In a single season, an empty lot transformed into a thriving garden. ( Chad Pilieri) Resilience starts at home Dear Editor,Grow Local Greenwood Lake is a fledgling nonprofit committed to developing a regenerative, resilient local food-based... News & Views 28 Mar 2022 | 01:05
Want to be a ‘shore angel’? Schooner Apollonia, a 64-foot cargo sailboat, hauled thousands of pounds of goods up and down the Hudson River last year.... News & Views 11 Mar 2022 | 03:42
Mike Levy with his grandsons in the ‘hunger garden’ they built together in the kids’ yard in Bedford, NY. Can ‘Hunger Gardens’ take off? To the editor: We have a terrible hunger problem in our area and all over the country. One in seven children in the U.S. lives... News & Views 08 Dec 2021 | 01:18
Keith’s Farm in Greenville, NY, experienced off-the-charts rainfall in September and October. ( Keith Stewart) Farming through off-the-charts weather Our farm in Orange County, NY is now comfortably situated in USDA Plant Hardiness Zone 6. This tells us, among other things,... News & Views 30 Nov 2021 | 11:01
The cover spoke to me I have been meaning to write to you — to say that I LOVED the last issue of Dirt so much. I was crazy with my class — and... News & Views 09 Sep 2021 | 11:32
Covid in our deep subconscious I was drawing with a four-year old recently. She kept making familiar variants of the same kinds of drawings: first a round... News & Views 11 Oct 2021 | 11:32
The cover feature of the summer issue sparked heated debate. Obesity is a deadly disease; it’s our responsibility to talk about it Dear Editor,I read the “fat shaming” comment and was disappointed that this was the response coming from someone who works... Home 08 Oct 2021 | 12:23
A wake-up call to us Earthlings Dear Editor,Hearty congratulations and thanks for the outstanding article, ‘Why the insect apocalypse matters.’ It’s an urgent... News & Views 03 Aug 2021 | 02:06
L to R: Poet Donna Spector, artists Pat Foxx and David Horton at a 2019 opening at the Amity Gallery. In past incarnations, the gallery space has been a carriage house, mechanic’s shop and nursery. ( Keith Stewart) Stay tuned: the little gallery abides Dear Editor, Tucked away in the quiet hamlet of Amity in the Town of Warwick is a modest little building. Now known as the... News & Views 12 Mar 2021 | 10:32
What to say when your friend is fighting cancer When your friend is facing this prognosis, what do you say?Keep your head up and pray?Isn’t that trite when your friend is... News & Views 03 Dec 2020 | 01:54
A tip from an octagenarian To the Editor of Dirt, I cannot imagine growing old without a sense of humor.How much harder it would be to face daily challenges... News & Views 25 Nov 2020 | 01:02
Dirt’s prize-winning work in 2019 includes this issue from last fall, about a “color alchemist” who makes dye from foraged ingredients. Dirt recognized for ‘eclectic’ excellence Dirt took home the bronze for Niche Publication from the New York Press Association for our work in 2019. We submitted three... News & Views 15 Sep 2020 | 11:16
Getting tested. How to talk about those six feet of space at a time when “we badly need social interaction”? ‘Social’ or ‘physical’ distancing? Dear Editor, I see that you are also using the meme “social distancing.” I have been studying human behavior and I used to... News & Views 09 Sep 2020 | 03:34
Is solar a good use of farmland? A big win for small towns When properly developed, solar farms built on farmlands benefit land owners, consumers, and the... News & Views 09 May 2019 | 02:09
Should climate change be a factor in whether to have kids? Family planning meets environmentalismLet’s stop torturing ourselves and demand real changeAsking “should we... News & Views 28 Feb 2019 | 02:54
