Tag: apples
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Long Winter Yields Mixed Bag for Local Farmers
While we were all frustrated and freezing through the long and bitter cold winter, local apple farmers were dancing in their orchards. Despite the shoveling, shivering, and slipping we all experienced in the copious amounts of snow that seemed to just never stop piling up this winter, the bone-chilling temperatures have been the perfect conditions…
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Undiscovered New Paltz: Dressel Farms
Tall snow banks surround the roadside stand at Dressel Farms, on Route 208 in New Paltz. It’s the middle of winter, and the usual fall flock of customers are shopping in the warmth and comfort of a supermarket, where the prices are low and temperatures are high. Their patrons are elsewhere, but the work never stops…
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Well-being with Meaning: An Apple a Day
SUNY New Paltz’s dietitian Evelyn Gezo is at it again! Take a moment to read over these simply delicious suggestions on how to incorporate an apple into your daily diet. The Hudson Valley is the epicenter for apple picking this time of year, so take advantage of our local options. Plus, you could turn your…