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Buffalo Beer Week is underway, but most local residents wouldn't have needed a special event to spot the growing popularity of craft beers that are…
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It's the season for dairy and agriculture festivals in Western New York. Springville staged its annual tribute to farming last weekend. Down in Allegany…
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If a state agency wants to buy food, it now has to consider buying food grown or produced in New York. It's called the food metrics law, which starts…
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Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz says the area can move forward with planning for an advanced manufacturing center and help local farmers. The county…
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There are more and more young people getting into farming and Washington is now helping small farmers and the local food movement thrive.American…
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A western New York Community College is launching a first-its-kind Food Processing Technology program in the fall of 2014. The program at Genesee…
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Smaller farms in upstate New York are being squeezed by the valuation mechanisms that peg taxation to land values.One of those challenges is property…
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The steaks stacked in the coolers of butcher shops in New York may be marketed as local, but just what that label means varies widely.The state actually…