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Video: Bison Farming on Long Island

In the latest video from Food Curated, Liza de Guia meets Ed Tuccio, a farmer on the North Fork of Long Island who's been raising bison for over 30 years. He's part of a small movement of passionate farmers working to bring bison back. It's actually not a bad time to be a bison farmer. There's a growing demand for the meat and prices have doubled. After this taping, Liza polished off a bison burger and walked away thinking, why don't I eat this more often? More

Video: Spring Lake Farm Inspires Grass-Fed Movement in Upstate New York

Meet farmer Ingimundur Kjarval and his daughter Ulla (@nyculla) of Spring Lake Farm in the western Catskills. In this Food Curated video from Liza de Guia, they walk us through their pastures, introduce us to their happy cows and pigs (one of which is the biggest pig you've ever seen), and talk about their grass-fed operation, which has been expanding with recent demands for grass-fed beef and pork. How does it taste different from other stuff you'd find at big grocery stores? "You can taste the grasses, it has a lot of flavor...a lot of integrity," says Ulla. She and her dad want Spring Lake Farm to be an inspiration for what the future of sustainable agriculture can look like in New York state, where millions of acres of land go unused. More

What We Learned at the Brooklyn Food Conference

Photographs by Nancy Siesel, unless otherwise noted. It seems that Brooklynites will emerge from their brownstones in droves for anything concerning local, sustainably produced food. The Brooklyn Food Conference on Saturday was a free, educational event, consisting mainly of... More