There is no shortage of whimsy in Lunchbox Theatre’s musical fairytale Countries Shaped Like Stars which runs in the Vertigo Studio Theatre until April 8.
Growing vegetables used to be enough. But recently, farmers have offered everything from sunset dinners and yoga to wedding rentals and continuing education.
How the cold Hudson Valley became home to the hottest peppers and sauces
Hot sauce lovers and makers have their pick of peppers here
Julie Baumgardner
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Hot peppers have become a phenomenon across the country, and the Hudson Valley. In the region, hot sauce makers like Richard Rajkumar, creator of Ram s Valley Hot Sauce and owner of Ram s Valley Food in Kingston, goes through 3,000 to 4,000 locally grown hot peppers a year for his 500-strong product line of hot sauces, spices and condiments. He won’t divulge his grower, though.visionandimagination.com/Getty Images
After the cold, precipitous winter the Hudson Valley saw this year, it’s hard to imagine that the region’s hottest literally, in this case vegetable is a chili that is thought to originate in Mexico and thrives in the global south. From the jalapeño to the habanero, Carolina reapers and ghosts, our shale, slate, and limestone-laden terrain has proven to be welcome ground for these punchy
These Hudson Valley CSAs haven t sold out.yet
These Hudson Valley CSAs haven t sold out.yet
Local farm shares have turned into a hot commodity in the pandemic. Snatch one of these memberships while you can.
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As food supply chains were disrupted last March at the onset of the pandemic, sending grocery shoppers scrambling for fresh food, many in the Hudson Valley turned to neighboring farms to lock in a guaranteed source of fresh produce. One sign of this surge came from sales of community supported agriculture [CSA] shares, the membership program that allows farms to pre-sell their produce at the start of the season to cover their costs. In 2020, an unprecedented number of farms either sold out of their CSA shares early or for the first time ever.