The Peru Gazette

2nd Annual Kids Fair & Festival @ Babbie Rural & Farm Learning Museum Sept 22 & 23 from 10:00am to 4:00pm WANTED: All kids for a great time. 

The Peru Gazette is pleased to reprint an article published in the September 2012 Peru Community Church newsletter in which Mrs. Bruni Michaud tells a wonderful story about Jamaica and its people.   Mrs. Michaud and her husband Dr. Alan Michaud, D.D.S. traveled to Jamaica as members of the Peru Community Church’s Jamaican Mission team. […]

Where nothing good grows.

By John T. Ryan Peru’s population increased significantly on Saturday, August 25th as hundreds of Jamaican men arrived in town to pick this year’s apple crop.  

Click here for the Adirondack Almanack story 

Governor signs law restricting sale, transport of invasive species – AdirondackDailyEnterprise.com |

A message from the Babbie Museum Babbie Rural & Farm Learning Museum is having their annual Hay & Grain Harvest Weekend on August 18th and 19th. Come and join us and watch us

Watertown Daily Times | House Republicans could block U.S. farm bill vote before deadline.

Area farmers feeling effects of dry weather – AdirondackDailyEnterprise.com 

By Donald McBrayer The New Zoning Law Informational Meeting for agricultural landowners was held on Thursday evening July 19, 2012 at the Town Hall. About 30 area landowners  (including representatives from Rulf’s Orchard, Forrence Orchards, Applejacks Orchard, Sullivan’s Farm, Everett Orchards, and several others) were in attendance.

Timber! | Seven Days.

Cuomo issues outdoor burn ban – Times Union.

Watertown Daily Times | Greek yogurt boom drives up milk demand in north country.

Babbie Museum opens new conservation display » Local News » Press-Republican.

Farm Fresh | Seven Days.

Watertown Daily Times | Army worms devour crops at 40 farms in Jefferson County.

For NY farmers, fracking means salvation — or ruin | Press & Sun-Bulletin | pressconnects.com.

Small dairies go under as milk prices sink again | Burlington Free Press 

Cell use leads to cow deaths » Local News » Press-Republican.

For NY farmers, fracking means salvation _ or ruin – Yahoo! News.

Support for a sustainable Park – AdirondackDailyEnterprise.com 

Booming Market | Seven Days.

Chazy Lake residents suffer salt-contaminated water » Local News » Press-Republican.

Vermont farmers make the case for humane veal | Burlington Free Press