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Harvest and Healing: New York Center for Agricultural Medicine and Health

Today, DJ has a visitor on his farm. It’s his clinical case manager, Heather Chauncey, from Bassett Healthcare Network’s New York Center for Agricultural Medicine and Health. Recently honored with the Circle of Excellence Award from Excellus BlueCross BlueShield, NYCAMH enhances agricultural and rural health through prevention and treatment of occupational injury and illness.…
September 1, 2025
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News from the Noteworthy: Much Ado About Methane

News from the Noteworthy Much Ado About Methane Our column, The Life of the Land, is an exploration of local agricultural practices. Several of our pieces will focus on farms which raise grass-fed animals; here we address the environmental implications of locally raised livestock. It is indisputable that industrial livestock management is an ecological disaster. This has led to pronouncements from numerous authoritative agencies to eat “less meat” or even “no meat”. Yet grass-fed production of livestock is an important…
September 1, 2022
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The Present State of Rural Economies

The Present State of Rural Economies Glimmerglass Film Days this year featured a documentary entitled “Storm Lake” that chronicled the operating of The Storm Lake Times, a small local newspaper in Iowa farm country much like The Freeman’s Journal/Hometown Oneonta. The community of Storm Lake endured profound changes in the last two decades as the local farm economy declined and was replaced by a very large Tyson pork processing plant that now employs 2,500 mostly migrant workers. The town’s population…
December 30, 2021
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Pumpkin people

Pumpkin people Farm minutes from Otsego County is famous for providing October’s favorite fruit to region and offering fall, family fun as well By GREG KLEIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com CULLEN — In September and October, the delivery trucks stop at Cullen Pumpkin Farm and its twin Shypski Farm nearly every day to load up on pumpkins. “We certainly hope so,” said Barbara Shypski. “September and October are only two months, so there is a lot of pumpkins to get…
September 30, 2021
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DUNCAN: Quality Of Food Goes Back To Soil’s Quality

LETTER from R. SCOTT DUNCAN Quality Of Food Goes Back To Soil’s Quality To the Editor: Vitamins, minerals, and other supplements – there are numbers of people who say you should take vitamins. Vitamin C for tissue repair, A for healthy skin, B for stress, E for women over 40, and a very popular one today – Vitamin D for overall health. But the cost of the vitamins keeps getting higher and higher. A men’s multivitamin today will cost well…
January 7, 2021
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HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for TUESDAY, JANUARY 21, 2020

HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for TUESDAY, JANUARY 21 Farmer’s Learn Animal Nutrition FARM CLASS – 5 – 7 p.m. Learn about sheep, goat nutrition for this season when the farmer is solely responsible for the feed with Dr. Tatiana Stanton, Small Ruminant Specialist from Cornell University. Cost, $5/person. Cornell Cooperative Extension, 123 Lake St., Cooperstown. 315-866-7920 or visit cceschoharie-otsego.org/events/2020/01/21/sheep-goat-nutrition-101…
January 20, 2020
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HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SATURDAY, AUG. 12

HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SATURDAY, AUG. 12 Tour County Farms FAMILY FARM DAY – 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Visit local farms in Otsego and Schoharie counties and bring home a cooler of farm fresh goods. Call (518) 234-4303, ext. 119 or visit FamilyFarmDay.org CLOSING CONCERT – 8 p.m. End the season with an exploration of feminine sovereignty through dance, song, and text by Laura Carelss, dancer, choreographer, and actress, in the World Premier of “She Wolves.” Tickets, $15 adults, $12 youth, seniors, and veterans.…
August 11, 2017
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HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SATURDAY, APRIL 1

HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SATURDAY, APRIL 1 ‘Empty Bowls’ Benefit Today EMPTY BOWLS – Noon-2 p.m. Serving homemade soup in your choice of bowl crafted and donated by local potters. Cost, $15 to benefit the local food pantry. Christ Church Parish Hall on Fair Street, Cooperstown. Info, cooperstownchamber.org/calendar-of-events/#!event/2017/4/1/empty-bowls. To volunteer or donate call (607)547-2627 SOUTH AFRICAN BANQUET – 6-9 p.m. The Mali Education project presents a South African benefit bazaar, dinner and documentary fill titled “Taking Root: The Vision of Wangari Maathai,” about…
March 31, 2017
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HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for FRIDAY, JAN. 27

HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for FRIDAY, JAN. 27 It’s Movie Night At Y Pool COOPERTOWN WINTER CARNIVAL BEGINS!!! MOVIE NIGHT – 6:30-8:30 p.m. Float with you friends in the pool while enjoying a movie. Root bear floats will be served afterward. Oneonta YMCA, 20-26 Ford Ave., Oneonta. Info, www.oneontaymca.org HISTORY EXHIBITION – Noon-4 p.m.. “Oneonta’s Trolley Line: The Southern New York Railway.” Greater Oneonta Historical Society, 183 Main St., Oneonta. Info, www.oneontahistory.org/upcomingevents.htm#More FUNDRAISER – 4:30-6:30 p.m. Brooks Chicken dinner to support the Susquehanna Animal…
January 27, 2017
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HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for THURSDAY, JAN. 19

HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for THURSDAY, JAN. 19 ‘Local Heroes’ Exhibit Opening Reception ART RECEPTION – 5-7 p.m. Meet the artists behind the “Local Heroes” exhibit. Project Space Gallery, SUNY Oneonta, 108 Ravine Pkwy., Oneonta. Info, www.oneonta.edu/academics/art/gallery/gallery.html PICKLEBALL – Noon-2 p.m. Come learn the sport. Gymn floor, Clark Sports Center, 124 Cty. Hwy. 52, Cooperstown. Info, www.clarksportscenter.com CONSERVATION MEETING – 12:30-3:30 p.m. Discussion of manure spreading strategies to reduce nutrient runoff. A must for farmers spreading or storing manure this winter. Otsego…
January 19, 2017
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PUTTING THE COMMUNITY BACK INTO THE NEWSPAPER

For a limited time, new annual subscriptions to the hard copy of “The Freeman’s Journal” or “Hometown Oneonta” (which also includes unlimited access to AllOtsego.com), or digital-only access to AllOtsego.com, can also give back to one of their favorite Otsego County charitable organizations.

$5.00 of your subscription will be donated to the nonprofit of your choice: Friends of the Feral-TNR, Super Heroes Humane Society, or Susquehanna Society of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals 

Visit our “subscribe” page and select your charity of choice at checkout

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