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New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed a farmworkers’ rights bill into law Wednesday that will for the first time give the workers benefits other employees…
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An amendment to the federal Farm Bill passed by the House and Senate is intended to support farmers and the craft beer industry.Senator Kirsten…
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A nonprofit organization is making emergency loans available to farmers in part of western Massachusetts who suffered losses due to the weather this…
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A new effort to cultivate the Berkshire farming and food-production economy has emerged in Great Barrington. The Berkshire Agricultural Ventures nonprofit…
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Following dry and drought conditions last summer, Northeast farmers are facing the opposite challenge this growing season: a rainy, cool spring that has…
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Officials from the New York Farm Bureau discussed the group’s top state legislative priorities and its response to the governor’s executive budget during…
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President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday announced the last of his cabinet nominees. Former Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue has been chosen to lead the…
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Supporters of the long-awaited preservation of a community farm in Saratoga Springs cheered Tuesday night after the city approved a conservation easement…
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Pitney Farm is the last remaining operating farm within the Saratoga Springs city limits.Partners have been working to purchase and preserve the family…
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Cornell Cooperative Extension Saratoga County, working with the Milton Grange, is hosting an event Saturday that aims introduce the basics of homesteading…