From Jeffersonville to Troy, pickles to chocolate, Upstate New York has a cornucopia of talented food artisans. So it s no surprise that six local brands snagged 2021 Good Food Awards. This accolade honors companies creating delicious, sustainable, and socially responsible products across more than a dozen categories. Check out this year s winners.
By Diana Testa
Governor Cuomo keeps telling us: Follow the data. Follow the science. Follow the metrics. But both vaccines and vaccine data continue to be in short supply. When will the state level with us and provide public access to vaccine data?
Cannabis and the Empire State Last Updated: 02/10/2021 2:48 pm Marijuana flower at Etain s growing facility in Chestertown. Currently licensed in New York to grow and sell medical marijuana, Etain is well positioned to enter the recreational cannabis market. Persistence pays off in politics, and as Governor Cuomo prepares to present a recreational cannabis bill in the upcoming legislative session for the third time in his tenure, the feeling in Albany is that it will happen this time around. Approximately 1.3 million people across the state consume THC-based products (the stuff that gets you high think Cheech and Chong; big, stinky buds). A poll conducted by Spectrum News of Albany and IPSOS Global in October found that 61 percent of respondents favored the legalization of recreational cannabis. In 2018, residents of New York City consumed an estimated 77 tons of cannabis flower more than any ot
The most evolved diet for a peaceful, balanced Earth? For Sharon Gannon, the hands-down answer is veganism. Yoga luminary Sharon Gannon may mince a lot of vegetables, but she doesn t mince words when she talks about vegan diets. Since well before she and her partner David Life created the Jivamukti Yoga method in 1984, Gannon has been standing up for animal rights and espousing the virtues of a vegan diet in clear, forthright words. These days, she has more of an audience than ever for that message, as plant-based (aka vegan) diets are moving from fringe to fashionable at a steady clip. In the 70s, yoga was that weird thing from India that Western hippies did, and now it s everywhere. Veganism isn t so far behind. Whether you chalk it up to the realities of our disease-causing and pandemic-spawning standard American diet (SAD), or to a deepening understanding of the fragility of our environment, the vegan wave is gathering strength.