Accord, NY (10-5) Cattle Barn Selecting Your Rabbit - Outstanding Crazy Crew 4-H Club (1-4) Poultry Showmanship Demonstration – Animals Around the World 4-H Club (1-4) Pumpkin Painting – Animals and Company 4-H Club (10-5) 4-H Youth Animal Exhibits, 4-H Clubs: Foxfire, Outstanding Crazy Crew, Growing Up Green, Animals Around the World, Capricious Kids, Animals and Company, 4-H Animal Squad (10-5) 4-H Youth Club Activities, 4-H Clubs: Feathered Friends, Nature Lovers, Epic Explorers, CHAT (10-5) Horse Barn Draft Horses – Hudson Valley Draft Horse Association (10-4) Frank the Draft Ox viewing and demonstrations– Robin Jurechko with Frank the ox (10-4) Wool Room Your Fiber Journey! We will be demonstrating the entire process from sheep to finished products- all steps will be hands on for festival goers to try! Come play with fiber and meet local fiber artists, enthusiasts, farmers, and guild members. Our large porch will be dedicated to housing all our local Hudson Valley Fiber Community. The shop will have raw materials as well as finished products for you to enjoy. Please visit! Activities: Fleece on display straight from the sheep; Hand Carding and machine carding; Spinning Wheels and Spindles- Making Yarn!; Wet and Needle felting for KIDS and Adults; Weaving Looms; Knitting And Crochet. Finished Products and Raw materials will be available! (10-8) Harvest Stage UlsterCorps Volunteer Recognition Ceremony, presented by Susan Barnett of WAMC

3:00-4:00 Horticulture Cooking with a Dutch Oven Class ($20 fee) Learn how to prepare meals and cook in a cast iron Dutch Oven using wood chips or coal outdoors. Participants will learn how to season a new Dutch Oven, prepare a fire and cook at the right temperature one-pot meals such as rabbit stew, chicken, leek and potato soup, and corn bread with sausage, broccoli and cheese, among other recipes. Class includes a taste testing of one of the recipes and free handouts. Instructor: Arthur Zaczkiewicz, CCEUC Nutrition Program Leader Youth Building Bessie Bingo! Bessie will be released onto the bingo board outside of the Youth Building. Growing Garlic Successfully – plant garlic in the fall for a good crop next summer. Grow varieties that are not available in the grocery store. Teresa Rusinek, CCE Regional Vegetable Educator will be available to make recommendations to help increase your success. She can also answer other questions you might have about growing vegetables. Learn about ATV Safety from Ulster County Sheriff ’s Office – Deputy Paul Costa and DEC Officer John Helmeyer (1-5) Do you know what a potato plant looks like in the ground growing? Join Wendy Hollender, botanical illustrator, author and instructor as she demonstrates drawing techniques used in depicting plants for such publications as The New York Times, Real Simple Magazine and her latest book; Foraging &Feasting; A Field Guide and Wild Food Cookbook. (12-4) Geocaching Scavenger Hunt – organized by Growing Up Green 4-H Club (10-5) Guess the Weight of the Giant Pumpkin - entry forms available for sale in the youth building information desk, giant pumpkin is located outside between the youth building and the Horse Barn. Everyone who guesses the correct weight will be placed in a drawing to win 50% of the proceeds. $0.25 per entry 5 entries for a $1.00. (Winners to

September 2013 Hudson Valley Harvest Festival be announced Sunday at 4:00pm) (10-8) Harvest Festival Photography Show and Sale – Over 30 pictures with the theme of “Agriculture in Ulster County” (10-8) Learn about Bees and Beekeeping with the Ulster County Beekeepers Association (10-5) Mushrooms at Home – Peter LaValle, Ulster County Mushroom Producer, Platte Creek Maple Farm, will provide information about tips and techniques for growing mushrooms. (mushrooms available for sale) (10-4) Tap those trees! Maple Syrup Production Information – Chris Genson, Platte Creek Maple Farm (maple syrup available for sale) (10-4) Maple Candy Making Demonstrations and information – Jeanine and John Stockin, Lyonsville Sugar House (maple syrup and products available for sale) (10-4) Maple Cotton Candy! Cornell Cooperative Extension is selling maple cotton candy. Maple Cotton Candy is made with local maple syrup and contains no artificial colors or flavors! (10-6) Tractor Safety – Grant DeWitt, Ulster County 4-H program (10-5) Learn About Raising Back-yard Animals (chickens, goats, and horses) with Erin Campbell Craven, CCE Livestock Educator. Special farmer guest: Ryan Fitzgerald of Fitzgerald Poultry Farms in Accord, NY (10-5) Cattle Barn Selecting Your Rabbit - Outstanding Crazy Crew 4-H Club (1-4) Poultry Showmanship Demonstration – Animals Around the World 4-H Club (1-4) Pumpkin Painting – Animals and Company 4-H Club (10-5) 4-H Youth Animal Exhibits, 4-H Clubs: Foxfire, Outstanding Crazy Crew, Growing Up Green, Animals Around the World, Capricious Kids, Animals and Company, 4-H Animal Squad (10-5) 4-H Youth Club Activities, 4-H Clubs: Feathered Friends, Nature Lovers, Epic Explorers, CHAT (10-5) Horse Barn Draft Horses – Hudson Valley Draft Horse Association (10-4) Frank the Draft Ox viewing and demonstrations– Robin Jurechko with Frank the ox (10-4) Wool Room Your Fiber Journey! We will be demonstrating the entire process from sheep to finished products- all steps will be hands on for festival goers to try! Come play with fiber and meet local fiber artists, enthusiasts, farmers, and guild members. Our large porch will be dedicated to housing all our local Hudson Valley Fiber Community. The shop will have raw materials as well as finished products for you to enjoy. Please visit! Activities: Fleece on display straight from the sheep; Hand Carding and machine carding; Spinning Wheels and Spindles- Making Yarn!; Wet and Needle felting for KIDS and Adults; Weaving Looms; Knitting And Crochet. Finished Products and Raw materials will be available! (10-8)

4:00-5:00 Youth Building Learn about ATV Safety from Ulster County Sheriff ’s Office – Deputy Paul Costa and DEC Officer John Helmeyer (1-5) Geocaching Scavenger Hunt – organized by Growing Up Green 4-H Club (10-5) Guess the Weight of the Giant Pumpkin - entry forms available for sale in the youth building information desk, giant pumpkin is located outside between the youth building and the Horse Barn. Everyone who guesses the correct weight will be placed in a drawing to win 50% of the proceeds. $0.25 per entry 5 entries for a $1.00. (Winners to be announced Sunday at 4:00pm) (10-8) Harvest Festival Photography Show and Sale – Over 30 pictures with the theme of “Agriculture in Ulster County” (10-8) Learn about Bees and Beekeeping with the Ulster County Beekeepers Association (10-5) Maple Cotton Candy! Cornell Cooperative Extension is selling maple cotton candy. Maple Cotton Candy is made with local maple syrup and contains no artificial colors or flavors! (10-6) Tractor Safety – Grant DeWitt, Ulster County 4-H program (10-5) Learn About Raising Back-yard Animals (chickens, goats, and horses) with Erin Campbell Craven, CCE Livestock Educator. Special farm-

er guest: Ryan Fitzgerald of Fitzgerald Poultry Farms in Accord, NY (10-5) Cattle Barn Pumpkin Painting – Animals and Company 4-H Club (10-5) 4-H Youth Animal Exhibits, 4-H Clubs: Foxfire, Outstanding Crazy Crew, Growing Up Green, Animals Around the World, Capricious Kids, Animals and Company, 4-H Animal Squad (10-5) 4-H Youth Club Activities, 4-H Clubs: Feathered Friends, Nature Lovers, Epic Explorers, CHAT (10-5) Wool Room Your Fiber Journey! We will be demonstrating the entire process from sheep to finished products- all steps will be hands on for festival goers to try! Come play with fiber and meet local fiber artists, enthusiasts, farmers, and guild members. Our large porch will be dedicated to housing all our local Hudson Valley Fiber Community. The shop will have raw materials as well as finished products for you to enjoy. Please visit! Activities: Fleece on display straight from the sheep; Hand Carding and machine carding; Spinning Wheels and Spindles- Making Yarn!; Wet and Needle felting for KIDS and Adults; Weaving Looms; Knitting And Crochet. Finished Products and Raw materials will be available! (10-8)

5:00-6:00 Youth Building Guess the Weight of the Giant Pumpkin - entry forms available for sale in the youth building information desk, giant pumpkin is located outside between the youth building and the Horse Barn. Everyone who guesses the correct weight will be placed in a drawing to win 50% of the proceeds. $0.25 per entry 5 entries for a $1.00. (Winners to be announced Sunday at 4:00pm) (10-8) Harvest Festival Photography Show and Sale – Over 30 pictures with the theme of “Agriculture in Ulster County” (10-8) Maple Cotton Candy! Cornell Cooperative Extension is selling maple cotton candy. Maple Cotton Candy is made with local maple syrup and contains no artificial colors or flavors! (10-6) Wool Room Your Fiber Journey! We will be demonstrating the entire process from sheep to finished products- all steps will be hands on for festival goers to try! Come play with fiber and meet local fiber artists, enthusiasts, farmers, and guild members. Our large porch will be dedicated to housing all our local Hudson Valley Fiber Community. The shop will have raw materials as well as finished products for you to enjoy. Please visit! Activities: Fleece on display straight from the sheep; Hand Carding and machine carding; Spinning Wheels and Spindles- Making Yarn!; Wet and Needle felting for KIDS and Adults; Weaving Looms; Knitting And Crochet. Finished Products and Raw materials will be available! (10-8)

6:00-7:00 Youth Building Guess the Weight of the Giant Pumpkin - entry forms available for sale in the youth building information desk, giant pumpkin is located outside

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between the youth building and the Horse Barn. Everyone who guesses the correct weight will be placed in a drawing to win 50% of the proceeds. $0.25 per entry 5 entries for a $1.00. (Winners to be announced Sunday at 4:00pm) (10-8) Harvest Festival Photography Show and Sale – Over 30 pictures with the theme of “Agriculture in Ulster County” (10-8) Wool Room Your Fiber Journey! We will be demonstrating the entire process from sheep to finished products- all steps will be hands on for festival goers to try! Come play with fiber and meet local fiber artists, enthusiasts, farmers, and guild members. Our large porch will be dedicated to housing all our local Hudson Valley Fiber Community. The shop will have raw materials as well as finished products for you to enjoy. Please visit! Activities: Fleece on display straight from the sheep; Hand Carding and machine carding; Spinning Wheels and Spindles- Making Yarn!; Wet and Needle felting for KIDS and Adults; Weaving Looms; Knitting And Crochet. Finished Products and Raw materials will be available! (10-8)

7:00-8:00 Youth Building Guess the Weight of the Giant Pumpkin - entry forms available for sale in the youth building information desk, giant pumpkin is located outside between the youth building and the Horse Barn. Everyone who guesses the correct weight will be placed in a drawing to win 50% of the proceeds. $0.25 per entry 5 entries for a $1.00. (Winners to be announced Sunday at 4:00pm) (10-8) Harvest Festival Photography Show and Sale – Over 30 pictures with the theme of “Agriculture in Ulster County” (10-8) Wool Room Your Fiber Journey! We will be demonstrating the entire process from sheep to finished products- all steps will be hands on for festival goers to try! Come play with fiber and meet local fiber artists, enthusiasts, farmers, and guild members. Our large porch will be dedicated to housing all our local Hudson Valley Fiber Community. The shop will have raw materials as well as finished products for you to enjoy. Please visit! Activities: Fleece on display straight from the sheep; Hand Carding and machine carding; Spinning Wheels and Spindles- Making Yarn!; Wet and Needle felting for KIDS and Adults; Weaving Looms; Knitting And Crochet. Finished Products and Raw materials will be available! (10-8)

SUNDAY 10:00-11:00 Youth Building Harvest Festival Cupcake Contest Registration (cupcakes accepted until 11:00). Special Guest Judge, Josie Eriole of Moxie Cupcakes in New Paltz Geocaching Scavenger Hunt – organized by Growing Up Green 4-H Club (10-5) Guess the Weight of the Giant Pumpkin - entry forms available for sale in the youth building information desk, giant pumpkin is located outside between the youth building and the Horse Barn.

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2013 8 | September Hudson Valley Harvest Festival Everyone who guesses the correct weight will be placed in a drawing to win 50% of the proceeds. $0.25 per entry 5 entries for a $1.00. (Winners to be announced Sunday at 4:00pm) (10-3) Purchase tickets for Bessie Bingo â&#x20AC;&#x201C; $5 entry forms available for sale in the youth building information desk. Choose the correct square, win 50% of the proceeds. Bessie Bingo Game to be held each day at 3:00, outside the Youth Building. (10-3) Harvest Festival Photography Show and Sale â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Over 30 pictures with the theme of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Agriculture in Ulster Countyâ&#x20AC;? (10-4) Learn about Bees and Beekeeping with the Ulster County Beekeepers Association (10-5) Mushrooms at Home â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Peter LaValle, Ulster County Mushroom Producer, Platte Creek Maple Farm, will provide information about tips and techniques for growing mushrooms. (mushrooms available for sale) (10-4) Tap those trees! Maple Syrup Production Information â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Chris Genson, Platte Creek Maple Farm (maple syrup available for sale) (10-4) Maple Candy Making Demonstrations and information â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Jeanine and John Stockin, Lyonsville Sugar House (maple syrup and products available for sale) (10-4) Maple Cotton Candy! Cornell Cooperative Extension is selling maple cotton candy. Maple Cotton Candy is made with local maple syrup and contains no artificial colors or flavors! (10-4) Tractor Safety â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Grant DeWitt, Ulster County 4-H program (10-5)

Learn About Raising Back-yard Animals (chickens, goats, and horses) with Erin Campbell Craven, CCE Livestock Educator. (10-5) Cattle Barn Pumpkin Painting â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Animals and Company 4-H Club (10-5) 4-H Youth Animal Exhibits, 4-H Clubs: Foxfire, Growing Up Green, Capricious Kids, Animals and Company, 4-H Animal Squad (10-5) 4-H Youth Club Activities, 4-H Clubs: Nature Lovers, Epic Explorers, CHAT (10-5) Horse Barn Draft Horses â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Hudson Valley Draft Horse Association (10-4) Wool Room Your Fiber Journey! We will be demonstrating the entire process from sheep to finished products- all steps will be hands on for festival goers to try! Come play with fiber and meet local fiber artists, enthusiasts, farmers, and guild members. Our large porch will be dedicated to housing all our local Hudson Valley Fiber Community. The shop will have raw materials as well as finished products for you to enjoy. Please visit! Activities: Fleece on display straight from the sheep; Hand Carding and machine carding; Spinning Wheels and Spindles- Making Yarn!; Wet and Needle felting for KIDS and Adults; Weaving Looms; Knitting And Crochet. Finished Products and Raw materials will be available! (10-8)

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11:00-12:00 Horticulture Pickles and Preserves Class ($20 fee) Learn to make safe and delicious pickles out of a wide array of produce from your garden or the market. Instructor: Janie Greenwald, CCEUC Nutrition Educator and Food Preservation Expert. Youth Building Harvest Festival Cupcake Judging and Awards â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Special Guest Judge, Josie Eriole of Moxie Cupcakes in New Paltz (11-1) Seed Saving Demonstration â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Dona Crawford of the CCE Ulster County Master Gardener Program will demonstrate tips and techniques for saving your seeds. She can also answer other questions you might have about growing vegetables. The Art of Tortilla Making, Demonstration. Kristen Wilson will demonstrate how to make tortillas from corn to finished product. (11-1) Geocaching Scavenger Hunt â&#x20AC;&#x201C; organized by Growing Up Green 4-H Club (10-5) Guess the Weight of the Giant Pumpkin - entry forms available for sale in the youth building information desk, giant pumpkin is located outside between the youth building and the Horse Barn. Everyone who guesses the correct weight will be placed in a drawing to win 50% of the proceeds. $0.25 per entry 5 entries for a $1.00. (Winners to be announced Sunday at 4:00pm) (10-3) Purchase tickets for Bessie Bingo â&#x20AC;&#x201C; $5 entry forms available for sale in the youth building information desk. Choose the correct square, win 50% of the proceeds. Bessie Bingo Game to be held each day at 3:00, outside the Youth Building. (10-3)

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2013 10 | September Hudson Valley Harvest Festival Horse Barn Draft Horses – Hudson Valley Draft Horse Association (10-4) Wool Room Your Fiber Journey! We will be demonstrating the entire process from sheep to finished products- all steps will be hands on for festival goers to try! Come play with fiber and meet local fiber artists, enthusiasts, farmers, and guild members. Our large porch will be dedicated to housing all our local Hudson Valley Fiber Community. The shop will have raw materials as well as finished products for you to enjoy. Please visit! Activities: Fleece on display straight from the sheep; Hand Carding and machine carding; Spinning Wheels and Spindles- Making Yarn!; Wet and Needle felting for KIDS and Adults; Weaving Looms; Knitting And Crochet. Finished Products and Raw materials will be available! (10-8)

12:00-1:00 Youth Building Pie Sale – Help support the Relatives as Parents Program. Homemade Pies will be available for sale (12-2) Harvest Festival Cupcake Judging and Awards – Special Guest Judge, Josie Eriole of Moxie Cupcakes in New Paltz (11-1) The Art of Tortilla Making, Demonstration. Kristen Wilson will demonstrate how to make tortillas from corn to finished product. (11-1) Geocaching Scavenger Hunt – organized by Growing Up Green 4-H Club (10-5) Guess the Weight of the Giant Pumpkin - entry forms available for sale in the youth building information desk, giant pumpkin is located outside between the youth building and the Horse Barn. Everyone who guesses the correct weight will win a package of pumpkin seeds and be placed in a drawing to win 50% of the proceeds. $0.25 per entry 5 entries for a $1.00. (Winners to be announced Sunday at 4:00pm) (10-3)

Purchase tickets for Bessie Bingo – $5 entry forms available for sale in the youth building information desk. Choose the correct square, win 50% of the proceeds. Bessie Bingo Game to be held each day at 3:00, outside the Youth Building. (10-3) Harvest Festival Photography Show and Sale – Over 30 pictures with the theme of “Agriculture in Ulster County” (10-4) Learn about Bees and Beekeeping with the Ulster County Beekeepers Association (10-5) Mushrooms at Home – Peter LaValle, Ulster County Mushroom Producer, Platte Creek Maple Farm, will provide information about tips and techniques for growing mushrooms. (mushrooms available for sale) (10-4) Tap those trees! Maple Syrup Production Information – Chris Genson, Platte Creek Maple Farm (maple syrup available for sale) (10-4) Maple Candy Making Demonstrations and information – Jeanine and John Stockin, Lyonsville Sugar House (maple syrup and products available for sale) (10-4) Maple Cotton Candy! Cornell Cooperative Extension is selling maple cotton candy. Maple Cotton Candy is made with local maple syrup and contains no artificial colors or flavors! (10-6) Tractor Safety – Grant DeWitt, Ulster County 4-H program (10-5) Learn About Raising Back-yard Animals (chickens, goats, and horses) with Erin Campbell Craven, CCE Livestock Educator. (10-5) Cattle Barn Pumpkin Painting – Animals and Company 4-H Club (10-5) 4-H Youth Animal Exhibits, 4-H Clubs: Foxfire, Growing Up Green, Capricious Kids, Animals and Company, 4-H Animal Squad (10-5) 4-H Youth Club Activities, 4-H Clubs: Nature Lovers, Epic Explorers, CHAT (10-5) Horse Barn Draft Horses – Hudson Valley Draft Horse As-

sociation (10-4) Wool Room Your Fiber Journey! We will be demonstrating the entire process from sheep to finished products- all steps will be hands on for festival goers to try! Come play with fiber and meet local fiber artists, enthusiasts, farmers, and guild members. Our large porch will be dedicated to housing all our local Hudson Valley Fiber Community. The shop will have raw materials as well as finished products for you to enjoy. Please visit! Activities: Fleece on display straight from the sheep; Hand Carding and machine carding; Spinning Wheels and Spindles- Making Yarn!; Wet and Needle felting for KIDS and Adults; Weaving Looms; Knitting And Crochet. Finished Products and Raw materials will be available! (10-8)

1:00-2:00 Horticulture Getting Started with Chickens Class ($20 fee) Are you the only home on your block without a flock - did your kids go to farm camp, and are now begging for a pet chicken? Come learn the ins and outs of starting your own home flock for eggs or meat. Instructor: Erin Campbell-Craven, CCEUC Livestock Community Educator. Youth Building Growing Grapes – Do you have visions of starting a vineyard? Jim O’Connell, CCE Regional Fruit Program Educator will be available to make recommendations to help increase your success. Learn about how to choose a site, pruning, varieties and pest and disease management. Tractor Safety Demonstration (field next to the Youth Building) – Grant DeWitt, Ulster County 4-H Program Tractor Safety Program. Learn about ATV Safety from Ulster County Sheriff ’s Office – Deputy Paul Costa and DEC Officer John Helmeyer (1-5) Pie Sale – Help support the Relatives as Parents

UlsterCorps will celebrate local volunteers

LSTERCORPS’ SECOND ANNUAL ULSTER VOLunteers Day, honoring local volunteers, will be a significant event at the Hudson Valley Harvest Festival. Volunteers from Cornell Cooperative Extension Ulster County, Family of Woodstock, UlsterCorps, emergency responders and other honorees from Ulster County service agencies will be celebrated for everything they do. The Volunteer Recognition Ceremony on the festival main stage – the Harvest Stage – will take place at 2 p.m. this Saturday, September 21. If it rains, the ceremony will take place at the same time of day the next day. Guests of honor will join up at the UlsterCorps pavilion immediately after the ceremony for complimentary refreshments and to meet with other local volunteers. As a gesture of appreciation, volunteers nominated by agencies will also receive free admission to the festival – and a chance to win the raffle prizes donated by local businesses. “This event was inspired by Sam Magarelli and the Woodstock Volunteers Day Committee, who have held an annual town picnic for nine years to honor their volunteers,” explained UlsterCorps director Beth McLendon. Volunteers are important to UlsterCorps, a nonpartisan, county-wide group dedicated to fostering a culture of volunteerism, collaboration and service. Based in Stone Ridge, UlsterCorps manages a comprehensive website that works as a jobs board for people interested in local volunteer opportunities. “UlsterCorps thought this would be a wonderful way to say thank you to all of the people who give of their time throughout the year,” McLendon added. The group’s first county-wide event, held last year at Epworth Center in High Falls, commemorated the September 11th National Day of Service and Remembrance. “We were honored and humbled to have both survivors and volunteers from 9/11 in attendance,” McLendon said. Sam Magarelli of the Woodstock Volunteers

Day Committee was among the guests of honor at the inaugural event. “The event was a great day with spectacular weather along with musicians, helpers, restaurants, supporters, friends and congressman Maurice Hinchey,” Magarelli said. “The date of this first annual Ulster Volunteers Day was chosen to respect America’s National Day of Service, and it was a splendid idea.” Steve Casa, another guest of honor and a dedicated community volunteer who helped organize the Flood Aid project, said: “I know that I feel the need to give of myself for the greater good and

these actions not only enhance the lives of others, but they also enhance mine.” Former congressman Hinchey honored UlsterCorps with a certificate of special congressional recognition for its work in fostering the culture of volunteerism in communities throughout Ulster County. To help out with this year’s Ulster Volunteers Day or get more information, please visit the UlsterCorps website at www.ulstercorps. org, contact volunteer@ulstercorps.org, or call 481-0331.

September 2013 Hudson Valley Harvest Festival Program. Homemade Pies will be available for sale (12-2) Geocaching Scavenger Hunt – organized by Growing Up Green 4-H Club (10-5) Guess the Weight of the Giant Pumpkin - entry forms available for sale in the youth building information desk, giant pumpkin is located outside between the youth building and the Horse Barn. Everyone who guesses the correct weight will will win a package of pumpkin seeds and be placed in a drawing to win 50% of the proceeds. $0.25 per entry 5 entries for a $1.00. (Winners to be announced Sunday at 4:00pm) (10-3) Purchase tickets for Bessie Bingo – $5 entry forms available for sale in the youth building information desk. Choose the correct square, win 50% of the proceeds. Bessie Bingo Game to be held each day at 3:00, outside the Youth Building. (10-3) Harvest Festival Photography Show and Sale – Over 30 pictures with the theme of “Agriculture in Ulster County” (10-8) Learn about Bees and Beekeeping with the Ulster County Beekeepers Association (10-5) Mushrooms at Home – Peter LaValle, Ulster County Mushroom Producer, Platte Creek Maple Farm, will provide information about tips and techniques for growing mushrooms. (mushrooms available for sale) (10-4) Tap those trees! Maple Syrup Production Information – Chris Genson, Platte Creek Maple Farm (maple syrup available for sale) (10-4) Maple Candy Making Demonstrations and information – Jeanine and John Stockin, Lyonsville Sugar House (maple syrup and products available for sale) (10-4) Maple Cotton Candy! Cornell Cooperative Extension is selling maple cotton candy. Maple Cotton Candy is made with local maple syrup and contains no artificial colors or flavors! (10-4) Learn About Raising Backyard Animals (chickens, goats, and horses) (10-5)

50% of the proceeds. Bessie Bingo Game to be held each day at 3:00, outside the Youth Building. (10-3) Harvest Festival Photography Show and Sale – Over 30 pictures with the theme of “Agriculture in Ulster County” (10-4) Learn about Bees and Beekeeping with the Ulster County Beekeepers Association (10-5) Mushrooms at Home – Peter LaValle, Ulster County Mushroom Producer, Platte Creek Maple Farm, will provide information about tips and techniques for growing mushrooms. (mushrooms available for sale) (10-4) Tap those trees! Maple Syrup Production Information – Chris Genson, Platte Creek Maple Farm (maple syrup available for sale) (10-4) Maple Candy Making Demonstrations and information – Jeanine and John Stockin, Lyonsville Sugar House (maple syrup and products available for sale) (10-4) Maple Cotton Candy! Cornell Cooperative Extension is selling maple cotton candy. Maple Cotton Candy is made with local maple syrup and contains no artificial colors or flavors! (10-4) Tractor Safety – Grant DeWitt, Ulster County 4-H program (10-5) Learn About Raising Back-yard Animals (chickens, goats, and horses) with Erin Campbell Craven, CCE Livestock Educator. (10-5)

Cattle Barn Pumpkin Painting – Animals and Company 4-H Club (10-5) 4-H Youth Animal Exhibits, 4-H Clubs: Foxfire, Growing Up Green, Capricious Kids, Animals and Company, 4-H Animal Squad (10-5) 4-H Youth Club Activities, 4-H Clubs: Nature Lovers, Epic Explorers, CHAT (10-5)

Horse Barn Draft Horses – Hudson Valley Draft Horse Association (10-4) Wool Room Your Fiber Journey! We will be demonstrating the entire process from sheep to finished products- all steps will be hands on for festival goers to try! Come play with fiber and meet local fiber artists, enthusiasts, farmers, and guild members. Our large porch will be dedicated to housing all our local Hudson Valley Fiber Community. The shop will have raw materials as well as finished products for you to enjoy. Please visit! Activities: Fleece on display straight from the sheep; Hand Carding and machine carding; Spinning Wheels and Spindles- Making Yarn!; Wet and Needle felting for KIDS and Adults; Weaving Looms; Knitting And Crochet. Finished Products and Raw materials will be available! (10-8)

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Horse Arena Sheepdog herding demonstration by Gary Kleppel of Longfield Farm (demonstration will be located at the horse arena across Libertyville Rd.)

Horticulture Make Your Own Apple Pomander Ball Class ($20 fee) Step back in time and create a fragrant natural room and closet freshener known in the Middle Ages as pomme d’ambre (apple of amber) or as we know it an apple pomander. After you stud an apple with fresh whole cloves it will be rolled in a mixture of spices and fixative that will preserve the fruit for years to come. Enjoy its fragrance and beauty or give it as a holiday gift. Instructor: Deanna Young, CCEUC Nutrition Educator. This is an adult or older youth activity, but a young child can accompany an adult as an “assistant”. In order for the fruit to be preserved indefinitely it must be filled entirely with cloves. Materials will be supplied and enough cloves will be given to complete the project at home if necessary.

Youth Building Last Chance to Enter Guess the Weight of the Giant Pumpkin - entry forms available for sale in the youth building information desk, giant pumpkin is located outside between the youth building and the Horse Barn. Everyone who guesses the correct weight will win a package of pumpkin seeds and be placed in a drawing to win 50% of the proceeds. $0.25 per entry 5 entries for a $1.00. (Winners to be announced Sunday at 4:00pm) Learn about ATV Safety from Ulster County Sheriff ’s Office – Deputy Paul Costa and DEC Officer John Helmeyer (1-5) Geocaching Scavenger Hunt – organized by Growing Up Green 4-H Club (10-5) Purchase tickets for Bessie Bingo – $5 entry forms available for sale in the youth building information desk. Choose the correct square, win

Youth Building Bessie Bingo! Bessie will be released onto the bingo board outside of the Youth Building. Turtle Sprouts with Kristin Frangione, CCE Ulster County 4-H Educator – Creating a Turtle Sprout is an easy, fun and accessible activity that introduces children to the world of plants. Learn about ATV Safety from Ulster County Sheriff ’s Office – Deputy Paul Costa and DEC Officer John Helmeyer (1-5) Geocaching Scavenger Hunt – organized by Growing Up Green 4-H Club (10-5) Harvest Festival Photography Show and Sale – Over 30 pictures with the theme of “Agriculture in Ulster County” (10-4) Learn about Bees and Beekeeping with the Ulster County Beekeepers Association (10-5) Mushrooms at Home – Peter LaValle, Ulster

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County Mushroom Producer, Platte Creek Maple Farm, will provide information about tips and techniques for growing mushrooms. (mushrooms available for sale) (10-4) Tap those trees! Maple Syrup Production Information – Chris Genson, Platte Creek Maple Farm (maple syrup available for sale) (10-4) Maple Candy Making Demonstrations and information – Jeanine and John Stockin, Lyonsville Sugar House (maple syrup and products available for sale) (10-4) Last Chance for Maple Cotton Candy! Cornell Cooperative Extension is selling maple cotton candy. Maple Cotton Candy is made with local maple syrup and contains no artificial colors or flavors! (10-4) Tractor Safety – Grant DeWitt, Ulster County 4-H program (10-5) Learn About Raising Back-yard Animals (chickens, goats, and horses) with Erin Campbell Craven, CCE Livestock Educator. (10-5) Cattle Barn Pumpkin Painting – Animals and Company 4-H Club (10-5) 4-H Youth Animal Exhibits, 4-H Clubs: Foxfire, Growing Up Green, Capricious Kids, Animals and Company, 4-H Animal Squad (10-5) 4-H Youth Club Activities, 4-H Clubs: Nature Lovers, Epic Explorers, CHAT (10-5) Horse Barn Draft Horses – Hudson Valley Draft Horse Association (10-4) Wool Room Your Fiber Journey! We will be demonstrating the entire process from sheep to finished products- all steps will be hands on for festival goers to try! Come play with fiber and meet local fiber artists, enthusiasts, farmers, and guild members. Our large porch will be dedicated to housing all our local Hudson Valley Fiber Community. The shop will have raw materials as well as finished products for you to enjoy. Please visit! Activities: Fleece on display straight from the sheep; Hand Carding and machine carding; Spinning Wheels and Spindles- Making Yarn!; Wet and Needle felting for KIDS and Adults; Weaving Looms; Knitting And Crochet. Finished Products and Raw materials will be available! (10-8)

4:00-5:00 Youth Building Winner Announced for Guess the Weight of the Giant Pumpkin Contest! Learn about ATV Safety from Ulster County Sheriff ’s Office – Deputy Paul Costa and DEC Officer John Helmeyer (1-5) Geocaching Scavenger Hunt – organized by Growing Up Green 4-H Club (10-5) Harvest Festival Photography Show and Sale – Over 30 pictures with the theme of “Agriculture in Ulster County” (Pick up purchased pictures) Learn about Bees and Beekeeping with the Ulster County Beekeepers Association (10-5) Youth Bldg. Tractor Safety – Grant DeWitt, Ulster County 4-H program (10-5) Learn About Raising Back-yard Animals (chickens, goats, and horses) with Erin Campbell Craven, CCE Livestock Educator. Cattle Barn Pumpkin Painting – Animals and Company 4-H Club (10-5) 4-H Youth Animal Exhibits, 4-H Clubs: Foxfire, Growing Up Green, Capricious Kids, Animals and Company, 4-H Animal Squad (10-5) 4-H Youth Club Activities, 4-H Clubs: Nature Lovers, Epic Explorers, CHAT (10-5) Wool Room Your Fiber Journey! We will be demonstrating the entire process from sheep to finished products- all steps will be hands on for festival goers to try! Come play with fiber and meet local fiber artists, enthusiasts, farmers, and guild members. Our large porch will be dedicated to housing all our local Hudson Valley Fiber Community. The shop will have raw materials as well as finished products for you to enjoy. Please visit! Activities: Fleece on display straight from the sheep; Hand Carding and machine carding; Spinning Wheels and Spindles- Making Yarn!; Wet and Needle felting for KIDS and Adults; Weaving Looms; Knitting And Crochet. Finished Products and Raw materials will be available! (10-8)

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Special events will entertain and educate

HROUGHOUT BOTH DAYS OF HUDSON VALLEY Harvest Festival, visitors can look forward to not just good food and music, but also to learning, contests and fun. Scattered among the music stages and farmers’ market booths at the Ulster County Fairgrounds are useful classes, the Cupcake Contest and even a Photo Contest. Here’s some information about those special events.

The classes Learn some great new skills at the harvest festival. Educators from Cornell Cooperative Extension Ulster County will offer fun and informative classes on both days in the Horticulture Building. Learn how to make jams and jellies, cook in a Dutch oven, gain facts on organics, learn pickling and food preservation methods, make your very own apple pomander ball and learn how to start your very own back yard poultry flock. Each class is $20 in advance – which includes all class materials and an admission ticket to the harvest festival – or $20 at the door. Space is limited for these classes, and pre-registration is strongly encouraged. If you’re reading this prior to getting to the festival, contact Liz Higgins at 340-3990 for information. Planning early can save you money. If you register in advance the cost will be $30 for any two classes on the same day and $40 for all three classes (including admission to the festival). The Full Harvest Festival Education Package is only $75, which includes two days of admission to the festival and entry to all six classes – a $55 savings over the individual price for classes purchased at the festival. CCEUC Festival Workshop Schedule Saturday, Sept. 21 11 a.m. to noon – “Jams and Jellies” Learn tips and techniques on making jam and jelly successfully and safely. Instructor: Alma Rodriguez, CCEUC Food Preservation Expert. 1 to 2 p.m. – “What is Organic?” Have you ever wondered what it is that makes organic produce different than non-organic produce? Are you curious about how organic farmers manage weeds, diseases and pests? Instructor: Emily Cook, CCEUC vegetable production educator and former organic farmer, will help explain the label and answer questions about organic production. 3 to 4 p.m. – “Cooking with a Dutch Oven” Learn how to prepare meals and cook in a castiron Dutch oven using wood chips or coal outdoors. Participants will learn how to season a new Dutch oven, prepare a fire and cook at the right temperature one-pot meals such as rabbit stew, chicken, leek and potato soup, and corn bread with sausage, broccoli and cheese, among other recipes. Class includes a taste testing of one of the recipes and free handouts. Instructor: Arthur Zaczkiewicz, CCEUC Nutri-

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Since 2009 the Rondout Valley Growers Farm to Food Pantry Program has gathered more than 150,000 pounds of fresh produce donated by local farmers and delivered to local food pantries with the assistance of Family of Woodstock, Inc. Pictured right to left are Fabia Wargin and Lynda Wells of the Farm to Food Pantry Program along with volunteer Katherine Gould-Martin. tion Program Leader Sunday, Sept. 22 11 a.m. to noon – “Pickles and Preserves” Learn to make safe and delicious pickles out of a wide array of produce from your garden or the market. Instructor: Janie Greenwald, CCEUC Nutrition Educator and Food Preservation Expert. 1 to 2 p.m. – “Getting Started with Chickens” Are you the only home on your block without a flock? Did your kids go to farm camp, and are now begging for a pet chicken? Come learn the ins and outs of starting your own home flock for eggs or meat. Instructor: Erin Campbell-Craven, CCEUC Livestock Community Educator. 3 to 4 p.m. – “Make Your Own Apple Pomander Ball” Step back in time and create a fragrant natural room and closet freshener known in the Middle Ages as pomme d’ambre (apple of amber) or as we know it an apple pomander. After you stud an apple with fresh whole cloves it will be rolled in a mixture of spices and fixative that will preserve the fruit for years to come. Enjoy its fragrance and beauty or give it as a holiday gift. Instructor: Deanna Young, CCEUC Nutrition Educator. This is an adult or older youth activity, but a young child can accompany an adult as an “assistant.” In order for the fruit to be preserved indefinitely it must be filled entirely with cloves. Materials will be supplied and enough cloves will be given to complete the project at home if necessary. Competitive cupcakes and pies Break out your best baking recipes and fire up the oven. Cornell Cooperative Extension of Ulster County will be accepting entries for their Baking Contest happening at the Hudson Valley Harvest Festival. Again, if you’re reading this early before the festival, Liz Higgins at 340-3990 or email emh56@cornell.edu for more info. Pie-Baking Contest Saturday, Sept21 (only) Bring pies for judging by 11 a.m. to the 4-H Youth Building. All pies must be in a disposable pie plate and accompanied by a recipe. Pies will be judged on overall appearance, crust and taste. Prizes will be awarded to the best in each category. Categories for Pie Baking Contest: Best Fruit Pie (made by an adult). Best Fruit Pie (made by youth 16 and under). Best use of Seasonal Vegetables (made by an adult).

Best use of Seasonal Vegetables (made by youth 16 and under). Weird but Good! (made by an adult). Weird but Good! (made by youth 16 and under). Leftover slices of pie will be sold at the bake sale starting at noon. All proceeds will benefit Cornell Cooperative Extension of Ulster County’s community education programs. Cupcake Baking Contest Sunday, Sept. 22 (only) Bring six cupcakes for judging by 11 a.m. to the 4-H Youth Building. All cupcakes must be in a disposable container (cannot return pans) and accompanied by a recipe. Cupcakes will be judged on overall appearance and taste. Prizes will be awarded to the best in each category. Categories for Cupcake Contest: Best Tasting Cupcake (made by an adult). Best Tasting Frosting (made by youth 16 and under). Best Decorated Cupcake (made by an adult). Best Decorated Cupcake (made by youth 16 and under). Best Seasonal Cupcake (made by an adult). Best Seasonal Cupcake (made by youth 16 and under). Ugly but Tasty Cupcake (made by an adult). Ugly but Tasty Cupcake (made by youth 16 and under). Most Fun Appearance (made by an adult). Most Fun Appearance (made by youth 16 and under). Leftover cupcakes will be sold at the 4-H snack bar bake sale starting at noon. All proceeds will benefit Cornell Cooperative Extension of Ulster County’s community education programs. Must-see photography While the deadline for photographers hoping to enter this competition will have long passed by the time you read this program, festival-goers and photography fans can head to the Youth Building to see the crafted images of rural, agricultural Ulster County. Cornell Cooperative Extension of Ulster County gathered the original photographs highlighting agriculture to determine the top three photographs and the best photo by a child under 16.Those photos will be selected to be in the 2014 Cornell Cooperative Extension Ulster County Calendar. Photographs will be on display on both Saturday and Sunday. Photographers who did submit an entry can pick up their photos at the festival, from 4 to 5 p.m. on Sunday. Or they can pick them up later at the CCEUC office in Kingston.

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An insider’s look at Family of New Paltz By Paul Brown

PALTZ, WHERE HUDSON VALLEY HARVEST Festival will be held, has a special relationship to Family of Woodstock Inc. It hosts one of the institution’s branches, Family of New Paltz. Family has built a base of support in New Paltz and has become one of the town’s most beloved charities. New Paltzians’ generosity and compassion is shown by the support they provide for the work of Family of New Paltz: our local food bank, free store, crisis hotline and walk-in center. From a converted private home located on North Chestnut Street, a few blocks north of Main Street, Family carries out amazing work quietly and efficiently. Some of the many programs offered by Family include:

nity Supported Agriculture members who bring fresh fruits and vegetables into Family throughout the summer and fall.

Food bank, free store and daily bread program A well-dressed man carrying a backpack walks into Family with his nine-year-old child and says, “I need help.” He tells the volunteer who greets him that, due to a major medical crisis and lack of health insurance, he is financially strapped until his Social Security disability check arrives in two weeks. He has come to the right place. Since 1975, literally thousands of individuals and families have walked through the door of Family to add to or draw on the items in the food bank and free store. No day goes by without someone coming in with a donation of food, clothing or household item and someone else coming in who needs to draw on the supply. For the many hard-working volunteers working under the able direction of director Kathy Cartagena and assistant director Icilma Lewis, there is much to do each day of a routine nature. Food packages have to be prepared, clothes sorted for the free store, and household items placed on the tables in front of the reception desk. In any given month, an average of more than 300 individuals and families are able to count on food packages containing protein, carbohydrates, canned fruits and vegetables, breakfast cereals and – for those with young children – peanut butter and jelly. These packages will provide meals for at least three days for each person in the household. The registration process is simple and confidential. Over the years, many recipients of the free food packages have been able to resolve their health and financial setbacks and are now faithful contributors to the food bank. Imagine a dependable, friendly hometown bank where the transactions taking place involve food, clothing and emotional support rather than money. While food packages are limited to a once-amonth “withdrawal,” people in need can drop by any day between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. to pick up free bread, a cool bottle of water or item of clothing and peruse the constantly changing displays of household goods and gently used toys. Local bakeries and supermarkets generously donate hundreds of loaves of bread and other baked goods each week. Volunteers make the pick-ups and deliver the bread to Family on a regular basis. With most loaves costing between $3 and $4, this simple food recycling program makes a significant difference in the lives of those who visit Family each day. Stocking enough high-quality protein is always a challenge for food banks, but a new program started by a group of New Paltz High School students enrolled in the Participation in Government course has made a big difference. The students began by visiting local restaurants and catering services and telling them of the need for protein and, as of the last count, eight local eateries had signed up to participate in the Restaurant Support Network. This involves an annual commitment to contribute ten pounds of meat or poultry once a month, and now ensures that 80 pounds of high-quality protein is available for distribution to needy individuals and families every month. With recent cutbacks in federal and state funding, what began as a supplemental program last year is now a major part of the food bank program. During this harvest season, one is reminded of the generous network of local farms and Commu-

The crisis hotline and walk-in support program A woman calls Family’s crisis hotline and says she has some concerns about a man she is dating. As the conversation progresses she acknowledges that she is afraid he will hurt her physically. She has called the right number. Family’s volunteers receive over 40 hours of initial training, followed by required continuing education. This prepares them to staff the crisis hotlines and offer help to anyone who walks through the door, help that is specific to their needs. The small printed card describing Family’s services simply says: “If you’ve got a problem … call us before it becomes a crisis.” What type of calls might a volunteer field on a given day? Well, the list on the card includes: loneliness; depression; child abuse; domestic violence; rape; drugs; alcohol; AIDS; runaways; parenting; unemployment; child care; emergency housing; food and clothing. Following training, volunteers are eased into whatever level of activity and service with which they feel comfortable. They are trained, guided and coached by Kathy, Icilma and experienced volunteers. Family really is a family in so many ways. Those staffing the phone lines are basically “information-first responders” and provide the names and contact information of approximately 200 agencies located in the mid-Hudson that have the professional expertise to assist those in need. Family of Woodstock, the parent non-profit organization of the New Paltz walk-in center, also employs many experienced caseworkers who follow up on referrals made by those answering the phones in New Paltz. Devoted and compassionate case workers provide troubled adolescent assistance services and counseling for those needing help to leave abusive relationships and a safe place to stay during a time of crisis. Training and skill development A single mother of two, who has escaped an abusive relationship, shares with her caseworker her dream of working in an office one day – rather than as a food server or cleaner. She is sharing her dream with the right organization. In years past, this single mother would have been referred to a regional or state agency equipped to provide some type of employment training; however, without a car and access to child care, she would not have been able to take advantage of such training. Earlier this year, Kathy Cartagena added a new service to her annual strategic plan. Kathy’s vision was to help single mothers develop keyboarding

and word-processing skills sufficient to enter an internship experience in an office environment, leading hopefully to part-time employment and perhaps extending to full-time as their children got older. A team of volunteers is now involved in transforming this vision into reality, and early this fall the first “students” will begin their keyboarding and office skills training sessions through the able assistance of volunteer “teacher-helpers.” Looking to the future A few months ago, the New Paltz Community Foundation approached Kathy Cartagena with an offer to help, and Kathy told them that her building was falling down. For the past 20 years, tight budgets and harsh economic realities have forced tough choices where serving community needs has always trumped much needed upkeep and maintenance of the 100-plus-year-old former residence that houses Family. And it showed. Falling ceilings, peeling wallpaper, chipped paint and uneven floors contributed to a less than perfect environment in which to help people who already have more than enough reason to feel depressed and anxious. With an initial gift of $30,000 and a fundraising drive that stimulated community donations of an additional $30,000, the New Paltz Community Foundation has begun a top-to-bottom renovation of the building. This fall the internal renovation will be completed under the expert guidance of local builder and foundation board member George Sifre. Soon after that, attention will be turned to the roof, siding, windows and other much needed external improvements. Dozens of local builders and companies have signed up to provide the labor and materials needed to achieve the transformation. The renovation has already begun to lift the spirit of volunteers and clients alike, and a celebration of the completion of the first phase of the project is slated for this fall.

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The odd couple Family and Cooperative Extension discover that they play well together By Arthur Zaczkiewicz

AMILY OF WOODSTOCK AND

CORNELL COOPerative Extension of Ulster County are both 501c3, non-profit organizations serving the Ulster County community. Both are grassroots community organizations that count on scores of volunteers to complement their paid staff, as they will at the Hudson Valley Harvest Festival at the county fairgrounds on September 21 and 22. Both have illustrious histories. But these partners have very different organizational cultures related to their very different missions. Family serves the community by providing interventions for the homeless, people suffering from substance abuse, victims of domestic violence and troubled youth. Family offers counseling and case management and contract with a host of county, state and federal agencies. It provides shelters, transitional housing and support groups throughout Ulster County. It also boasts the longest-running help hotline in the nation, a number familiar to tens of thousands of local residents: 679-2485. The range of its services is suggested by one of its former slogans: “For any problem under the sun.” Cornell Cooperative Extension of Ulster County (CCEUC) serves the community by offering education programs. CCEUC prides itself on helping people by helping them learn how to help themselves. It’s based on prevention, not intervention. CCEUC’s menu of programs includes youth development, nutrition education, creating healthy communities, and varied agriculture, horticulture and gardening programs. It also runs the Ashokan watershed stream management program, Healthy Kingston for Kids, and the Relatives as Parents Program (RAPP). These differences in mission lead to different perspectives on organizational culture. Family is often caricatured as a kind of a laid-back, “take it as it comes” liberal organization that is scrappy, frugal and passionate – with deep roots in its origin in Woodstock. Yeah, like hippies and right brain. CCEUC is passionate, too, but its roots are in Cornell University’s connection to the agricultural community. Compared with Family, it’s more conservative and traditional. It likes to think of its culture as scientific, precise and evidence-based. More left brain. These agencies partnering on this harvest festival is sort of an odd marriage, right? It’s like Steely Dan (CCEUC) sharing the stage with the Grateful Dead (Family). Working seamlessly Does Michael Berg, executive director of Family, agree with these broad-brush organizational portrayals? “If by that you mean two titans of the community have partnered to raise money and provide a fun day of activities for the whole family, then yes,” he responds. Lydia Reidy, executive director of CCEUC, acknowledges that the two agencies are vastly different from a cultural perspective – as well as from how they serve the community. “We both function quite differently, but our staffs and our volunteers, which we both heavily rely upon, are exceptionally passionate and dedicated to the work.” And there are other ways in which the two are not poles apart. “Family’s programs have for many years relied on Cornell educators to instruct individuals in our shelters and more recently have collaborated on Healthy Kingston initiatives,” Berg points out. The agencies surprised themselves by how easily they meshed for last year’s harvest festival. “When the two groups got together for the first time, there were reservations and hesitancies whether this would work,” Berg says. “We found that while the two agencies have distinct cultures,

Lydia Reidy, executive director of CCEUC and Michael Berg, executive director of Family.

the collaboration was comfortable, equitable and enjoyable for both groups. By the time the first event was done [last year], a great camaraderie and commitment was evident in both staffs.” Reidy saw that camaraderie last year. “Staff and volunteers from both organizations worked seamlessly together,” Reidy reports. “As a result we had a successful event. And I expect this year to be the same.” It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to divine the symbiotic relationship between agriculture and food. Berg says Family approached CCEUC because “we recognize that it is the lead agency in supporting the agricultural community and in educating the community about the importance of farming.” Since its beginnings, Family has provided emergency food to individuals struggling with food insecurity, Berg says, and “more recently, in distributing thousands of pounds of vegetables donated by the Rondout Valley Growers and other local farmers to food pantries and feeding programs throughout the county.” The evolution of agriculture Reidy sees that same connection. The Hudson Valley is uniquely positioned to address food insecurity issues. “Ulster County has a rich agricultural past,” Reidy explains. “And it continues to evolve. We have commercial fruit and vegetable growers, livestock farmers and a growing number of dairy producers as well. There are an increasing number of small organic farms, and food processors such as Hudson Valley Co-Packing as well as numerous farmers’ markets -- all of which can help address the food needs of the region.” There’s almost always something to be said for working together. “On another level, coordinating a successful event like the harvest festival requires tremendous energy and would have been a daunting task for either agency to entertain independently,” Berg says. CCEUC is currently celebrating its 100th anniversary. Reidy notes how agriculture has been

embedded in the mission of the organization since its beginnings. Berg says Family wanted to hold a fundraising event “to acknowledge the local farmers and provide quality activities for the whole family.” Supporting local But there is another aspect of the event, according to Reidy and Berg: to spotlight the importance of all things “local,” from music and art to farming and food. “Supporting local is important for many reasons,” Berg says. “It certainly is the case that the closer one’s food is to where it is grown, the healthier and better-tasting it is. By promoting our local economy, we are increasing diversity, improving the economic health of the community as a whole, ensuring local jobs, and in general promoting a healthy community.” Community development is anchored into the mission of CCEUC through various programs. CCEUC educates people on how to stretch their food dollars, to make simple improvements to their homes to save thousands of dollars on their energy bills each year, and how to focus on their health and reduce medical costs. But there are challenges to these missions. “We are, unfortunately, too aware of the lack of adequate employment, high cost of housing, and the degree to which many of our neighbors are struggling,” Berg says. “Buying local is an effort to address these issues: to promote local jobs, increase the income of local families. While there are huge issues throughout the world, a healthy community starts by taking care of its own and creating a base in which it can help other communities.” “It’s clear that organizations can no longer operate as islands in the present economy,” Reidy says. “Both Family and CCEUC are dealing with that reality. This partnership is an outgrowth of this reality, and we’re both the better for it. And, more importantly, the community of Ulster County will benefit from it as well.”

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Highlights for kids and families By Erica Chase-Salerno

RATBOY JR. GETS TO the spirit of the Second Annual Hudson Valley Harvest Festival better than anyone with this lyric: “Go to a farmstand or grow your own. Buy food at the store or have chickens at home.” Live music has become a huge focus in the HVHF’s second year, one of four main elements kids and families will experience in 2013. Expect also a huge variety of hands-on fun and educational activities for all ages, a celebration of local volunteers as guests of honor, and a giant, bountiful farmers’ market highlighting fresh produce and other locally made products. Not only is the 2013 festival bigger and grander than last year’s inaugural event, but for kids twelve and under it’s also cheaper. It doesn’t get any cheaper than free. Ratboy Jr. is one of more than 40 bands performing this year, and the festival’s expanded musical offerings are a boon for families who love live music for all ages. The three stages of performers include The Paul Green Rock Academy, The Sweet Clementines, The Trapps, Lindsey Webster Band, Shaktipat, and Yard Sale. To catch your favorites, flip to the band schedule and music article in this program to learn more. The two-day festival is packed with activities for kids and families. How about submitting an entry for the Pie Baking Contest on Saturday? Categories for youth 16 and under include Best Fruit Pie, Best Use of Seasonal Vegetables, and Weird but Good! Tempting, no? On Sunday, check out the Cupcake Baking Contest. Categories for youth 16 and under include Best Tasting Frosting, Best Decorated Cupcake, Best Seasonal Cupcake, Ugly but Tasty Cupcake, and Most Fun Appearance. All submissions are due on their respective days in disposable containers, accompanied by their recipes, at the 4-H building by 11 a.m.. Leftovers will be sold at the 4-H snack-bar bake sale after noon. Got a shutterbug in the family? All ages were eligible to contribute toward the Harvest Festival Photo Contest: the theme is Agriculture in Ulster County. For kids interested in photography, the contest is bound to inspire. Prizes will be awarded to the top three photos and the best photo by a youth under 16. ERHAPS LOCAL KINDIE DUO

“Everything is wonderful including the dirt. You can tell the fun we had by the stains on our shirt.” – Ratboy Jr.

HUDSON VALLEY HARVEST FESTIVAL lies in the creative ways it connects the local community with the local land, and people with each other. Ever wondered what the top two varieties of apples grown in New York State are? (It’s Empire and Macintosh.) In the Youth Building, discovering that Ulster County is the second-largest applegrowing county in New York will become more personal to kids when sampling new apple varieties. Taste-testing grapes helps expand awareness of this crop in our area. Subtle differences in the palate are fun to discover. In the Wool Room, this year’s theme is “Your Fiber Journey.” Witnessing the full transformation of wool fleece into yarn by watching the mesmerizing twists and turns of the spinning wheel and spindle makes the connection between sheep and sweaters. Squeezing and shaping a mass of wool in wet felting, or feeling the satisfying punch of needle felting are sensory=rich ways to experience fiber arts. There will also be handspun, hand-knit and crocheted items for sale. Festivalgoers can also watch beekeeping demonstrations, sample maple sugar cotton candy and learn creative ways to use local produce in healthy recipes. Whitney Hall of the Ulster County Handspinners Guild says, “They won’t even know it’s educational, it’s so fun.” The crafts in the Cattle Barn and Show Ring are another fun all-ages component of the festival, offering spin art, stained-glass pumpkins, Harvest Festival tee-shirt making, and face painting. Saturday’s classic car show will be followed by HE HEART OF THE

the Touch-a-Truck event on Sunday. From 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., children can view, touch and sit in police vehicles, an ambulance, an antique fire truck. For the bouncy at heart, there will be a place to jump and more. A special horn-free hour to support families with special sensitivities takes place from 11 a.m. to noon. During the Touch-a-Truck event, the New Paltz Police Department will offer free childseat safety checks as well as free car seats. The 4-H Fall Festival runs concurrently with the Harvest Festival on Saturday from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. 4-H clubs will have representatives available to speak with interested youths during that time. “We are planning to build on the fun and educational activities we offered last year and invite Ulster County residents to come check out what 4-H has to offer county youth and county residents,” says Melanie Forstrom, Ulster County 4-H issue leader at Cornell Cooperative Extension. Join a GPS quest, learn about healthy eating through youth presentations, and spend some time with farm animals, such as draft horses, poultry, rabbits and goats. See a demonstration by a working sheepdog. To learn more about Ulster County 4-H youth programs, visit http://www. cceulster.org. The recognition of local volunteers is an inspiring addition to the Harvest Festival this year. If you have ever wondered if one person can make a difference, you and your family might feel drawn to

this portion of the event. UlsterCorps’ new U-Team is among those being honored for their gleaning work, the practice of harvesting remainder produce. The efforts of these volunteers get valuable, nutritious seasonal food where it is needed most: food pantries and soup kitchens throughout the county. What a great springboard for a family discussion about volunteer work and citizenship. To learn more, flip to the UlsterCorps article in this program or visit http://www.ulstercorps.org. Families can continue the festival celebration at home through the huge onsite farmers’ market which weaves together all of the experiences at the festival. Families can look together for foods highlighted in the cooking demonstrations or that they saw featured in the pie contest, or do their best Bugs Bunny impressions while gnawing on a fresh carrot with greens still attached. Supporting our local growers is one of the healthiest things we can do. As you know, the Hudson Valley Harvest Festival takes place at the Ulster County Fairgrounds on Libertyville Road on new Paltz, a navigable venue for families with young children or individuals with special needs. The large Youth Building and Cattle Barn and Show Ring offer shelter from sun and inclement weather. If you or your child needs a break, the presence of animals to watch or interact with can be calming and nourishing. With so many crafts and interactive exhibits available, children are encouraged to do some form of artistic expression that can prove a valuable release.

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