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 NEWS: FARM PRESS RELEASES & EVENT INFORMATION 2008
Press Release:

Pure Catskills Grant Recipients Announced, 4.29.10

Press Release:

USDA Funding to Improve Water Quality Available to Watershed Landowners and Farmers, 4.28.10

Press Release:

Pure Catskills Membership Open for 2010 Local Food Guide, 4.13.10

Registration:

Build a Farm Website in a Few Hours Workshop April 2 & 16, 3 .12.10

Registration:

Managing For Success Workshop March 24, 3.12.10

Registration:

No-Till Production Workshop March 10, 3.3.10

Press Release:

Farm to Market Connection, 3.2.10

Registration:

Farm to Market Connection registration and Workshop Schedule 3.1.10

Press Release:

Two Added to WAC Board of Directors in 2010, 2.25.10

Educational Tool:

9 Reasons to Buy Local rack card, 2.10.10

Educational Tool:

Composting brochure , 2.10.10

Educational Tool:

Whole Farm Planning in the Croton Watershed, 2.10.10

Educational Tool:

East of Hudson Program Participant Handbook, 2.10.10

Educational Tool:

East of Hudson Program Introductory rack card, 2.10.10

Mail-in Registration:

Advanced Dairy Calf Health & Nutrition Course, 12.31.09

Mail-in Registration:

Catskill Regional Dairy, Livestock & Grazing Conference, 12.31.09

Press Release:

Two Added to WAC Staff, 12.31.09

Press Release:

WAC Creates and Fills Two New Positions, 11.1.09

Press Release:

WAC Appoints Executive Director, 10.23.09

Press Release:

Internal Parasites in Sheep & Goats: FAMACHA Certification Workshop, (Registration brochure) 9.23.09

Press Release:

Woodland Talks & Walks Series: Fridays Beginning October 23, (Registration brochure) 10.7.09

Press Release:

NYS Ag&Markets Commissioner Takes Buy Local Challenge, 9.23.09

Press Release:

WAC-DEP Staff Meet Over Pie at County Fair, 9.10.09

Mail-in Registration:

Cultivating an Agri-Tourism Enterprise, 8.24.09

Pledge:

Take the Buy Local Challenge, 8.6.09

Press Release:

One New York State Organization Receives Federal Funding for Watershed Agricultural Improvements, 8.6.09

Press Release:

NY Beef Cooperative Speaks at Local Farmer Networking ,7.16.09

Press Release:

WAC-Soil & Water Conservation District Renew $1.6-Million, 19-Month Contract, 7.14.09

Press Release:

Watershed Landowners Eligible for Federal Assistance for Conservation Practices on Private Forestlands, 7.3.09

Press Release:

Federal Stimulus to Benefit Watershed Farms and Water Quality, 6.16.09

Press Release:

Hoof Health Course Offered at Hamden Town Hall July 14, 6.15.09 (Registration brochure)

Press Release:

Canadian TV Crew Tours NYC Watershed, 6.9.09

White Paper:

Clean Water -- Healthy Livestock (Watering Systems Summer Maintenance), 6.4.09

Press Release:

Watershed Agricultural Council Tours Five Area Agricultural Projects, 5.18.09

Flyer & Online Registration:

Dig It! Composting & Recycling Workshop May 18 (flyer), 4.30.09
(Online registration)

Press Release:

Beef Producer Group Meeting in Stamford on May 13, 4.30.09

Press Release:

WAC Appoints Interim Executive Director, 4.23.09

Press Release:

Funding Available for Local Food & Agricultural Events, 4.4.09

Press Release:

WAC Sponsors Six to Statewide Organic Farming Conference in Rochester, 3.9.09

Press Release:

Delaware County Residents Join Watershed Agricultural Council, 3.9.09

(photo)

Press Release:

Pure Catskills Farm to Market Conference Scheduled for April 6 at SUNY-Delhi, 3.4.09

(online credit card registration)

(Mail-in registration form)

Press Release:

Pure Catskills Seeks Membership Enrollment for 2009 Farm Guide, 2.24.09

Press Release:

How to Build a Farm Website in a Few Hours, 2.24.09

Press Release: Local Farmers Invited to Join Producer Networking Groups, 2.24.09
 

NEWS: WAC PUBLICATIONS

 
WAC e-Newsletters:

May 2010

April 2010

March 2010

February 2010

January 2010

December 2009

November 2009

October 2009

September 2009

August 2009

July 2009

June 2009

May 2009

April 2009
March 2009
February 2009
January 2009
11/28/2008
10/23/2008
9/26/2008
9/11/2008
7/25/2008
6/27/2008

Watershed Farm & Forest:

Winter 2009, (pdf)

Summer 2009, (pdf)
March 2008, (pdf)
Volume 4, 2006, (pdf)
Volume 3: October, 2006 , (pdf)
Volume 2: July, 2006, (pdf)
Volume 1, 2006, (pdf)

Annual Reports:

2009 WAC Annual Report, (pdf file)
2009 WAC Online Annual Report Supplement, (pdf file)

Agricultural Program 2009 Annual Report & 2010 Workload

2008 WAC Annual Report, (pdf file)
2008 WAC Online Annual Report Supplement, (pdf file)
2008 Form 990, (pdf file)

2007 Annual Report, (pdf file)
2006 Annual Report, (pdf file)
2005 Annual Report, (pdf file)
2004 Annual Report, (pdf file)
2003 Annual Report, (pdf file)
2002 Report, (pdf file)
2001 Report, (pdf file)

Pure Catskills Guide:

May 2009

Pure Catskills e-Newsletters:

7/20/09

Pure Catskills Print Newsletters:

March 2010

December 2009

October 2009

September 2009

July 2009

   

NEWS: FARM COVERAGE FROM OTHER SOURCES

   
Article: New York Watershed: Keeping The Balance, web slide show
Article: Holiday Traditions 2009, Catskill Mountain Region Guide, December 2009
TV News Feature:

"TEEB: Protecting Nature is Profitable"

European Commission Documentary, 12.10.09

TV News Feature:

L'eau de New York, Part 1

L'eau de New York, Part 2

La Semaine Verte, CBC Radio Canada Television Documentary, 11.7.09

Article: A Real Piece of Farmland, Edible Hudson Valley, Fall 2009
Article: The Neighbouring, Catskill Mountain Region Guide, November 2009
Article: The Farmer-Educator, Catskill Mountain Region Guide, October 2009
Article: September is Buy Local Month, Catskill Mountain Region Guide, September 2009
Article: Dirt Diva: Adrianne Picciano, Catskill Mountain Region Guide, August 2009
Article: $300 a Night? Yes, but Haying is Free, New York Times, 8.25.09
Article: Conserving Water Quality and the Rural Working Landscape, Clear Waters, Summer 2009, p. 26-31
Article: The Grid, Edible Manhattan, Fall 2008
Article: Frontiers in Ecology, Dispatches p. 178, May 2009
Online: American Farmland Trust e-News, 3.16.09
Online: Sullivan County Agricultural Workshop, 2.5.09
TV News Feature: WAC & the Watershed, NewsChannel 34 Binghamton, 2.2.09
TV News Feature: Terra Madre, NewsChannel 34 Binghamton, October 2008
   
 NEWS ARCHIVE: FARM PRESS RELEASES & EVENT INFORMATION
   
Press Release:

Over 100 Attend Regional Farming Conference, 1.20.09

Press Release: WAC Contract with DEP Retains Jobs in the NYC Watershed Region, 1.15.09
Press Release: Catskill Regional Dairy, Livestock & Grazing Conference, 12.3.09
Registration Brochure: Estate Planning for Farmers & Landowners, November 2008
Press Release: Pasture Talk at Halcott Grange, November 2008
TV News Feature: Terra Madre, October 2008
Press Release: Beginner Maple School, October 2008
Press Release: WAC-CCE Host On-Farm Milk Bottling and Processing Tour, October 2008
Press Release: Sheep and Goat Farmer Education Day, June 2008
Press Release: Finger Lakes Watershed Agencies Seek Guidance from WAC, June 2008
Press Release: Buy Local Campaign Seeks Members, April 2008
Watershed Farm and Forest: Watershed Farm & Forest, March 2008
Press Release: WAC Manager Appointed to NYC Food Systems Governing Board, January 2008
Press Release: Local Farmers Gather for Regional Conference, January 2008
Watershed
Farm and Forest:
Land Conservation Issue, August 2006
The Daily Star: Stewardship Gleans Farmer Recognition, June 8, 2006
The Produce News: Catskill Farmers Tour NYC Crop Wholesalers, January 19, 2006
Press Release: Annual Fundraiser for WAC Easement Stewardship Fund, November 7, 2005
The Daily Star: Farm Tour Day Highlights Pure Catskills, September 17, 2005
The Journal News: Area Farmers Discuss Organic Milk Production, May 6, 2005
The Journal News: Shop In Your Backyard, March 6, 2005
Press Release: $6,000 Benefits 6,000 Acres of Farmland, December, 2004
Press Release: The Weather Channel: After the Storm, December, 2004
The Journal News: Westchester Tries to Hold Onto Its Farms, November 26, 2004
Press Release: Upstate and Downstate New Yorkers Reap Benefits of Conservation Together, September 28, 2004
The Daily Star: Watershed Farm Honored in Magazine, June 15, 2004
New York Times: Simple Life: Pigs, Cow And Thou, February 15, 2004
The Daily Star: Catskill Farmers Share Ideas, February 2, 2004
Press Release: Countryside Exchange Explores Challenges Faced By Catskill Agriculture, October 16-25, 2003
Press Release: Communities Come Out To Make A CleanSweep, September 2003
Press Release: City Bakery to Promote Catskills Farmers and Foresters, June 2003
The Journal News: Cattle pitch in for watershed, February 12, 2003
The Journal News: Putnam Still Weighs Farm's Future, February 4, 2003
Press Release: East of Hudson Farm Profile: Windswept Farm, 2002
Press Release: Hobart Farm Conserved, April 11, 2002
The Journal News: Hot Potatoes, November 07, 2001
 
 
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