Poughkeepsie, NY “I think the simplest thing to do would be to start at the beginning,” Sister Margo told us as we asked how Sprout Creek Farm in Poughkeepsie, NY, came to be. As members of the Society of the Sacred Heart, Margo Morris and her co-founder, Sister Suzanne Rogers (Sue), already belonged to an […]
Wallkill, NY Christine Kelley and her friend decided they were going to go skydiving one summer night because they wanted to “do something crazy”. Christine was a high school English teacher when her and her friends made this decision one summer. Unfortunately for her friend, that was the first and last time she ever went […]
Kingston, NY Paul Alward, now Co-Founder and CEO of Hudson Valley Harvest, moved to New Paltz in 2004 where he was running a mixed vegetable and livestock farm. What Paul loved about being in The Valley at the time was that there were still so many farmers making a living. In comparison to where […]
Wurtsboro, New York Growing up, Paul Deninno always loved the outdoors, but for the longest time, that love was never a part of his work life. After an accident working in mechanics, Paul happily got himself out and began work with computers. Still itching for the outdoors, he bought himself a piece of property […]
Poughkeepsie, NY Keeping busy is something that Camille Capello has always been good at. In fact, it seems she always had a bit of a restless nature. When Camille was pregnant with her son, she had to be on bedrest, “I went crazy. I made 150 jars of jelly that summer, I had to […]
Marlboro, NY Growing up, Victor Spaccarelli Jr.’s four children all loved the outdoors – hunting, fishing, camping, anything they could do outside. Victor always wanted to buy a piece of property where his children could do whatever they wanted, be as loud as they wanted, and not have to worry about disturbing anyone. Victor […]
Poughkeepsie, NY Feza Oktay had been volunteering for Hudson River Housing for about ten years as part of their Middle Main Initiative to revitalize the Middle Main Street corridor of Poughkeepsie. The Poughkeepsie Underwear Factory had been part of the Middle Main Initiative since the beginning. While Hudson River Housing’s main goal is to […]
Gardiner, NY Gable Erenzo was no stranger to the world of running a business. In fact, he was no stranger to distilling either. Gable and his father started Tuthilltown Distillery where Gable was the chief distiller for many years. Tuthilltown distillery was built from a two-person operation with one, one hundred gallon still, to […]
Kingston, NY In 1960, Uwe and Ingrid Deising immigrated to America from the same town in Germany. Growing up only a few blocks from one another, the two never knew each other, until coming to America. Living in Long Island, Uwe and Ingrid met on a double date with friends. Coincidentally they had not […]
Kingston, NY In the late 90’s Tommy Kegan was studying Biochemistry in San Francisco. This was an exciting time and place to be in the world of science, as Tommy found himself right in the heart of the beginnings of the human genome project. As he came close to graduation, he was looking for […]