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Pine Plains farm donates food raised
Oct 23, 2015 12:03 am
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From Skyhighfarm.net[/caption]Andrew Amelinckx in Modern Farmer reports about Sky High Farm in Pine Plains, where the produce and meat are donated to New York City food banks. Amelinckx writes, "In 2013, their first year, the farm produced a little less than 2,000 pounds of produce. The following year they grew to 6,000 pounds of produce and about 4,000 pounds of beef. This year, under the guidance of farm manager Sam Rose, they have doubled the farm’s output, providing about 12,000 pounds of produce, 5,000 pounds of beef, and 3,000 pounds of pork to those in need." Artist Dan Cohen is applying for nonprofit status for the farm. “I intended only to turn an old barn into a sculpture studio, which I did,” he says, but, “it started to feel wasteful to have all the land—like all it really was was something to point at and say ‘that’s mine.'” Read the full story in Modern Farmer.
From Skyhighfarm.net[/caption]Andrew Amelinckx in Modern Farmer reports about Sky High Farm in Pine Plains, where the produce and meat are donated to New York City food banks. Amelinckx writes, "In 2013, their first year, the farm produced a little less than 2,000 pounds of produce. The following year they grew to 6,000 pounds of produce and about 4,000 pounds of beef. This year, under the guidance of farm manager Sam Rose, they have doubled the farm’s output, providing about 12,000 pounds of produce, 5,000 pounds of beef, and 3,000 pounds of pork to those in need." Artist Dan Cohen is applying for nonprofit status for the farm. “I intended only to turn an old barn into a sculpture studio, which I did,” he says, but, “it started to feel wasteful to have all the land—like all it really was was something to point at and say ‘that’s mine.'” Read the full story in Modern Farmer.