Macaroni and cheese, pulled pork and collard greens from Mama Lo's Barbecue in Great Barrington sit on an outdoor table in the sun. Photo by Kate Abbott

Food

Here are the Hill Country Observer’s articles about food, listed from newest to oldest. We look into local food and foodways — farms and farmers, local markets and restaurants, food security, native plants and more.

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    Filling a need for food

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      Cars line up to receive an emergency food packages May 26 at the Columbia County Fairgrounds. Regional food banks and local charitable organizations have organized a series of similar events around the region as unemployment has spiked upward amid the Covid-19 pandemic. Scott Langley photo   By EVAN LAWRENCEContributing writer   Inside the local read more

    Filling a need for food
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    Putting worms to work

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      Bill Richmond, owner of Adirondack Worm Farm in Kingsbury, N.Y., displays a bin in which red worms consume food wastes and other organic materials collected from area homes to produce compost. Joan K. Lentini photo   By STACEY MORRISContributing writer KINGSBURY, N.Y. When Bill Richmond bought his 40-acre farm two decades ago, he had read more

    Putting worms to work
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    Fresh food in a pandemic

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    Region’s farmers forge ahead as shutdowns scramble local-food networks Lisa MacDougall holds two flats of kale inside one of her many greenhouses at Mighty Food Farm in Shaftsbury, Vt. photo by Joan K. Lentini   By TRACY FRISCHContributing writer As the Covid-19 outbreak began to shut down the nation last month, the region’s farmers and read more

    Fresh food in a pandemic
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    Bakery, cafe unite in urban retrofit

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    Rock Hill’s restaurant side rises again in new space at Shirt Factory complex   Matt Funiciello, the owner of Rock Hill Bakehouse, removes several loaves of bread from the oven at the bakery’s new home in the Shirt Factory complex in Glens Falls. Joan K. Lentini photo   By STACEY MORRISContributing writer GLENS FALLS, N.Y. read more

    Bakery, cafe unite in urban retrofit
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    Local fruit, hand-rolled crust

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      Katie Daino works on making pies in the kitchen of Smith’s Orchard & Bake Shop in Charlton. Daino’s mother, Shelley Smith, started the orchard’s baking operation in 1999; now they turn out more than 100 pies on an average day. Joan K. Lentini photo   By STACEY MORRISContributing writer CHARLTON, N.Y. At first glance, read more

    Local fruit, hand-rolled crust
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    Worker rights arrive at the farm

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    Farmers, advocates weigh effects of New York’s new labor law   Roman Chaidez drives a tractor past the heifer facility he manages for Walker Farms LLC in Fort Ann, N.Y. Joan K. Lentini photo   By TRACY FRISCHContributing writer   A Guatemalan man who works at a dairy farm in southern Washington County describes himself read more

    Worker rights arrive at the farm
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    Bottling the secret sauces

    Chef’s wholesale line of condiments covers aioli to agrodolce   Longtime area chef David Britton makes an extensive line of small-batch condiments at Dakine Cuisine, a business he started in Glens Falls in 2004. Joan K. Lentini photo   By STACEY MORRISContributing writer GLENS FALLS, N.Y. The kitchen is quiet on a September morning at read more

    Bottling the secret sauces
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    With good, healthy food for all

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    Nonprofit Hudson store tests a new model for reaching ‘food deserts’ Selha “CeCe” Graham, the retail co-manager of Rolling Grocer 19 in Hudson, N.Y., says the nonprofit store’s mission is to “provide access to quality food for people at all income levels.” Scott Langley photo   By JOHN TOWNESContributing writer HUDSON, N.Y. For local people read more

    With good, healthy food for all
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    Mozzarella from the mountains

    Bennington cheesemaker grows with Vermont’s artisanal food movement Corey Gilliland, an apprentice cheesemaker at Maplebrook Farm in Bennington, hand pulls stracciatella, a kind of fresh mozzarella that is stretched by hand and then soaked in cream. Joan K. Lentini photo   By STACEY MORRISContributing writer BENNINGTON, Vt. Come the second weekend in August, local cheesemaker read more

    Mozzarella from the mountains
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    Melding farm and forest

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    Planting of nut trees puts a new agricultural model to the test A volunteer crew works to plant hazelnut tree seedlings at Kevin Maher’s farm in Cambridge, N.Y. photo by Joan K. Lentini     By TRACY FRISCHContributing writer CAMBRIDGE, N.Y. The crew gathered at Kevin Maher’s farm on a weekend in the middle of read more

    Melding farm and forest