Tag: women

DiOrio's staff

Staff of DiOrio’s Supermarket in Old Forge

The staff of DiOrio’s supermarket in front of the produce cooler. Owner Bob DiOrio is on the far left. Old Forge, NY. Photo courtesy of DiOrio’s supermarket. To learn about how grocers across the North Country adapted during the pandemic, check out this North Country at Work story.

Loading box into delivery van

Loading the Green Goddess delivery van in Lake Placid

Woman loads box into the delivery van of Green Goddess Natural Foods. The van had been used for catering services, but after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, it was used for a daily grocery delivery service to help people shelter at home. Lake Placid, NY. March 2020. Photo courtesy of Tammy Loewy. To learn […]

Dani Baker at table

Organic farmer Dani Baker at harvest festival table in Clayton

Dani Baker represents Cross Island Farms at the Coyote Moon Winery Harvest Festival. Baker, along with partner David Belding, started the certified-organic Cross Island Farms in 2006. Clayton, NY. Circa 2000-2010. Photo courtesy of David Belding. Read and listen to their North Country at Work story here.  

Vickie Sandiford at pick-up window

Vickie Sandiford at the ADK Trading Post pick-up window in Long Lake

Owner and operator of the ADK Trading Post, Vickie Sandiford, at the store’s pickup window. Sandiford closed the convenience store and gift shop at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic but reopened in April 2020 using a porch pick-up system. Long Lake, NY. 2020. Photo courtesy of Vickie Sandiford. See the full story on how the […]

Ski instructor Natalie Leduc

Ski instructor Natalie Leduc in Saranac Lake

Ski instructor Natalie Leduc at Pisgah Mountain. Saranac Lake, NY. 1955. Photo courtesy of Natalie Leduc. During the five decades of her working life, Saranac Lake native Natalie Leduc wore a lot of hats: ski, instructor, substitute physical education teacher, rug salesman, lifeguard, swimming instructor, and finally real estate agent. Listen to the highs and […]

Barn manager and students with ewe and lambs

North Country School barn manager with students in Lake Placid

The North Country School’s barn manager Erica Burns (left) talks with people in the barn after the school’s 10 ewes gave birth. Lake Placid, NY. February 18, 2021. Photo courtesy of the North Country School. Burns has been the barn manager at the North Country School for over three years. Check out her North Country […]

Erica Burns holding a lamb

North Country School Barn Manager with lamb in Lake Placid

The North Country School’s Barn Manager Erica Burns holds a lamb. Lake Placid, NY. March 2021. Photo by Andy Flynn. Burns has been the barn manager at the North Country School for over three years. Check out her North Country at Work story here.

Erica Burns with horse Clover

North Country School Barn Manager with horse in Lake Placid

The North Country School’s Barn Manager Erica Burns with Clover, one of the school’s horses. Lake Placid, NY. March 2021. Photo by Andy Flynn. Burns has been the barn manager at the North Country School for over three years. Check out her North Country at Work story here.

Students butchering a pig

Butchering a pig at the Akwesasne Freedom School

Teacher Iawentas Nanticoke (left), Ierennanihsaks Nanticoke (center) and Iaonhawinon, Akwesasne Freedom School alum, butcher, and chef (right) butcher a pig. Akwesasne. February 2019. Photo courtesy of the Akwesasne Freedom School.