The Peru Gazette

  Peru, Sunday, June 26, 2022 – More than 300 shoppers turned out for the Peru Town Market’s first 2022 day of operation at Heyworth-Mason Park. Lauren Prue and Ali Webbinaro are the Market organizers. Lauren commented, “I’ve very happy with the turnout, especially with the hot temperatures. We have 35 vendors including several famers […]

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Source: RENY award to support school gardening project | Sun Community News PLATTSBURGH | Tricia Thurber, a Peru Middle School teacher, will use the funds to buy equipment.

Source: Adirondack Visions – Mountain Lake PBS

Source: Equestrians gather, compete in Lake Placid | Sun Community News LAKE PLACID | Equestrians of all ages from all over the world will compete in about 120 classes

Source: Column: It’s rhubarb season | Sun Community News There are only a handful of things that grow better in the Adirondacks than in California, and rhubarb is one of them.

A Facebook message from Rulfs Orchard was posted at about 6 p.m. today June 15, 2022 It is with the deepest sadness we tell you that Grandpa Bob Rulfs has passed. Bob was a true legend of Rulfs Orchard. He always loved chatting with customers and thanking them for coming in. The one place he […]

By John T. Ryan Plattsburgh – Last Saturday afternoon at SUNY Plattsburgh’s Burke Gallery, Peru, NY native Joe Remillard narrated a gallery walkthrough of his solo art exhibition Adirondack Visions. Many people attended, including several Peru residents and members of his family. The previous evening almost 200 people enjoyed the opening reception. A June 9th Press-Republican […]

The Peru Gazette combined videos of Adirondack Farms’ hay cutting, raking and chopping operations along the Barney Downs – Old Town Roads. Most of Adirondack’s fields are hundreds of acres. This field is small, a former apple orchard. They cut the hay on June 10th and finished the job on June 12th. Total time – […]

PERU — “Brianna Peryea talks dairy industry until the cows come home for a special mini event celebrating Dairy Month at the Babbie Rural & Farm Learning Museum. The event will be held today from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the museum located at 250 River Road in Peru.” Source: 2022 Clinton County Dairy […]

Source: Updated Lake Champlain cleanup plan focuses on climate change, environmental justice – VTDigger

Suburban Propane News Release  Click here for Video from the Announcement; Click here for Photos Suburban Propane Partners, L.P. (NYSE: SPH), a nationwide distributor of propane, renewable propane and related products and services, as well as a marketer of natural gas and electricity and investor in low carbon fuel alternatives, today announced an agreement to construct, own […]

Source: Suburban Propane, Adirondack Farms partner to bring renewable natural gas to the area | News | pressrepublican.com

Click here to view a video of the new machine in operation  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4K6qV6WzXRA&t=16s By John T. Ryan  Peru – Customers purchasing apples at Forrence Orchards’ Route 22 packing house over the past few months may have noticed a significant change in its apple packing operations. There’s a new machine in operation; it’s called a sizing […]

National Dairy Month: June 2022 JUNE 2022 RELEASE NUMBER CB22-SFS.80 From the International Dairy Foods Association: “National Dairy Month started out as National Milk Month in 1937 as a way to promote drinking milk. It was initially created to stabilize the dairy demand when production was at a surplus, but has now developed into an […]

“Immediately following the last public hearing on January 28, by a vote of 2-1, the Farm Laborers Wage Board members advanced a series of resolutions to lower the overtime threshold to 40 hours. The status of the Wage Board’s report to the Commissioner of Labor is unknown at this time.” Albany, NY – The New […]

New Adirondack Harvest Resource Provides Info on 65+ Area Farmers’ Markets  Lewis, NY – Summer farmers’ market season has officially kicked off this month in the Adirondack region, bringing a welcome return of locally grown and made food, arts and crafts. Seasonal farmers’ markets offer a closer-to-home opportunity for folks to support farmers and makers […]

Interactive Map Displays Bloom Locations and Informative Website Encourages New Yorkers to “Know it, Avoid it, Report it” The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) and New York State Department of Health (DOH) today reminded New Yorkers to learn about and be aware of harmful algal blooms, or “HABs,” as the 2022 HABs […]

Stopped at Northern Orchard this morning to pick up an asparagus donation to the St. Augustine’s Soup Kitchen. Couldn’t help but notice the beautiful plants on sale. Jenna Mulbury was busy watering to safeguard them against today’s expected high temperatures. These are just a few of the plants at Northern Orchards along the beautiful Union […]

Peru is well-known for its productive apple orchards. It’s also well-known for its productive dairy farms. Our beautiful soil has to be one of the reasons.

Albany, NY – The Grow NY Farms Coalition today announced that the Business Council of New York State (BCNYS), the National Federation of Independent Businesses of New York (NFIB), and Upstate United have sent letters to Governor Hochul urging her to maintain the overtime threshold at 60 hours on family farms across New York State.  […]