Each year, we try to bring you the best in garlic lectures from experts in growing, braiding, storing and otherwise handling Allium sativa. During festival hours, you can almost always find our friends from the Garlic Seed Foundation over at their tent, demonstrating how best to braid garlic. As well, we have a planned set of demonstrations by garlic experts who provide their own special insights.

Here is the 2008 lecture and entertainment schedule, click 2008 festival schedule.

Here is some useful biographical info about our 2008 lecturers:

• Bob Dunkel is the editor of ''The Garlic Press'', the official publication of the Garlic Seed Foundation(www.garlicseedfoundation.info/). Bob has been growing and testing out varieties of garlic for over 26 years. He is devoted to garlic growing, without the use of chemical or artificial supplements. He and his Garlic Seed Foundation colleagues have been with the festival since its first year at Cantine Field.
• Noah Gress is one of the blessed people who produces very tasty and healthy food as an organic "market gardener", which means he is somewhere between a gardener and a farmer. Noah grows and sells his crops in Southeast Pennsylvania and was one of the original growers for the field research on garlic varieties. As part of this project, Noah consistently grew some of the best garlic from any site in the U.S. Noah will be lecturing on the topic "All about Garlic" at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday and at 10 a.m. on Sunday, at the Chef & Garlic Lecture tent. During other times of the festival, you can look for Noah at or nearby the Garlic Seed Foundation tent.

• Ted Maczka is known as the "Johnny Appleseed of Garlic" as he gives away free garlic seed all over the United States. His Canadian farm is an experimental station for the testing of cold-hardy strains of garlic and he will talk about his revolutionary new way of growing garlic.

• David Stern, has farmed small fruits and vegetables at Rose Valley Farm for 35 years. His certified organic farm is between Lake Ontario and the Finger Lakes in Upstate New York. He has produced garlic for over 30 years and was a co-founder of the Garlic Seed Foundation in 1984. He has been the Director of the Foundation since its inception, and is a Board member of its parent organization, Friends of Garlic, Inc. For many years, he has researched, written about, lectured about, and eaten a lot of garlic. David will be lecturing on the topic of "Secrets of Growing Great Garlic", at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday and at noon on Sunday. During other times of the festival, you can look for David at or nearby the Garlic Seed Foundation tent.
• Betsy Williams has been in the business of growing, selling, decorating and teaching about living with herbs since 1970. Trained as a florist in Boston and England, she combines her floral skills with an extensive knowledge of history, plantlore and seasonal celebrations to create uniquely beautiful fresh and dried floral arrangements for weddings and private homes. Mrs. Thrift, Betsy's almost real, imaginary friend makes herb vinegars, mustards and butters every fall. Then she cooks with them! At this year's festival, Betsy demonstrates the basic techniques for making herb vinegars, mustards and butters and then shares ways to use them for delicious, quickly-made family meals. Taste herb vinegar, herbed mustard and herb butter, then sip one of Mrs.Thrifts' favorite soups--all flavored with garlic of course!

• Bob Yerina is the owner of Garlic Delite Farms in Little Falls, NY. He has been participating in the Hudson Valley Garlic Festivals since their start in 1992. He has been growing garlic for many years and is a renowned expert in the special braiding technique required for hard-neck garlic. Bob will give his insightful lectures on braiding and growing garlic, and will hold his useful question-and answer sessions in the Chef & Garlic Lecture Tent, at 4:30 p.m on Saturday and at 11:15 a.m. and 4:15 p.m. on Sunday. At other times, you can find Bob in his booth, most likely braiding away.



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2008 Hudson Valley
Garlic Festival™
September 27 & 28, 2008