Mohonk Consultations
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Our food and farming programs bring farmworkers, migrant worker advocates, students, farmers, representatives of the food distribution system and concerned citizens together to explore practical means to advance sustainable and just farming and food security in the Hudson Valley and to strategize about how our region can better support farmworkers, who do some of the hardest work in our society while experiencing the uncertainties of immigration and seasonal migratory labor.
Brought together world and local permaculture experts who introduced principles of permanent agriculture: “the harmonious integration of landscape and people providing food, energy, shelter and other …
[Read more...] about 2007 Conference: Demystifying Permaculture
Brought together university scientists, state agricultural leaders, local farmers and representatives from a biotech corporation to debate the gains and risks of biotechnology. …
[Read more...] about 1999 Biotechnology—How it Will Affect the Future of the Hudson Valley
Mohonk Consultations cofounded the nonprofit organic farm, Phillies Bridge Farm Project, a CSA (community-supported agriculture) in New Paltz and Gardiner, for the education of adults and local …
[Read more...] about 1994 Project: Phillies Bridge Farm Project
Hosted biotech experts, local farmers, and Mohonk Consultations board members, who discussed the impact of bioengineering on local agriculture and planned a public meeting. …
[Read more...] about 1989 Conference: What Biotech Means for the Hudson Valley and Beyond