Welcome to the Farmscape Ecology Program Website
Our goal is to foster informed, active compassion for the ecological and cultural landscape of Columbia County, NY through participatory research and outreach.
FEP in the Media
- FEP staff discussed the Ancient Forest Project on a podcast called “Who’s that Expert?!“
- Anna and Conrad participated in a talk titled “Rediscovery of 200-year old Records of NY State Climate Long Before Global Warming” for the Partners for Climate Action’s Morning Coffee Webinar series
- Claudia and Conrad shared the Field Guide on WAMC’s “The Roundtable” Radio Segment
- Article by Conrad published in From the Ground Up called “Agroecology as Faith–Thoughts on Farming With and For Nature”
- Kyle’s Feature on Ants in WAMC’s “To the Best of Our Knowledge” Radio Segment
- Conrad’s Article on Ponds Published in LakeLine Magazine
- “Roots to Renewal” Podcast
Latest News
- New “Nature Calls” Podcast on Ants
FEP researcher Kyle spoke with Tim Kennelty and Jean Thomas earlier this year about his work and fascination with ants. Listen in on their conversation in this Nature Calls podcast published by Cornell Cooperative Extension. - Discussion of Native Plants at Arthur’s Point Farm
On September 13th, Claudia was a part of a panel discussion at Arthur’s Point Farm during their final Open Nursery Weekend. She discussed the ecological role of native plants in gardens, including how diversity of flowering times, flower morphology, and genetics can support pollinators and other insects, and broader landscape health. The talk was livestreamed… Read more: Discussion of Native Plants at Arthur’s Point Farm - Glimpses of the Natural History of a Farm
As a guest writer for the Hudson Valley Farm Hub blog, Conrad offers a glimpse of the on-farm ecology research at the Farm Hub that we conduct and help facilitate. This piece introduces the research collaborative, describes the aims and scope of this work, and illustrates brief results and findings from all of the collaborators.… Read more: Glimpses of the Natural History of a Farm
2024 Annual Appeal: donate to support our work at the Farmscape Ecology Program
If you have ever joined us for an ecology walk, enjoyed one of our posts or presentations, valued a resource we’ve created, or simply appreciated the interdisciplinary focus we bring to doing original research in this landscape and sharing it creatively with the community, we hope you will consider making a donation to support our continued efforts. You can do so online or by sending a check to:
For those not on our mailing list, this year’s appeal is particularly focused on supporting our Ancient Forest Project. Download a copy of this year’s gift, an Ancient Forest Mushrooms guide, by visiting: https://hvfarmscape.org/2024-annual-appeal/
