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Rochester Institute of Technology has won two $25,000 grants that will buttress study abroad in two South American countries. The grants come from the 100,000 Strong in the Americas Innovation Fund and will pair RIT with universities in Lima, Peru, ...

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Now you can bring your laptop to the Rochester Public Market. A contribution of equipment and technical assistance from Datto, the international IT leader that recently built a major presence in downtown Rochester, has helped provide free Wi-Fi at the ...

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The number of craft beverage makers in New York has shot past the 1,000 mark, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo announced Thursday. The total of beer, wine, spirits and cider makers is now 1,005, with 538 of those businesses opening after ...

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 Despite the fact that people are sucking down sweetened coffee drinks topped with whipped cream and salted caramel sauce like they’re, uh, candy, they’re avoiding fruit juices because they fear they contain too much sugar. That’s hurting growers of Concord ...

Tagged with: agriculture Concord grapes New York State Fair Troy Waffner

Farmers have until Aug. 20 to apply for grants from a $17 million state fund to conserve soil and water on their farms. The Agricultural Nonpoint Source Abatement and Control Program provides money to help farmers manage runoff from manure ...

Tagged with: Agirculture nonpoint pollution Soil and Water Conservation District

Lagoner Farms in Williamson, Wayne County, has earned a $15,497 grant from Rochester Gas and Electric to upgrade electrical service and capacity for its continuing expansion. The fifth-generation farm business sells fresh produce at farmers markets and its own farm ...

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Gardeners have some extra days to get bedding plants, perennials, vegetable seedlings and other supplies for their yards and gardens during Memorial Day weekend. The City of Rochester Public Market is extending its annual Flower City Days schedule to include ...

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Wegmans executive Bill Strassburg likes to think of food and agriculture as the tortoise in the familiar hare and tortoise analogy. “It’s something that is consistent, and it consistently grows a little bit each year. It’s not a big jump ...

Tagged with: Bill Strassburg Center of Excellence Cornell Agritech Cornell University food and agriculture Jan Nyrop Kreher Family Farms Michael Nozzolio wegmans

Attending the state fair every day that it’s open this year might cost you about $100 at the gate. Double that and you could gain entrance for the rest of your life. The NY State Fair is making 200 lifetime ...

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Geneva’s New York State Agricultural Experiment Station is being designated a state Center of Excellence, bringing additional funding and attention for research and development aimed at job creation in  agriculture and food production. State Sen. Pam Helming announced on Wednesday ...

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Finger Lakes area agricultural programs will receive nearly $600,000 in state money to promote research, marketing and development of agriculture, it was announced last week (March 29) by the state Department of Agriculture and Markets. Programs submitted applications for the ...

Tagged with: agriculture Cornell University finger lakes Genesee Valley Regional Market Authority

James Stenger, chief financial officer and senior vice president of the Lewis family of companies, will retire March 23. Stenger was named 2014 Financial Executive of the Year in the large-company category by Financial Executives International, Rochester chapter, and the Rochester ...

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With talks about reauthorization of the five-year federal Farm Bill about to begin, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) has introduced a bill that would help support the prices dairy farmers are paid for their milk. Gillibrand said on Tuesday that the ...

Tagged with: dairy farmers Kirsten Gillibrand Milk prices

Star Cider started out in the basement of a young couple’s home. But their dream to turn hard cider-making into a family business quickly outgrew that house in Clifton Springs, Ontario County. So Cortni and Adam Stahl traded their house ...

Tagged with: Adam Stahl Cortni Stahl FLCC hard cider Kal Wysokowski Star Cider Start-Up NY

The Meat and Greet Farmer and Chef Fair at Hobart and William Smith Colleges is looking for additional livestock producers to participate in the March 17 event in Geneva. The colleges’ Finger Lakes Institute, Cornell Cooperative Extension and Finger Lakes ...

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