September 2, 2009
Contact: Michael Farrell, NNY Maple Specialist, Uihlein Forest,
518-523-9337, cell: 518-637-7000
Noted Food & Hospitality Consultant to Speak at New York State
Maple Tour September 28 in Lake Placid
Lake Placid, NY - From Radio City Music Hall, The Russian Tea Room, The
Walnut Marketing Board and the California Milk Advisory Board,
Manhattan, Las Vegas, Miami, L.A. to Lake Placid, the acclaimed food,
restaurant and hospitality consultant Clark Wolf is bringing his 30-plus
years of experience to New York’s maple industry on September 28th in
Lake Placid, NY. Wolf is a featured speaker at the Monday evening awards
banquet of the 2009 New York State Maple Tour at the Lake Placid
Horseshow Grounds at 6pm.
Wolf will be talking with New York’s maple producers about the
importance of building the local food economy and the role maple syrup
producers can play in developing sustainable and thriving communities.
Wolf says, “There’s nothing more important and compelling in America
today than a renewed and vigorous focus on collaboration and development
in community connected agriculture. I’m excited about the present. I’m
excited about the future.”
Northern New York Maple Specialist Michael Farrell with Cornell
University arranged for Wolf’s visit to the region. He says, “Pure maple
products are the local, healthy sugar alternative for the Northeast and
we are excited to have Clark Wolf come speak about the incredible
opportunities for maple producers to expand further into growing niche
markets.”
Wolf helps start new businesses and redevelops existing businesses into
freshly competitive operations. He has worked with chefs, food
professionals, students and industry groups around the world. New York
Magazine has called Clark Wolf “The Kitchen Coach.”
Wolf speaks, writes and coaches about food trends, specialty foods, food
and beverage venue design and marketing. He chairs New York University’s
Department of Nutrition and Food Studies Advisory Committee and founded
the New York Chapter of the American Institute of Wine & Food. His pro
bono work includes creating the Sunday Night Supper for God’s Love We
Deliver.
Having learned the food business from the ground up as a waiter on the
railroad, a cheese and wine shop manager, and restaurant developer, Wolf
established the Clark Wolf Company in New York City in 1986. He consults
with business owners on design, culinary and management aspects and help
them select architects, chefs, and concepts for restaurant, kitchen and
menu design.
Also on the banquet dais are New York State Department of Agriculture
and Markets Commissioner Patrick Hooker and his staff. They will present
a report on the work of the New York State Maple Task Force formed in
March 2009 to identify the programmatic and regulatory measures needed
to enhance the vitality of New York’s maple industry.
The New York State Maple Tour includes activities from a Sunday evening
reception with University of Vermont Proctor Maple Research Center
Director Dr. Timothy Perkins and a trade show from 4-8 pm to Monday
tours of sugarhouses in the Lake Placid area and Tuesday tours to maple
operations in the Chazy, NY, area. Tour options include a visit to the
Lake Placid Olympic Ski Jumps on Monday.
For September 27-29 New York State Maple Tour information and
registration, contact the Lake Placid/Essex County Visitors Bureau, Lake
Placid, 518-523-2445 x109. Registration deadline is September 11, 2009.
Registration form and details are on the New York State Maple Producers
Association website at
www.nysmaple.com.
For details on Northern NY maple industry research in regional
sugarbushes in Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Jefferson, Lewis and St.
Lawrence counties, contact your local Cornell Cooperative Extension
office and go online to the Northern New York Agricultural Development
Program website at www.nnyagdev.org.
Sugarbush management, maple production and research information is found
on the Cornell Maple Program website at
http://maple.dnr.cornell.edu.
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Additional Contacts:
• Cornell Maple Program:
http://maple.dnr.cornell.edu
• New York State Maple Producers Association:
www.nysmaple.com
• Northern New York Agricultural Development Program:
www.nnyagdev.org
