{"id":645,"date":"2018-05-01T23:56:08","date_gmt":"2018-05-02T03:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/hvagriculture\/?p=645"},"modified":"2018-05-01T23:59:37","modified_gmt":"2018-05-02T03:59:37","slug":"plan-b-must-bee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/hvagriculture\/2018\/05\/01\/plan-b-must-bee\/","title":{"rendered":"Plan B? Must Bee!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Plan Bee Farm Brewery: a conversation with Emily Watson\" width=\"604\" height=\"340\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DEgw5tub6p8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/hvagriculture\/files\/2018\/05\/Picture9.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-654\" src=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/hvagriculture\/files\/2018\/05\/Picture9-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/hvagriculture\/files\/2018\/05\/Picture9-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/hvagriculture\/files\/2018\/05\/Picture9-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/hvagriculture\/files\/2018\/05\/Picture9.png 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Emily Watson is the co-founder of Plan Bee Farm Brewing, producing beer from completely organic and local New York ingredients \u2013 including its bees! She is originally from Ohio and her dad is a conventional farmer (hence she is knowledgeable about the amount of corn and soy sold to the state for ethanol, and not food).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/hvagriculture\/files\/2018\/05\/Picture3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-648\" src=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/hvagriculture\/files\/2018\/05\/Picture3-298x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"298\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/hvagriculture\/files\/2018\/05\/Picture3-298x300.png 298w, https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/hvagriculture\/files\/2018\/05\/Picture3-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/hvagriculture\/files\/2018\/05\/Picture3.png 741w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 298px) 100vw, 298px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><u>Digest of topics in this video:<\/u><\/p>\n<p>0:00:00\u00a0Plan A \u2014 what Emily and Evan Watson did before<br \/>\n0:02:28\u00a0growing and procuring New York state ingredients<br \/>\n0:06:29\u00a0tilling and &#8220;no till&#8221; farming<br \/>\n0:09:00\u00a0finding the Poughkeepsie property<br \/>\n0:15:00\u00a0foraging ingredients for brewing<br \/>\n0:18:13\u00a0harvesting yeast from honey<br \/>\n0:23:14\u00a0coolship brewing<br \/>\n0:24:53\u00a0dirty beer and wild ale<br \/>\n0:31:57\u00a0renovating the barn<br \/>\n0:33:08\u00a0ingredients foraged from the farm<br \/>\n0:39:22\u00a0the Plan Bee beers<br \/>\n0:44:56\u00a0marketing their product<br \/>\n0:48:50\u00a0opening the farm to the public<br \/>\n0:57:30\u00a0keeping bees<br \/>\n1:03:43\u00a0working with local farms<br \/>\n1:06:56\u00a0Emily&#8217;s favorite beer<\/p>\n<p>One of the sustainable and organic farming methods Plan Bee Farm Brewery that Emily emphasizes, is the act of \u201cno-tilling\u201d. Tilling releases natural gases due to breaking up or opening up the soil and therefore, disturbing natural biome and making the soil more susceptible to any seeds. The Plan Bee Farm aims to sustain the nutrient-rich biome of the soil by no tilling.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/hvagriculture\/files\/2018\/05\/Picture2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-647\" src=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/hvagriculture\/files\/2018\/05\/Picture2-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/hvagriculture\/files\/2018\/05\/Picture2-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/hvagriculture\/files\/2018\/05\/Picture2-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/hvagriculture\/files\/2018\/05\/Picture2-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/hvagriculture\/files\/2018\/05\/Picture2.png 843w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>They also really hone into the organic, natural resources available in the local New York State area. Beer mainly uses a few ingredients water, yeast, barley, hops, sour bacteria. They experiment a lot for flavours and yeast components, even foraging for berries or contacting local farms for their surplus produce to create different flavour profiles. This creates experimental craft beers with fascinating flavours such as yellow corn, pumpkin, peppers, squash, beets, dandelion and her favourite \u2013 quince and blackcurrant! <a href=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/hvagriculture\/files\/2018\/05\/Picture8.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-653\" src=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/hvagriculture\/files\/2018\/05\/Picture8-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/hvagriculture\/files\/2018\/05\/Picture8-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/hvagriculture\/files\/2018\/05\/Picture8-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/hvagriculture\/files\/2018\/05\/Picture8.png 725w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/hvagriculture\/files\/2018\/05\/Picture7.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-652\" src=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/hvagriculture\/files\/2018\/05\/Picture7-258x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"258\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/hvagriculture\/files\/2018\/05\/Picture7-258x300.png 258w, https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/hvagriculture\/files\/2018\/05\/Picture7.png 725w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 258px) 100vw, 258px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/hvagriculture\/files\/2018\/05\/Picture6.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-651\" src=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/hvagriculture\/files\/2018\/05\/Picture6-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/hvagriculture\/files\/2018\/05\/Picture6-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/hvagriculture\/files\/2018\/05\/Picture6-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/hvagriculture\/files\/2018\/05\/Picture6-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/hvagriculture\/files\/2018\/05\/Picture6.png 775w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Of course, the bee component is a huge one in which their honey is used to ferment the mead and is used as yeast cultures for their beer, and they use about 120 pounds of honey to flavour. Emily also discussed about the temperateness of the yeast, requiring an environment of not too cold, not too hot, about 68 degrees temperature, and even their own food. Yet, despite the need to control these variables, the founders still brew beers in the Old World Style, with an open batch where the area will cool and the ambient yeast will be around. The surrounding wood also eats the sugar, converting it into alcohol and producing carbon dioxide. Their solution to yeast gone wrong is to put it into oak.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/hvagriculture\/files\/2018\/05\/Picture1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-646\" src=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/hvagriculture\/files\/2018\/05\/Picture1-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/hvagriculture\/files\/2018\/05\/Picture1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/hvagriculture\/files\/2018\/05\/Picture1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/hvagriculture\/files\/2018\/05\/Picture1-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/hvagriculture\/files\/2018\/05\/Picture1.png 843w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Their distribution is quite unique as they struggle with land and autonomy in Poughkeepsie, and is 1 out of the 5 last farms that are agriculturally distinct. They are still waiting for a license to allow customers into the space but at the moment, have mainly distributors and retailers online and can sell out of the door of their farm.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/hvagriculture\/files\/2018\/05\/Picture5.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-650\" src=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/hvagriculture\/files\/2018\/05\/Picture5-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/hvagriculture\/files\/2018\/05\/Picture5-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/hvagriculture\/files\/2018\/05\/Picture5-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/hvagriculture\/files\/2018\/05\/Picture5.png 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/hvagriculture\/files\/2018\/05\/Picture4.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-649\" src=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/hvagriculture\/files\/2018\/05\/Picture4-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/hvagriculture\/files\/2018\/05\/Picture4-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/hvagriculture\/files\/2018\/05\/Picture4-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/hvagriculture\/files\/2018\/05\/Picture4-768x766.png 768w, https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/hvagriculture\/files\/2018\/05\/Picture4.png 843w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/hvagriculture\/files\/2018\/05\/Photo-Apr-27-4-50-56-PM-1-e1525233547148.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-658\" src=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/hvagriculture\/files\/2018\/05\/Photo-Apr-27-4-50-56-PM-1-e1525233547148-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/hvagriculture\/files\/2018\/05\/Photo-Apr-27-4-50-56-PM-1-e1525233547148-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/hvagriculture\/files\/2018\/05\/Photo-Apr-27-4-50-56-PM-1-e1525233547148-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Emily Watson is the co-founder of Plan Bee Farm Brewing, producing beer from completely organic and local New York ingredients \u2013 including its bees! She is originally from Ohio and her dad is a conventional farmer (hence she is knowledgeable about the amount of corn and soy sold to the state for ethanol, and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/hvagriculture\/2018\/05\/01\/plan-b-must-bee\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Plan B? 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