Lecture To Highlight Economic History Of Agriculture

KINGSTON – How did the Erie Canal affect wheat production in the Hudson Valley? How did land distribution patterns of the 1700s affect the apple industry in the mid-Hudson region?Elizabeth Higgins, agriculture program leader from Cornell Cooperative Extension Ulster County (CCEUC), will take you on a 300-year journey into the economic history of agriculture in the Hudson Valley, from the earliest days of Dutch settlement to the rise and fall of the Catskills resort industry.