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When he joined the Kingston City School District as food services director in 2021, Dave Dunn also known as “Chef Dave” initiated the BackPack Program that distributes food underserved students.

In this essay, Applied Farmscape Ecology Program Manager Anne Bloomfield reviews and reflects upon six years of grassland bird conservation at the Farm Hub.

Learn about the many other happenings behind the scenes at the Farm Hub. This "In Brief" includes remembering a beloved tree on the farm; an art show that showcases food and farming; a pop-up restaurant led by youth from the Kingston YMCA Farm Project; NYS Grown & Certified; Farmscape Ecology Screenings; and more.

Bob Miller combines a passion for birding, photography and bird monitoring at the Farm Hub. As part of the Applied Farmscape Ecology Program he is a volunteer bird surveyor.

Spring brings heightened activity on a farm and with it, renewed hope and anticipation.  At the same time, we are all too aware of how the pandemic has exacerbated challenges already faced by farmers. 

"Lenapehoking,” the first ever Lenape-curated exhibition in New York City, launched earlier this year at the Brooklyn Public Library. Artworks include beaded bandolier bags and tapestries made of Purple Kingsessing Bean vines, pods, and seeds that are part of a seed rematriation partnership between The Lenape Center and Hudson Valley Farm Hub.