FOOD ARCHIVES

Food Curated Shows Us the Effects of Tropical Storm Irene, In Heartbreaking Detail

by Chantal Martineau

September 28, 2011

One dairy farm's story karlfrankowski/Flickr

You may have seen photos and read stories about the effects Tropical Storm Irene had on farms upstate. But few people have been able to capture the devastation and personal loss like Liza de Guia in her latest Food Curated mini doc.

Hurricane Irene Aftermath: One Farmer’s Story from SkeeterNYC on Vimeo.

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