Farm Happenings at Regional Food Bank of Northeastern New York
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Farm Happenings at Regional Food Bank of Northeastern New York

Farm Happenings for January 12, 2023

Posted on January 4th, 2023
Hello Members - Happy Monday!  How has your winter been going???  We are grateful for this break of milder weather - the outer skin (plastic) on the greenhouse has torn from the strong winds at the farm and needs to be replaced.    We will have a crew of 16 - 18 persons at the F1 read more »

Farm Happenings for December 1, 2022

Posted on November 28th, 2022
Hello Members - Greeting from the Farm as the fields lie fallow in their rest! Hope you enjoyed a wonderful Thanksgiving with your families and friends.  High point for me was playing our annual thanksgiving basketball game for anyone who wants to play - youngest this year was 4 and oldest was1 read more »

Farm Happenings for November 3, 2022

Posted on October 27th, 2022
Hello Members - Happy Friday!  Some beautiful sunflowers to brighten your day! Welcome to Winter Shares 2022 !!! I am sending out this email and then you will receive a second final email from Harvie next week  - so that the software program will generate labels for the share boxes. 1 read more »

Welcome to the Regional Food Bank Patroon Land Farm

Posted on October 14th, 2022
Welcome to the Patroon Land Farm - Happy Fall 2022 Chrysanthemums, nicknamed “mums,” are one of fall’s best known flowers. They’re usually the last plant to bloom before frost.  Mums come in a wide range of colors including white, yellow, orange, lavender, purple, red a1 read more »

Farm Happenings for September 22, 2022

Posted on September 16th, 2022
Hello Members - Happy Friday - We've had a touch of fall for a couple of days - sunny warm days and cool nights - heard the Adirondacks were at 10% color change - we are not raking leaves yet - glad to hold on to summer as long as we can! A picture of better weather days - could not allocate the pr1 read more »

Farm Happenings for September 15, 2022

Posted on September 9th, 2022
Hello Members - Happy Friday and Welcome to the Weekend!  Hope back to school went well this week as schedules and routines are being arranged and put in place!   Part of our packing line featuring those delicious eggplant and beets - shout out to all our volunteers who help us each1 read more »

Farm Happenings for September 8, 2022

Posted on September 2nd, 2022
Hello Members - Happy Friday - how has your week been - as we prepare for the Labor Day weekend ahead -  nice change to wake up to  - cool and crisp - windows open morning!!! From our packing line - nice fall colors displayed by the sweet peppers!!!  As you can see from the picture1 read more »

Farm Happenings for September 1, 2022

Posted on August 25th, 2022
Hello Members - Happy Friday - As we wind down August another picture perfect weather weekend! Some Happy Mums bringing their color and beauty to our homes this time of year! If you are missing an item from your share - first - sorry for the packing error and second please send me an email and I wi1 read more »

Farm Happenings for August 25, 2022

Posted on August 17th, 2022
Hello Members - Happy Friday - Hope your week has gone well - as we get ready for the weekend! Sharing a picture of a white acorn squash - a new variety for us this year - which will be ready in a few more weeks! And yes this is a fruit week - our third - not sure what fruit will be in your share -1 read more »