From Forest to Fields: A History of Agriculture in New York’s Champlain Valley

This book leads readers through the working landscape in Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Warren, and Washington Counties in upstate New York. A hardcopy edition of this book is also available for purchase.

From Forest to Fields leads the visitors through the working landscape in Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Warren, and Washington Counties in upstate New York. Along the way, readers will learn to identify historic and contemporary agricultural crops, structures, and practices while visiting farms, museums, fairgrounds, and farmers’ markets. We invite you to use this guide in conjunction with the Guide to Local Farms and Food in the Historic Champlain Valley, video “Passage Minutes” and a suggested travel itinerary that can be found on www.adirondackharvest.com and www.lakestolocks.org websites.