Harvest Festival Event

Date: Saturday, August 29, 12-1pm
Location: Hunter Village Square, 7950 Main St., Rte 23A, Village of Hunter, NY
Information: 518 263 2050
Free admission

12-1pm at the Village Square Bookstore, Photographer/Author DAN NELKIN will speak about his new book, Till the Cows Come Home: County Fair Portraits. According to Nelkin, "In farming communities across the United States, the harvest is celebrated annually at county fairs where local farmers showcase their prized produce and livestock. In some places, this tradition has been established for more than 180 years. Family farmers are the core participants in these summer events but their numbers are waning...Aware that others have looked through a lens at similar subject matter, I did not want to beautify the experience or trivialize it through sentimentality." In other words, he just wanted to tell "truly how is is."