Locally produced radio on a variety of topics relating to rural life in the Catskills and the Delaware River Valley. Host: Kimberly Izar
Latest episodes
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7 min
Gael Roots Farm to Host Fiber Artist Residency Series
Gael Roots Farm to Host Fiber Artist Residency Series
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11 min
Cauliflower Festival Returns to Margaretville
Margaretville is getting ready for a special annual tradition: their 22nd Cauliflower Festival to celebrate this beloved Catskills crop. Margaretville was known for having an abund…
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11 min
Pure Catskills Spotloght: Opdyke Family Farm
Pure Catskills Spotloght: Opdyke Family Farm
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9 min
Inside Beaverkill Trout Hatchery, NY’s Largest Private Trout Farm
Brook, brown, and rainbow trout are just some of the fish at the Beaverkill Trout Hatchery. The Shaver family are the owners of this fifth-generation fish hatchery, which also happ…
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9 min
Inside Beaverkill Trout Hatchery, NY’s Largest Private Trout Farm
Brook, brown, and rainbow trout are just some of the fish at the Beaverkill Trout Hatchery. The Shaver family are the owners of this fifth-generation fish hatchery, which also happ…
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10 min
Farmers Adapt to Climate Change Amid Year of Extreme Weather Events
Farmers have had to navigate a series of tornados, flash floods, wildfire smoke, and extreme weather events this past year.Radio Catskill’s Kimberly Izar spoke with Michelle Prosci…
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11 min
Conservation Easements, Explained: How They Work
Conservation easements are one of the most effective tools to permanently conserve land for agricultural and forestry purposes. But what exactly are they and how do they work?Radio…
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10 min
Meet Chester’s Little Gem Farm, Home to 15 Varieties of Locally Grown Lettuce
Zoe Friedberg is surrounded by lettuce – about 15 different kinds of lettuce – on her two-acre farm, Little Gem Farm. She’s one of 11 farms leasing land at the Chester Agricultural…
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12 min
New York Farmer Tariff Relief Program to Close Aug. 11
Applications for New York’s Agricultural Resiliency Against Tariffs Program are still open. The state budget includes $30 million for the program aimed at helping farmers offset fe…
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11 min
How to Keep Your Summer Produce Fresh with Good Find Farm
Farmers markets are plentiful in the Catskills and Northeast Pennsylvania regions, especially during the summertime. But keeping farm fresh produce crisp through the warmer weather…
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9 min
Meet Little Snail Nursery, Sullivan County’s Newest Garden Hub
Tucked away in Youngsville is a greenhouse so packed with plants there’s barely space to walk through. Sylvie Wise, owner of Little Snail Nursery, peers into her nursery draped wit…
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13 min
Meet Brave Brave Biltong, the Duo Behind a Northeast PA Cured Beef Company
Alexander Hankoff and Iwan Zwarts are the founders of Brave Biltong, a South African-style beef biltong company made with locally sourced grass-fed beef and all-organic ingredients…
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7 min
Callicoon Youth Equestrian Team to Compete in National Horse Riding Competition
A group of young Western horse riders in Callicoon has qualified for a national competition in Fort Worth, Texas. Some students describe it as a once in a lifetime opportunity. The…
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15 min
Ulster County Historian Reflects on Visit to Rebuild Relationships with Lenape Descendants
The Esopus people were a Lenape-speaking Indigenous community native to what is now known as Ulster County before they were forcibly removed or displaced by war, colonization, and…
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11 min
Hundreds Compete for Crown of King of the Ice, Sullivan County’s Ice Fishing Tournament
Hundreds gathered on the icy White Lake to compete for the title of King of the Ice, Sullivan County’s annual ice fishing tournament, on Feb. 15. Radio Catskill's Jason Dole report…
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9 min
Meet the Uku Ladies and Gents, Pike County's Senior Ukulele Musicians
The Uku Ladies and Gents are a weekly seniors class bringing music, laughter, and community to Pike County. Radio Catskill's Kimberly Izar reports.
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12 min
Catskill Mountainkeeper on Route 17 Expansion, Hochul’s Budget, and 20-Year Anniversary
Fighting Route 17’s highway expansion and fracking in New York are a few of the biggest fights Catskill Mountainkeeper has championed over the decades. This year, the environmental…
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9 min
How Sheep Wool Becomes Yarn at Old Long Farm in Callicoon
Alex Gardner spends a good deal of time tending to his 32 Shetland sheep. Gardner, owner and farmer of Old Long Farm in Callicoon, chatted with Radio Catskill about the joys of tur…
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8 min
Winter Bald Eagle Watching Returns to the Upper Delaware River
Known for their striking white heads and dark brown bodies, about 150 to 200 bald eagles migrate down from the frigid temperatures of Canada and New York to the Upper Delaware Rive…
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9 min
X-Snow Project Enlists Catskills Residents as Citizen Scientists to Measure Snow
A NASA-supported snow science project wants residents to help measure snow in the Catskills. X-Snow is an initiative to increase the number of available snow measurements in the Ca…