The New York Wine and Grape Foundation is moving from Canandaigua to Penn Yan. The foundation, a trade and marketing organization for grapes and wine, has been located in Canandaigua since the New York Wine and Culinary Center — now ...
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More than 50 judges and 200 volunteers gathered over wine last weekend in downtown Rochester for the Finger Lakes International Wine Competition. The 19-year-old competition, along with a related wine auction later this year, raises money for Camp Good Days, ...
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Provisions of the 2018 Farm Bill, which became law in December, allow farmers to gain larger loans through the federal Farm Service Agency, the agency has announced. Because of the seasonal nature of farm income, agricultural producers often need substantial ...
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Perry’s has launched a dairy-free alternative to ice cream. Perry’s Ice Cream Company Inc., headquartered in Akron, Erie County, is using locally produced oat milk in the base of its new frozen desserts. “For more than 100 years, we have ...
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George A. Payne has been providing dedicated service to the Ontario County Fair for 74 years, and now he’s being honored. The George A. Payne Fund and Apprenticeship Program, established by the Ontario County Agriculture Fair Society, will provide students ...
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If you get sued over how accessible your website is for people with visual impairments, fix the problems rather than settle the lawsuit, says Robert Duffy, president of the Greater Rochester Chamber of Commerce. His statement was prompted by a wave ...
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Make way for locally produced mead, the fermented beverage made from honey. Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo put out the call on Thursday for applicants for a new farm beverage license for making and selling mead. Previously those who wanted to ...
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A decade ago, Chris Missick and his father sat in a diner-style booth in the Villa Bellangelo Winery overlooking Seneca Lake in Dundee, Yates County. It was the day after Chris married his French sweetheart, Laure, and the wedding guests ...
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A proposed waste-to-energy incinerator for Romulus, Seneca County, suffered a major blow Wednesday when the NY Senate unanimously approved legislation banning such incinerators in the Finger Lakes, following a similar Assembly vote last week. The Finger Lakes Community Preservation Act ...
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An international wine competition in Texas announced winners on Monday, including gold medals for four Finger Lakes wineries. All four winners were recognized for varieties of Riesling. The TEXSOM International Wine Awards drew a record-breaking 3,300 entries from 32 countries ...
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One hundred people from eight countries attended a workshop at Rochester Institute of Technology this week to learn about drone technologies and their uses and make connections in the field. Some came to share their scientific findings on ways to ...
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The federal Agricultural Research Services’ Grape Genetics Research Unit will be getting an updated laboratory, after receiving nearly $69 million in federal funding announced by Sen. Charles Schumer Tuesday. The unit is located at Geneva’s Cornell AgriTech, a Cornell University ...
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Two years ago, Gene Olczak’s tiny Karma Sauce company made way too much of his Extreme Karma hot sauce for a single customer’s order. Instead of a few boxes in his inventory, he had a few pallets available. It’s lucky ...
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Dairy producers are being sought for an open seat on the state’s Dairy Promotion Order Advisory Board. The board makes recommendations to the state agriculture commissioner on marketing promotions, nutrition education and research programs. “The dairy industry is a major ...
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A town hall event to rally support for farmworkers’ rights in New York State is scheduled for Sunday afternoon in downtown Rochester. The gathering, sponsored by the Justice for Farmworkers Legislative Campaign and Rural Migrant Ministries Inc., is urging passage ...
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