Julie Rawson in her farm kitchen. September finds Rawson preserving tulsi, husk cherries, chard, soybeans, broccoli, kale, cucumber pickles, grape juice, applesauce, canned tomatoes and cabbage. October? Garlic for garlic powder, cauliflower, collards, celery, parsley, hemp, winter squash, apple cider and pears. ABC: Always be canning Over the past 40 years Jack and I have preserved all manner of vegetables, fruits, herbs and meat throughout the entire year.... Griterati 26 Sep 2023 | 12:13
The pine tar bar that got it all started and decades later, remains Ash Hopper’s best-seller. ( Jamee Soderblom ) Betting on black I met Matt Donnelly two years ago at a farmers market where he was selling soap – selling it with every fiber of his being.... Griterati 12 Jul 2023 | 03:45
Antiques past and future The morning we meet in Sugar Loaf, NY marks nine years to the day that Melanie Durand noticed Tim Brown busking in the Union... Griterati 08 Mar 2023 | 11:01
Centenary University in Hackettstown, NJ will host the first-ever accredited graduate degree in happiness studies. ( Amanda Kujawa) Masters of happiness? It’s not often that an opportunity like this gets into the hands of a small school. For Centenary University, a small private... Griterati 20 May 2022 | 11:39
Artist Karen Decher ( Melissa Shaw-Smith) The puppet master It’s the thrill of the hunt, never knowing what treasure she’ll find, that keeps Karen Decher coming back to her favorite... Griterati 14 Mar 2022 | 02:49
The syrup was forgotten about, until one morning, as I prepared my usual boring bowl of oatmeal, I happened to spot it behind a bottle of sriracha in the refrigerator door. ( Evie Maxfield) The last of the two-year-old syrup I hate to say it, but I guess I am a Foodie. I mean, we all have to eat, it’s just that some of us eat to live, and some... Griterati 07 Oct 2021 | 02:26
Everett Cox on Memorial Day ( Photo by Dorathea Hahn) ‘They’re facing their mortality, my generation’ I never imagined that lonely old vets – from WWII, Korea, Vietnam – or their caregivers would hold my hand while crying and... Griterati 04 Jun 2021 | 12:27
The sound and fury of peace and quiet Ah, Warwick! Sunkissed valleys, meandering country lanes, centuries old farmsteads nestled in bucolic pastures. I came here... Griterati 12 Apr 2021 | 03:06
Food sovereignty starts here “Seeds never forget,” said Rowen White, seed keeper, farmer and Native American storyteller. White hails from the Mohawk... Griterati 08 Apr 2021 | 11:52
Longtime New Paltz repair coach Joe Holdner. The book offers veteran tips like “Keep your volunteers happy. Good pizza will be a key factor to your success.” ( John Fischer) Patchword radicals When she was a kid, Elizabeth Knight wore a new brown jumper to school and tore it. Her mom, skilled with a needle and thread,... Griterati 11 Dec 2020 | 03:45
Nico Klimek, who’s from Sparta, NJ and lives in Warwick, NY, showering with a bar of NOAP. The company is using locals and friends as models. ( @kristen_noelle) The shower disruptor By the time I arrive mid-morning at Kate Assaraf’s lakefront house in Sparta, NJ, she has already run seven-and-a-half miles... Griterati 02 Sep 2020 | 03:20
Author Suzie Gilbert with a Red-tailed Hawk, released soon after the photo. ( John Huba) One wild counterculture Raptors and songbirds are Suzie Gilbert’s muse. From her early days writing a newsletter for the Hudson Valley Raptor Center;... Griterati 09 Jun 2020 | 06:27
A couple doubles down on solar and all appliances electric ( Becca Tucker) Wattage as activism Mary Endico and her husband Bob Fugett were at a juncture in their lives. Endico, 65, is a watercolor artist whose gallery... Griterati 25 Sep 2019 | 04:04
Call it a walkumentary Staving off chronic disease by eating plants and moving a lotBy Becca TuckerThe first inkling Kelly Broelmann had that something... Griterati 01 Jul 2019 | 05:31
Little foodies With five kids of their own, a farm family invites the whole school overBy Becca TuckerSteve MacLean walks fast around his... Griterati 01 May 2019 | 12:11
