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Hudson Valley offers the best pick your own farms Publisher TERRIE GOLDSTEIN publisher@excitingread.com Editor BRITTANY L. MORGAN editor@excitingread.com Art Director JESSICA PAKENHAM design@excitingread.com Media Advisor ROANNE PATTERSON sales@excitingread.com T he weather is getting cooler. The fruit is ready for picking. Fall is in the air! September is definitely one of my favorite months. I love the apple picking and the sight of new school supplies lining the shevles at local stores. We have a great magazine this month and we hope you enjoy. Down on the farm Editorial Assistant MERLYN AKHTAR makhtar@excitingread.com also publishers of Common core BRITTANY L. MORGAN Editor's Journal September is a great time to head out to your local farm. We've found some of the Hudson Valley's best pick-your-own farms. Turn to page 12 to find a great farm near you! Plus, don't miss out on what our facebook fans had to say about their favorite farms in the Hudson Valley! When your child enters the classroom this fall, there will be lots of changes. New York recently adopted the Common Core standards. These new standards are slowly being adopted around the country. Flip to page 18 to see how the old and new standards compare. Plus, one local mom sounds off on the Common Core. Get outdoors! This month, Barbara Allen shares ways you can encourage your kids to put down the remote and get outdoors! From bike rides across the Walkway over the Hudson to having a picnic at Minnewaska State Park, there are great opportunities for outdoor fun all around us! New faces coming to HVParent Hudson Valley Parent is published monthly by: The Professional Image Marketing & Public Relations Inc. 174 South Street Newburgh, NY 12550 Phone: 845-562-3606 Fax: 845-562-3681 hvparent.com This publication is copyrighted by the publisher. Reproduction without written permission of the publisher is prohibited. Hudson Valley Parent welcomes submissions, although we cannot accept responsibility for work submitted nor guarantee publication. AUDITED BY 6 Hudson Valley Parent A MEMBER OF Both Brittany, our editor and Jessie, our designer, are spreading their wings. We are sorry to see them go but we are proud of what they have accomplished while here at Hudson Valley Parent magazine. We are also delighted to add new faces to our mix. HVParent's newest blogger finds the greatest Hudson Valley haunts. In a previous life, Beth Fox was an English teacher in an alternative high school for at risk youth. Now, she is currently a stay at home mom September 2013 with two little girls: Madison, 4, and Sophie, 17 months. She lives in Goshen. Her days are filled with raising her daughters and exploring the Hudson Valley. Beth's title of Stay-At-Home mom is quite misleading as they are rarely at home. She loves to be on the go, exploring new places and revisiting her own childhood favorites. Beth hopes her blog provides area parents with ideas and inspiration to get out there and explore this great community with their kids.