Wagner Vineyards, located the east side of Seneca Lake, was named Winery of the Year at the annual New York Wine Classic held in Watkins Glenn Monday through Wednesday. The prize comes as the winery is celebrating its 40th anniversary. ...
Tagged with: Andrew Cuomo Johnson Estate Winery New York Wine & Grape Foundation New York Wine Classic Sam Filler Six Mile Creek Winery Wagner Vineyards
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Attitudes toward undocumented farmworkers in New York have improved over the course of a decade, according to a survey and study conducted by the Community and Research Development Institute (CaRDI) at Cornell University. The researchers published the findings in a ...
Tagged with: CaRDI Community and Research Development Institute Cornell University Farmworkers Mary Jo Dudley polls undocumented workers
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Sen. Charles E. Schumer announced today that $500,000 in federal funding will go to Geneva to establish a seed repository for the hemp industry. The money will go specifically to the Agricultural Research Service of the US Department of Agriculture, ...
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In April, Perry’s Ice Cream released a line of oat-milk-based frozen desserts that are dairy-free. In June they started sending out frozen yogurt laced with vegetable purees. This week craft ice-cream maker Eat Me Ice Cream was blending locally grown black currants into a ...
Tagged with: agriculture Amber Odner Andrew Novakovic Catelyn Augustine Chobani Cornell University dairy Eat Me Ice Cream food processing Gayle Perry Denning ice cream non-dairy Perry's Ice Cream Robert Denning wegmans
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The inaugural Grow-NY agricultural business competition has attracted nearly 200 applications hoping to win start-up money to launch a venture in the Finger Lakes region. The applicants are competing to be among the 20 finalists who will have a chance ...
Tagged with: agriculture Andrew Cuomo business competition Cornell University finger lakes Grow-NY Grow-NY Food and Ag Summit Tom Schryver
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An online course is available for operators of farm market stands, focusing on safe food handling procedures. The “Farmers Market Food Safety” course is offered by Penn State Extension, aiming to reduce risks of foodborne illnesses that can come up ...
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When Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo signed the Farmworkers Bill into law last week, farmworker advocates were cheered, and many farmers were seriously dismayed. The new law goes into effect Jan. 1, 2020, and would require overtime pay for workers after ...
Tagged with: agriculture Andrew Cuomo Brian Manktelow farm workers John Marsella John Sorbello labor legislation Librada Paz Pamela Helming
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A multigenerational farm on Brace Road in the Ontario County town of Canandaigua is more economically secure now that the Brocklebank family has agreed to provide a conservation easement to the state. The easement provides Scott and Travis Brocklebank, the ...
Tagged with: agriculture Andrew Zepp Brock Acres Farm Canandaigua conservation easement Doug Finch Finger Lakes Land Trust Richard Ball Scott Brocklebank Travis Brocklebank
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Tickets for the New York State Fair go on sale July 8 online and at select retail locations around the state. The fair, which is the third largest in the country, runs for from Aug. 21 to Sept. 2 in ...
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As soon as a birthday party at Wickham Farms ended Sunday afternoon, the staff started dismantling the building in preparations to move. The popular agricultural-entertainment business closed last week temporarily to move around the corner to 1315 Sweets Corners Road ...
Tagged with: Bill Wickham Bret Garwood Dale Wickham Debbie Wickham Eastside YMCA Episcopal SeniorLife Communities home leasing Wickham Farms
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Sen. Charles Schumer, who has taken on limitations hindering canned cider in the past, is now trying to remove barriers affecting wine in cans. While visiting Fox Run Vineyards in Benton, Yates County, Wednesday morning, Schumer said federal regulations are ...
Tagged with: canned wine charles schumer Fox Run Vineyards Jim Trezise Three Brothers Winery War Hourse Brewing Co. WineAmerica
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Canned wine is increasingly popular these days, but there’s a mismatch between the size of cans wineries are using and the size the consumers want. That conclusion comes from a study conducted by WICResearch.com, an entity formed by a couple ...
Tagged with: canned wine Helen Williams Robert Williams wine
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Wickham Farms in Penfield will temporarily close on Sunday and reopen at a new location on Aug. 17. The agricultural entertainment business is moving three-tenths of a mile to the east from its current location at 1821 Fairport Nine Mile ...
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Full-service hotels, especially those in small markets, don’t normally get adventurous with their restaurants. But the Ramada Plaza in Geneva, which changed hands in October 2017, has set out to do just that with the hiring of Finger Lakes culinary star ...
Tagged with: canandaigua chamber of commerce Deb Carbin Fox Ethan Fogg F2T Geneva Headwater Food Hub Paul Brock Pierre Heroux Ramada Plaza Samantha Buyskes Silas Conroy Terry Sindt
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Several Rochester food trucks, including one of last year’s champions, will participate in the annual Taste NY Food Truck Competition at the New York State Fair Sept. 1 and 2. The annual competition features 40 trucks, with twelve new ones ...
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