Cultivadores 2017

les collines is a small batch, locally sourced jelly and preserves company founded by Brigid Dorsey, who is a participant in the Hudson Valley AgriBusiness Development Corporation (HVADC) Farm and Food Business Accelerator (FFBA) program.

Located in a small Washington County town called Argyle, is new goat dairy and goat cheese producer Moxie Ridge.

​This year, HVADC has joined the host committee of the third National Farm Viability Conference, working with The Vermont Farm and Forest Viability Program (VFFVP), GrowNYC, the American Farmland Trust (AFT), Cornell Small Farms Program and Kitchen Table Advisors to present the May 22-14 conference in Albany.

Suzanne Balet-Haight of Balet Flowers and Design in Saratoga County is a participant in the Hudson Valley AgriBusiness Development Corporation (HVADC) Farm & Food Business Accelerator (FFBA) program.

Situated on a hill with a breathtaking view of the Catskills, Letterbox Farm Collective in Hudson was founded in 2013 by Faith Gilbert, Laszlo Lazar and Nichki Carangelo.

Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) in the United States came in to being on just two farms in the 1980’s, and since then has spread to over 12,000 farms, according to the US Department of Agriculture in 2007.

Josh Morgenthau of Fishkill Farms in Dutchess County is a participant in the Hudson Valley AgriBusiness Development Corporation (HVADC) Farm & Food Business Accelerator (FFBA) program.

We in the Hudson Valley are very fortunate. Not only do we have an abundance of natural resources, but also a wealth of young, passionate and energetic individuals who have moved to the area to take up the age-old tradition of agriculture.

Hudson Valley Restaurant Week (HVRW) is a two week promotion hosted by The Valley Table magazine designed to bring diners to restaurants during slow periods and to incentivize them to try new eateries.

David and Diane Allen of Lavenlair Farm in Washington County are participants in HVADC’s Farm & Food Business Accelerator Program (FFBA).

It’s no secret that farming is a tough job. That passion, dedication and lots of hard work are essential goes without saying, but for young farmers, even those that are successful, that is not always to enough to enable them to fulfill the dream of owning their own farm.

Dylan Dembeck, of Minkus Family Farms (MFF), is a participant in HVADC’s inaugural Farm & Food Business Accelerator Program (FFBA). Dylan is Food Safety Officer and Director of Business Development at MFF, as well as the son-in-law of MFF founder Rick Minkus.

The HVADC Farm & Food Business Accelerator, launched in fall 2016, is an intensive mentoring and training program for Hudson Valley farmers and food entrepreneurs seeking to scale their business, gain access to capital, and build sales.

Founded in 1996, The Hudson Mohawk Resource Conservation and Development Council, Inc. (HMRC&D), is an all-volunteer, 501(c) 3, non-profit organization that works in partnership with local communities to create healthy, profitable landscapes, and serves Albany, Columbia, Greene, Montgomery, Rensselaer, and Schenectady counties.

Sara Higgins, owner and operator of Raspberry Fields Farm, an artisanal granola and cookie company in Marlboro, Ulster County, was a participant in HVADC’s first Farm & Food Business Accelerator (FFBA) Program.

The economic impact of the local and regional food system in the Hudson Valley cannot be underestimated.

In 2016, Catskill Brewery took part in Hudson Valley AgriBusiness Development Corporation (HVADC) Incubator Without Walls (IWW) program, which provides business support to Hudson Valley food and farm businesses with a wide range of services to accelerate their growth and increase their chances of long-term success.

Hillary Lindsay, owner and operator of The Green Onion, is a participant in HVADC’s first Farm & Food Business Accelerator Program.

The Carrot Project, founded in Boston in 2005 by Dorothy Suput, is a non-profit organization dedicated to creating financing solutions for small- and midsized farms in New England and New York.

The Hudson Valley is home to several organizations, like HVADC, whose goal it is to develop and foster the local agricultural industry.