Students in Professor Lisa Phillips’ Feature Writing Class were assigned to profile people at the forefront of change: Billie Golan, the head organizer of the farmer’s market, has managed it every Thursday for the past three years and strives to create a sense of community. It’s a brisk Thursday in […]
New Paltz farmer’s market
Every Thursday while classes are in session, SUNY New Paltz holds a Farmers Market between 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Kaitlin Van Pelt, of the campus ancillary service, has run the market since 2009. During the winter months, the farmers market is held in the Lecture Center. Several Tables are […]
Evan O’Brien holds up a cookie, examining it as if he were searching for imperfections on a Van Gogh. “ People need to be granted permission to take a cookie,” O’Brien said, handing a customer at a recent Thursday farmer’s market, his most popular cookie- a classic chocolate chip. “I tell those […]