Collaborative Regional Alliance for Farmer Training (CRAFT) is a nationwide, grassroots program geared towards building skills, connections, and resilience within farming communities. The Mid-Hudson CRAFT chapter, facilitated by Glynwood, offers tours every year, April to October, so farmers throughout the Hudson Valley can visit neighboring farms and learn from their peers in a series of free educational farm visits.

We have had our Eye on Rye for a long time! Last month, the Glynwood Grains & Staples program hosted Eye on Rye—a two-day event in New York City. The event was the culmination of a three-year project, Capturing Value with Cereal Rye, led by June Russell, Glynwood's Director of Regional Food Programs, and Dr. Heather Darby of the University of Vermont Extension. The project studied rye agronomics, grain quality, and market opportunities for food and beverages in the Northeast. 

Rye is a cold-hardy grain crop well-suited to growing in our region, often performing better with fewer inputs than other small grains such as wheat, barley, or oats. This project evaluated rye varieties and farm management practices in field trials and conducted quality analysis at UVM. Glynwood led market research and outreach to understand opportunities for rye planted and harvested in the Northeast region. 

When I first received the invitation from Evan Hanczor, writer, chef, and founder of

Tables of Contents, to be one of the 2024 TOC Regenerative Residents, I was taken

completely by surprise. I was unable to come in the Spring, but thankfully the

Glynwood team was able to accommodate me as their first summer resident for the

TOC Program. Primarily my practices are in visual and performing arts, curation, and

arts writing, with years of quiet practice in writing poetry. I knew immediately that I

would use this time to develop my poems for publication and explore the

intersections of poetic verse with my own transcultural food histories as an

Afrodiasporic woman.

Introducing the five new farms participating in the Food Sovereignty Fund this year!

Introducing our two newest Glynwood Ambassadors, Danielle and Gabrielle Davenport, the brilliant minds behind BEM Books and More! Learn more about Danielle and Gabrielle in this blog post.