196: Goat Zen to Cornell | FLX, NY

196: Goat Zen to Cornell | FLX, NY

Author: Ria Windcaller: Award-winning Cidermaker, Podcaster | Craft Beer Columnist October 9, 2019 Duration: 55:15

Audio snap shots of the cider region of Cayuga Lake, a 38 mile long lake located in the Finger Lakes region of New York state.

CiderweekFLX took place September 27- October 6, 2019.

This region has:

In this chat we begin with the origins of the Finger Lakes from Kendall Blizzard the Agriculinary Tourism Marketing Coordinator at Ithaca/Tompkins County Convention & Visitor's Bureaus .

Kendall and I rode about all week long taking in this magnificent cider region and I thank her for her steady driving and good cheer.

Then we meet Beth Duff, Visitor Experience Specialist at Taughannock Falls (215' tall - taller than Niagara Falls).

Taghannock Falls

Taghannock Falls

Beth Duff - Ithaca got Cider Beth Duff - Ithaca got Cider

After our overview with Betty, we next chat with Susanne Messmer of Lively Run Goat Dairy. Her son Pete is making award winning cheeses.

Susanne Messmer - Lively Run Goat Dairy

Susanne Messmer - Lively Run Goat Dairy 

Our final chat is with Deborah Cooper a Digital and Special Collections Librarian Coordinator of Library Services to Cornell AgriTech, Geneva NY at the Albert R. Mann Library, Cornell University

Here are some essential URLS for cider at Mann Library:

Thank you to the following producers for helping to sponsor Cider Chat's tour of the Finger Lakes CiderWeek!

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