The New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets (AGM), Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation (Parks), The Olana Partnership, and the New York State Bridge Authority as of late joined in combination to have a good time native meals, drinks, and artwork within the historical Hudson Valley area. In birthday celebration of this system’s 10th anniversary, AGM Commissioner Richard A. Ball visited Olana State Historic Site in Hudson to focus on the Taste NY alternatives in Olana’s Museum Store, operated via The Olana Partnership. The discuss with coincided with the yearly Skywalk Arts Festival, introduced via Historic Bridges of the Hudson Valley in partnership with the New York State Bridge Authority. The annual pageant celebrates centuries of artwork and surroundings at the Hudson River Skywalk, which connects the Olana State Historic Site with the Thomas Cole National Historic Site by means of the Rip Van Winkle Bridge.
Commissioner Ball mentioned, “The strength of our Taste NY program lies in its ability to bring together New York’s farmers, producers, and artisans and connect them with new audiences. As we celebrate the 10th anniversary of Taste NY this year, there is no better place to showcase what’s unique about the program than by highlighting its presence at the Olana State Historic Site and the Skywalk Arts Festival. From food to art, we are all here today celebrating what’s best about the Hudson Valley region and our state as a whole – our partnerships, our cooperation, and the many people who produce the unique and diverse products that show off the best of New York State.”
Parks Commissioner Erik Kulleseid mentioned, “What a great way to transition from summer into fall – and in a special spot in the Hudson Valley, Olana. This 10th anniversary Taste NY celebration reinforces agricultural tourism in an historic setting and does so with great local food and art. Thank you to the vendors and producers of these unique products and enjoy the day at one of the most inspirational settings in New York State.”
The birthday celebration at Olana State Historic Site introduced in combination regional agricultural, tourism, and supporting companions to introduce guests to the New York farmers and manufacturers whose merchandise are to be had at the Olana Museum Store, operated via The Olana Partnership. Vendors sampling at the development integrated Wicked Finch, Silda’s Jam, CurrantC, and Fox Farm.
The match was once designed to show off the various and distinctive merchandise grown and made within the State. It is a part of a sequence of occasions which are going down around the state in popularity of the 2023 10-year milestone of the Taste NY program and its good fortune over the past decade, together with over $100 million in financial have an effect on to New York State manufacturers since its release. New York State merchandise can now be discovered at just about 70 places throughout New York State, together with the Olana Museum Store at Olana State Historic Site, the State’s 11 regional Welcome Centers, airports, State parks, the Javits Center, and extra.
The Olana Partnership, the 501(c)(3) not-for-profit cooperative spouse of the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation at Olana State Historic Site, opened its Taste NY choices within the Olana Museum Store in 2017. All proceeds enhance the translation, recovery, and coverage of the web site.
In addition to the Olana Historic Site match, AGM additionally took section in the yearly Hudson River Skywalk Arts Festival. The pageant introduced native painters and photographers, in addition to Stasia Fernandez and her fashionable portray categories, and the instrumental track of David Temple and Brian Silber. The AGM sales space at the Festival showcased Taste NY manufacturers and merchandise native to the Hudson Valley Region and highlighted this system’s and Festival’s connection to Olana.
Dr. Minosca Alcantara, Executive Director of the New York State Bridge Authority mentioned, “The Bridge Authority is thrilled to be part of this celebration of Taste NY’s 10th anniversary, on the same day as the Skywalk Arts Festival. Since its opening in 1935, the Rip Van Winkle Bridge has been an important mover of goods for the region’s farms and businesses. Today, the bridge also serves as an important conduit for the Hudson Valley’s tourism economy, being the crucial link along the Hudson River Skywalk between the historic homes and artist studios of Thomas Cole and Frederic Church.”
Sean Sawyer, Washburn & Susan Oberwager President of The Olana Partnership mentioned, “The Olana Partnership congratulates Taste NY on its 10th Anniversary. We are proud to have been a Taste NY destination since 2017, continuing the Church family tradition of offering visitors the best of local food and beverages.”
Amy Hausmann, Director, Olana State Historic Site mentioned, “The land where Olana is sited was farmed for generations before artist Frederic Church built his own farm here in 1860. We are so pleased to continue that agricultural tradition by supporting producers and growers and partnering with Taste of NY and The Olana Partnership to offer our visitors a rich variety of delicious, locally grown products from the great State of New York.”
Kathryn Burke, Director of Historic Bridges of the Hudson Valley mentioned, “The iconic bridges of the NYS Bridge Authority were built to transport NYS produce and products to points locally, across the country, and around the world. On September 16th, we’re excited to bring together celebrations of our Hudson Valley artists, during our 7th annual Skywalk Arts Festival, with the celebration of our many products and produce that are distinctive to New York, during the 10th anniversary year of Taste NY.”
Senator Michelle Hinchey mentioned, “Over the past decade, Taste NY has played a crucial role in raising regional awareness of the exceptional products grown and produced by our farmers and artisans right here in New York State. It is an honor to welcome NYS Agriculture and Markets to the Hudson Valley to the picturesque setting of the Olana State Historic Site as we celebrate the 10th anniversary of Taste NY. Here’s to many more years of fostering connections between New York agribusinesses and consumers!”
Lisa Marie Layman of Fox Farm Apiary mentioned, “A taste of our honey reveals the rich and complex terroir of the Empire State transformed by these essential pollinators, the honey bees. Fox Farm Apiary is delighted to partner with the Museum Store at Olana and share the shelves with their fine selection of vendors representing Taste NY.”
About Taste NY
Taste NY highlights the standard, range, and financial have an effect on of meals and drinks grown, produced, or processed in New York State. Taste NY targets to create new alternatives for manufacturers thru occasions, retail places, and partnerships, corresponding to at The Great New York State Fair and the Barclays Tournament at Bethpage State Park. Over the closing 10 years, Taste NY has supported just about 2,000 meals and beverage manufacturers collaborating in this system thru stores, occasions, and sponsorships. In 2022, 311 new manufacturers have been onboarded to this system thru New York’s Welcome Centers. Taste NY’s meals and beverage companies additionally enhance the state’s farmers via the use of New York grown and produced components of their merchandise.
About Olana and The Olana Partnership: Olana is the best masterwork of Frederic Edwin Church (1826-1900), a preeminent American artist of the mid-Nineteenth century and crucial artist’s house, studio, and designed panorama within the United States. Church designed Olana as a holistic setting integrating his complicated concepts about artwork, structure, panorama design, and environmental conservation. Olana’s 250-acre artist-designed panorama with 5 miles of carriage roads and a Persian-inspired area at its summit embraces unequalled panoramic perspectives of the Hudson Valley and Catskill Mountains and welcomes greater than 170,000 guests every year. Olana is open for guided traveling, and reservations are extremely advisable. Olana’s public park is loose and open to all, on a daily basis from 8 AM – sundown.
Olana State Historic Site, administered and operated via the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, is a chosen National Historic Landmark and one of the visited websites within the state. The Olana Partnership is the 501(c)(3) not-for-profit cooperative spouse of the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation at Olana State Historic Site.
About New York State Parks
The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation oversees greater than 250 parks, historical websites, leisure trails, golfing lessons, boat launches and extra, which noticed a document 79.5 million visits in 2022. For extra information on any of those game spaces, discuss with parks.ny.gov, obtain the loose NY State Parks Explorer app or name (518) 474.0456. Join us in celebrating our Centennial right through 2024, and hook up with us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and the OPRHP Blog.
About Historic Bridges of the Hudson Valley
Historic Bridges of the Hudson Valley (HBHV), is a non-profit group at first shaped underneath the auspices of the New York State Bridge Authority to seize and proportion the wealthy historical past embedded within the Hudson Valley’s cherished bridges. HBHV was once created to advertise the general public consciousness and common wisdom of the Hudson Valley’s bridge historical past together with their function and contributions in shaping the economic system; supply STEM schooling alternatives for educators and scholars using the NYSBA bridges; and to function curator and custodian of historic artifacts in regards to the bridges owned and maintained via the New York State Bridge Authority.
About the New York State Bridge Authority
The New York State Bridge Authority operates the Bear Mountain, Newburgh-Beacon, Mid-Hudson, Kingston-Rhinecliff and Rip Van Winkle Bridges. It additionally owns and maintains the construction of the Walkway Over the Hudson pedestrian bridge. The Authority receives no working investment thru state or federal tax greenbacks, with the vast majority of its earnings coming thru tolls. Tolls are reinvested again into capital enhancements at the Authority’s spans, making sure those important items of infrastructure can proceed serving the Hudson Valley for many years to come back. Connect with the Bridge Authority on Facebook and Twitter.
