Read the following by clicking on the underlined titles. (We welcome submissions of articles and publications from Exchange and Glynwood Center alumni on topics related to community stewardship).

Glynwood's Keep Farming Program:  The Chatham Experience.  Marc Green describes Keep Farming and its impact on one community which, as a result of going through the program, became a farm-friendly town.

Slaughterhouses and Sprawl: Supporting Local Agriculture as a Key to Preserving Local Heritage.  Glynwood President Judith LaBelle, in an article originally published in the FORUM of The National Trust for Historic Presentation, explores the connection between the decrease in agricultural infrastructure and the increase in suburban sprawl.

Healthy Eating:  A Family Affair.  Glynwood President Judith LaBelle made this presentation on the connections among eating, the environment and health at the FamilyFarmed.org EXPO in Chicago on March 2005.

Year in Review 2004:  Putting our work in Context.  A national conference on food security and an analysis of "The State of Agriculture in the Hudson River Valley" helped put Glynwood's Agricultural Initiative in a broader context and underscore its importance.  The second annual Harvest Awards highlighted innovative work that is helping to connect communities, farmers and food.  The Keep Farming program is helping communities understand the many public values provided by local farmers. 

“The Catskills:  A Defining Landscape, Undefined”.  Glynwood President Judith LaBelle was invited to write the lead article for an issue of Open Space, a publication of the Open Space Institute magazine featuring the Catskills.  She chose to examine the importance of regional identity and its particular value for a region on the cusp of development and greater economic activity.

"Farmland Protection: Market and Policy for Improving Farm Viability".  Glynwood President, Judith M. LaBelle presented on a panel alongside Tim Warman, Vice President for Programs, American Farmland Trust, at the 2004 Food and Society Conference sponsored by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. The conference, entitled, "Generating a Vision for Food Systems that Includes Healthy Communities, People and Ecosystems", took place April 20 through 22 at the Olympic Valley at Lake Tahoe, California.  Judith's session focused on strategies that couple traditional farmland protection tools with innovative marketing, economic development, community planning, and stewardship efforts.

“Voting for Biodiversity with Your Pocketbook and Your Fork”.  In March 2004 Judith LaBelle made a presentation at "Biodiversity on the Brink:  Returning from the Brink", part of the series “Biodiversity on the Brink:  Challenges in Science and Policy:  Conservation in an Urbanizing World” sponsored by the Center for Environmental Research & Conservation (CERC), Columbia University, The Nature Conservancy of New York and the School of International Public Affairs, Columbia University. 

Year In Review 2003 - Read about Glynwood's work in 2003 to help communities in defining their futures. Glynwood was hard at work on the ground with communities throughout the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic region with the Countryside Exchange program. There were also broad initiatives launched with the National Network of sustainable agriculture groups and the presenting of the inaugural Glynwood Harvest Awards for local food excellence. And, Glynwood continued its work with international colleagues on advancing the interests of local communities in balancing economic well being with cultural and natural resource conservation.

Is Agriculture in Our Future? Preserving the Quality of Life in Warwick, NY. By Jayne E. Daly, Director of Programs, Glynwood Center. Like many communities in the Hudson Valley, and indeed throughout the country, the Town and Village of Warwick have been grappling with the issue of balancing the increasing demand for housing with the preservation of their traditional farming landscape. This case study highlights their story and struggle over the last nine years – a story which is still unfolding today, but with a promise that the future will be shaped not by unnamed forces, but by the decisions of the people and leaders in the Town and Village of Warwick.

Could the Hudson Valley be the Next Napa? The Napa Valley serves as a model, for it has successfully created its identity as a place of rich cultural life, beautiful agricultural landscapes, high quality agricultural products and great restaurants featuring a distinctive cuisine based on fresh local foods. This identity has contributed to the value of regional products and to strong tourism. Does a similar opportunity exist in the Hudson Valley?

Heritage Areas: Connecting People to their Place and History. By Jayne E. Daly, Director of Programs, Glynwood Center. Heritage areas are an important opportunity to reinvigorate community in America. Recent studies have shown that Americans long to reconnect to their neighbors and their communities, but there are few mechanisms and places for that to happen. Heritage areas, done right, can provide that connection – among people, their place and history. This article appeared as the lead article in the Summer 2003 edition of the National Trust Forum Journal (Volume 17, No. 4).

Convening Case Statement for the National Network. America is losing its small and mid-size farms at an accelerating rate. These farms – managed by farmers who are stewards of the land, not just agricultural business managers – still have a strong hold on our sense of “America” and the roots of Jeffersonian democracy. Read how you can help these farms in these challenging times.

Emscher Park, Germany – Expanding the Definition of a “Park”.  This article by Judith LaBelle, initially published in the George Wright Society Forum in 2001, explores how the creation of a “landscape park” has been used to drive the restoration of one of the most degraded landscapes in Europe.

What’s Really Needed to Effectuate Resource Protection in Communities. By Jayne E. Daly, Director of Programs, Glynwood Center. See how the Town of Dover, NY, developed a new system to foster communication and education, and encourage residents to come together, at both the local and regional level, to make informed, collective decisions about their community.

Postcards from Home, by Judith M. LaBelle.  Have you ever sent anyone a postcard from the town where you live?  What does that say about how you think about the place where you start and end most of the days of your life?  Why do Americans generally think that they must travel elsewhere to see beautiful landscapes and distinctive towns?  What can we do to hasten the day when we will send postcards from home?  (An article initially published in the George Wright Society Forum in 2000.)

Shaping the Future - Lessons Learned: 10 Years of the Countryside Exchange, Glynwood Center, 1997.

The Idea of the Countryside, by Judith M. LaBelle, President of Glynwood Center.

People, Places and Politics, presented at Workshop on Vernacular Landscapes, May 1996 at the Preservation Institute, Nantucket, by Judith M. LaBelle, President of Glynwood Center.