Farmer Jones Barns Hosts City Educators
On June 23, over fifty environmental educators from the New York City area stopped by Farmer Jones Barns to view a working sawmill and learn about the family-owned business. The stop was part of a larger tour sponsored by the Watershed Agricultural Council’s Forestry Program emphasizing the link between well-managed woods, water quality protection, and a sustainable forest-based economy in the Catskill Watershed. The group is shown here piled into a hand built storage shed recently constructed from local wood at the thirty–year old company.
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New England Wood Pellet Plans Purchase of Norbord MDF DEPOSIT, NY - New England Wood Pellet LLC (NEWP), a privately-held manufacturer and distributor of wood pellet fuels, and Norbord Inc., a publicly-traded manufacturer of composite wood panel products (TSX:NBD) today announced that they have executed definitive agreements whereby NEWP will acquire Norbord’s Deposit NY land and property and commence construction of a new wood pellet manufacturing facility. READ MORE
Teachers Visit With Local Wood Manufacturers DEPOSIT, NY – On August 6, 2009, nineteen teachers from throughout the Northeastern US spent their day touring local wood products manufacturers while learning about sustainable forestry in the region. READ MORE
GreenTree is a small American furniture company dedicated to the creation of well-crafted and timeless designs. Acclaimed studio furniture maker Don Green, a co- founder and principal designer, builds each piece by hand, in his Up state New York studio. GreenTree is known for their heirloom quality wood furniture, traditionally constructed in select domestic and exotic hardwoods sourced from Catskill area suppliers. Green's designs represent a marriage of fresh design and traditional construction in tables, sideboards, seating, jewelry boxes, home accessories and other limited run pieces.