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The drink of hobbits will get its own farm license in New York under a proposal in Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s budget for 2018-19. The proposal creates a farm meadery license, the latest craft beverage license to join those already available ...

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After most of a day hearing about federal, state and municipal laws governing the hiring of foreign workers, Barbara Bauman of Webster felt she learned enough to start asking more questions of the appropriate agencies. Barbara and Daniel Bauman attended ...

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The New York Apple Association, the marketing and promotion arm of the apple industry in the Empire State, has been named 2018 Business of the Year by the New York State Agricultural Society. The award was presented earlier this month ...

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O-AT-KA Milk Products Cooperative plans to build a 20,000-square-foot expansion onto its production facility in the city of Batavia. A state grant of $750,000 was announced Wednesday, Jan. 10, for the $34.5 million project, which also includes incentives from the ...

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It’s a marriage with Rochester roots—Lento restaurant is serving a new cocktail made with Love Beets, the packaged and ready-to-eat beets produced in Rochester. The farm-to-table restaurant in Village Gate created a drink called “Roots and Revel,” featuring Love Beets’ ...

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Shoppers have a bonus Holidays at the Market event Sunday, Dec. 17, at the City of Rochester Public Market. By popular request a fourth day was added to the original schedule of three Sundays when market patrons can shop for ...

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A new invasive species has been identified in New York State and it poses a threat to grape and orchard crops. The state Department of Agriculture and Markets issued a warning Wednesday about the spotted lanternfly, whose first US sighting ...

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You’ve seen the Taste NY signs around the state. New York state officials are trying to make this Christmas what could be called “Tree NY.” On Tuesday, state Agriculture Commissioner Richard Ball urged fellow New Yorkers to buy locally grown ...

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Though the listening session was held in a craft brewery, most people who commented Tuesday, Oct. 31, on the upcoming renewal of the federal farm bill talked either about food stamps, research or young farmers. The session at Rohrbach’s Brewing ...

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A farm’s first step into agritourism may be as simple as allowing people to watch the farmer work. “People will pay money to watch you milk your cow. No joke,” said Sophie Winter, assistant professor at agricultural business at the ...

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Despite the ups and downs of this year’s growing season, the local apple harvest has turned out to be pretty typical after all. Even with the heavy downpours of spring, some overly dry patches in the summer and an autumn ...

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If you look around Rochester, it is not hard to find signs of Chuck Cerankosky’s influence. In the last decade he has helped to bring new dining experiences to the area, all filtered through a specific lens and his first ...

  Turning over a new leaf in the New York State market, organic grower Duncan Family Farms is headed for Brockport, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced today. One of the leading organic growers in the nation, the Arizona-based Duncan is known ...

Empire Farm Days—held from Aug. 8-10 at Rodman Lott and Son Farms in Seneca Falls—will have a new Craft Beverage Center this year, officials said. Empire Farm Days is an annual event that covers 300 acres with the latest in ...

Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Tuesday that the Dairy Farmers of American plant in the Genesee Valley Agri-Business Park in Batavia, Genesee County, has been sold to dairy processor HP Hood LLC. Hood will invest over $200 million in the project ...