CADE

Through our Land Access Program, CADE works to help bridge the gap between aspiring farmers with landowners, sharing opportunities (specifically in Delaware, Schoharie and Otsego counties) while supporting careful transition planning to ensure a resilient food system into the future.

Terra Viva (formerly Aldo's) Farm is a privately-held property in Schoharie County, NY. The owners are seeking experienced farmer(s) to establish a business that works well alongside their own aspirations for a cattle herd on the land. There is newly-renovated rental housing available onsite. Farm owners are open to different models of collaborating with the incoming farmer(s).

For livestock/poultry farmers looking to start or relocate in the Mohawk Valley, this is a chance to share a large land parcel with on-site infrastructure and collaborative co-occupants.

Check out details on their NY Farmland Finder listing (search Aldo's farm), and reach out to our Land Access Program Manager to explore potential fit.

We at CADE have two new team members we'd like to introduce to you.

After the better part of a decade in value-based sourcing and operations—across culinary events, retail, food service, and wholesale organizations—Sofia Degtyar is now weaving relationships across the New York agricultural value chain to support producers in accessing new markets. Sofia has led the procurement department at GrowNYC’s New York Regional Food Hub in the Bronx, oversaw sourcing and operations for an aggregate CSA delivery program as well as a brick and mortar market & cafe at Local Roots in Brooklyn, developed programming to support beginning and immigrant farmers with expanding their wholesale operations, and consulted mission-aligned food businesses on strategy and marketing.

Jared Spears is a writer and communications manager inhabiting the Mahicannituck/ Hudson River Valley since 2021. As Engagement Manager for CADE's Creative Media & Learning Content, he is responsible for outward facing digital and multi-media communications. Jared previously served in a communications role at the Schumacher Center in the Berkshires, contributing to the non-profit’s digital publications and helping to further place-based development initiatives including the BerkShares local currency as well as the Berkshire Community Land Trust’s Farmsteads for Farmers land access campaign.