BEDFORD FARMERS CLUB
James Wood, President
3305 Kendal Way
Sleepy Hollow, NY 10591
Tel: 914-922-1559,
Fax: 914-922-1763
Email: Jimandtwink@gmail.com
Bedford Farmers Club seeks to encourage wise and rewarding use of communal lands and foster an awareness of Bedford's remarkable agricultural heritage. Advancing knowledge and improving the practice of agriculture and horticulture in a farming community was the premise of the Bedford Farmers Club in 1852. Today it addresses "Backyard" farming, horticulture, animal husbandry and encourages wise use of land, soil and water, and the protection of the total environment.
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2012 Meetings
All meetings start
at 3:00 pm
April 18
Place: Historic Quaker Meeting House, Chappaqua, N.Y.
Topic: An Indian Village near Bedford
Speaker: Tony Godino
May 16
Place: Mt. Kisco Library
Topic: How Geology, Nature and History influenced the settlement and growth of Mt. Kisco and Bedford
Speaker: Harry McCartney
June 20
Place: Bedford Audubon Society 35 Todd Road Katonah
Topic: The Stately American Chestnut Tree - is it coming back?
Speaker: Frank Munzer, The American Chestnut Foundation
(A small sign says Bylane Farm Bedford Audubon Society in front of the house while on the south side of the road a larger one says Hunt parker Sanctuary. Parking is in the field on the south side of Todd Road. Tel. 232-1999.)
Sept 19
Place: To be determined
Topic: Fall Leaf Management
Speaker: Fiona Mitchell
Oct 17
Place: Wilkens Fruit and Fir Farm, Yorktown Heights
Topic: Growing fruit in Westchester
Speaker: Barbara Wilkens and her family
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2011 Meetings:
All meetings start
at 3:00 pm
April 20
Place: Chappaqua Quaker House, Chappaqua Speaker: Mimi Edelman, Susan Rubin, Jan Melby and Chris West Topic: The Slow Food Movement– Lower Hudson Valley, Nationally & Worldwide
May 18
Place: Teatown Reservation, Ossining; Speaker: Clare Pierson; Topic: Herbs and Health
June 15
Place: Faraway Farm Alpacas, 1315 Baptist Church Rd. , Yorktown; Speaker: Leda Blumberg & Steve Cole; Topic: Alpaca Farming
Sept 21
Place: Ward Pound Ridge Reservation; Speaker: Dan DeLuca; Topic: The Leatherman
Oct 19
The Croton Aquaduct, Ossining; Speaker: Mavis Cane; Topic: How water gets to NYC
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Bedford Farmers Club holds five meetings a year at individual farms and homes and other places of interest in the Bedford area. For membership you must be proposed by a current member, attend two consecutive meetings, and have an interest in the Club's purpose and a willingness to serve on its committees. This is the oldest Farmers Club in the state, and we are now working to preserve the 157 years of Club minutes and the historical archives for future generations.
For further information contact:
Jim Wood, President
914-922-1559
For information about this website contact
Richard Ten Dyke
rptendyke@earthlink.net
Some web sites of interest
BEDFORD FARMERS CLUB
James Wood, President
Next Meeting: May 16, 2012
Community Room of the Mt. Kisco Library, 100 East Main Street in Mt. Kisco,
Topic: How Geology, Nature and History influenced the settlement and growth
of Mt. Kisco and Bedford
Speaker: Harry McCartney
(Photos courtsey Hazel and David Nourse)
Photos Copyright © 2009-2010 Richard Ten Dyke, Bedford NY