The Sylvia Center @Katchkie Farm's Blog (3)

In conjunction with the Northeast Organic Farming Association’s Locavore Challenge, The Sylvia Center at Katchkie Farm is hosting a community potluck as we continue to strive to build community around food.  Create a dish using as many local, organic ingredients as possible and join us at the farm pavilion at 5:30pm to share a delicious meal together.  You’ll also be able to taste your way through the Children’s Garden and meet our chickens and pigs!  We hope to see you there.  Rain or…

This week we had several programs, each very different from the others. From teens to summer campers, the Sylvia Center will have interacted with around 100 kids by this week's end!

On Tuesday, a small group of teenagers from Albany came to Katchkie Farm. These teens were involved in a "youth organics" summer program, so they already had some gardening experience under their belts. They also had plenty of enthusiasm for and interest in the day's activities. They scuffle-hoed large…

Lately, we have been occupied with multiple farm-to-table education programs for kids, the weekly harvest, and the farmer's market.  Here at the Sylvia Center at Katchkie Farm, we call this phenomenon 'July.' It is easy to get overwhelmed by looking at the July chalkboard calendar on the office wall (nearly every day has some sort of color-coded chalk note), but the good humor and 'we're-all-in-this-together' attitude of my co-workers keep spirits high and operations in…