{"id":82342,"date":"2017-07-02T09:33:58","date_gmt":"2017-07-02T13:33:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=82342"},"modified":"2017-07-01T23:38:25","modified_gmt":"2017-07-02T03:38:25","slug":"hops-industry-in-central-new-york-past-and-present-with-friends-of-rogers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=82342","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Hops Industry in Central New York Past and Present\u2019 with Friends of Rogers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?attachment_id=74428\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-74428\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-74428\" src=\"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Friends-of-Rogers.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Friends-of-Rogers.png 225w, https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Friends-of-Rogers-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>On Saturday, Aug. 12, join Friends of Rogers, along with historian Henry Drexler, to discuss the\u00a0historic hops industry in Central New York, the current state of hop agriculture today, and projections\u00a0for the industry in the future.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are very excited that Henry is leading this unique program,\u201d said Simon Solomon, executive\u00a0director. \u201cHis many years photographing and documenting hop barns in Chenango County will provide extensive insight and history on this important regional heritage.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The forum will begin at 9 am in the Visitor Center with a presentation <!--more-->and conversation with Drexler, followed by a short trip to a local, historic hop barn. The tour will then proceed to the Good Nature Farm Brewery in Hamilton for a facility tour and complimentary samples of craft beer. Every participant will also be given a commemorative Good Nature glass.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGood Nature Farm Brewery and Tap Room\u2019s generosity to Friends of Rogers is inspiring,\u201d said Solomon.\u00a0\u201cTheir support is allowing Friends of Rogers to once again offer this popular program. We are extremely grateful for Good Nature\u2019s investment in our mission.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHops Industry in Central New York Past and Present\u201d is for ages 21 and older. Pre-registrations are due by noon on August 11; admission is $15 for members and $18 for not-yet- members. To register for this program, e-mail execdir@FriendsofRogers.org or call (607) 674-4733.<\/p>\n<p>Rogers Center is operated by Friends of Rogers\u00a0Environmental\u00a0Education Center, Inc., a nonprofit organization that offers educational programs for all ages. Seasonal hours are from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sunday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Saturday, Aug. 12, join Friends of Rogers, along with historian Henry Drexler, to discuss the\u00a0historic hops industry in Central New York, the current state of hop agriculture today, and projections\u00a0for the industry in the future. \u201cWe are very excited that Henry is leading this unique program,\u201d said Simon Solomon, executive\u00a0director. \u201cHis many years photographing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":74428,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23813,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-82342","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education","category-top-story"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82342","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=82342"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82342\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/74428"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=82342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=82342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=82342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}