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Creative varieties paired with choice-driven consumers have helped drive growth in the craft beer industry across the country and in the Finger Lakes Region.  That same formula will determine the industry’s future health, local experts say. “The craft brewing industry ...

For more than a century Lagoner Farms Inc. has grown apples. In the past three years it has tripled the number of varieties to embark on a new venture: cider production. Embark Craft Ciderworks opened June 2, but the concept ...

After decades in finance, Joseph Hurley has left his cubicle to become a farm entrepreneur. Hurley worked for KPMG LLP early in his career before becoming a partner of the Bonadio Group’s tax division in 1986. He left the Perinton-based ...

The County of Monroe Industrial Development Agency approved Tuesday tax incentives for an $18 million project that is expected to create 89 jobs over the next three years.

Douglas Hazlitt, co-leader of family-owned Hazlitt 1852 Vineyards, is not one to spend his time behind a desk

The New York Certified Organic meeting is next month in Geneva.

National Grid PLC is providing economic development and energy efficiency grants to support a $15.2 million project at Intergrow Greenhouses Inc. in Orleans County.

New York State is the second-highest producer of apples and the third-highest producer of grapes in the nation, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Wednesday.

New York will provide $350,000, a portion of which will go to the Cornell Agriculture & Food Technology Park in Ontario County, to research hops and malting barley to determine which varieties work best for state agriculture.

Casa Larga Vineyards Inc. is expanding its winery tour program to include tours conducted in American Sign Language and Spanish.

Sen. Charles Schumer on Wednesday unveiled a plan to allow the sale of hard cider at a fruit farm in Williamson.

Seneca Foods Corp. has repurchased shares in a private transaction totaling roughly $25 million, documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission show.

New York continues to be a leading agricultural state, with 36,300 farms producing $4.7 billion in products annually, a report from the state Comptroller’s Office shows.

Organic produce has become the fastest-growing product segment for Wegmans Food Markets Inc. The company is looking to continue the development of its organic research farm in Canandaigua to meet an increased demand for organic goods. The farm is on ...

Seneca Foods Corp. has named a new chief financial officer and treasurer, effective June 11.