For years, industrial sites that once fueled the city’s economy have sat idle and deteriorating in and around residential areas. Now, the brownfields are presenting an opportunity for residents to re-invent their neighborhoods.
Jim Shaul, co-owner of Shaul Farms in Fultonham, stands in front of a cornfield being irrigated. Irrigation pumps use about $500 of diesel fuel per day to draw water from the Schoharie Creek.
