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Archive for 'Agricultural News'

A Thank-You from the Babbie Rural and Farm Learning Museum

Happy Monday, All! On behalf of the Board of Directors and Volunteers at the Babbie Museum, we want to express our sincere appreciation and thanks for a wonderful 2022 Season! The Sponsors, Donors, Members, Visitors, School Tours, Class Attendees, and Grant Providers have allowed us to continue our mission to share and educate individuals in […]

Two Miner Institute students receive scholarships

Scholarship was started in 2016 after a $1.3M donation from the late Stephen Flanagan Click here for the Sun Community News story 

Setting up a sawmill at the Babblie Museum didn’t happen overnight

10/8/22 Peru – Babbie Farm and Rural Learning Museum – David Babble and Ross Goodyear describe all the work that went into bringing a sawmill for the southern Adirondacks, constructing a beautiful building to house it and getting it operational for Saturday’s ribbon-cutting. Congratulations to the Babbie family, the museum’s board of directors, and the […]

Babbie Musum Saw and Lumber co. Operational

October 8, 2022, Peru – It’s a great weekend to visit the Babbie Rural and Farm Learning Museum. It’s “Harvest Time” today and tomorrow between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. This morning the museum conducted a ribbon-cutting ceremony marking the Grand Opening of the Babbie Museum Sawmill & Lumber Company. Volunteers trucked the nearly 100-year-old […]

Dairy worker housing goes uninspected. The result is horrific conditions on some farms

Click here for the NCPR story 

Meet the California farmers awash in Colorado River water, even in a drought

Click here for the NPR story 

Upstate NY pumpkin sets record for largest in U.S.

Click here for the Syracuse.com story 

The miracle apple – the Honeycrisp

Click here for the NPR story

Fall activities: Your guide to pumpkin patches, apple orchards, corn mazes and more

Click here for the NBC 5 News story 

One last advocacy push as labor comissioner weighs lowering farmworker overtime threshold

Click here for the NCPR report 

$45 million expansion project at Malone dairy farm has eco-friendly features

Click here for The Malone Telegram story 

Office of Cannabis Management to host Plattsburgh workshop

Thursday, Sept. 22, informational workshop for potential retail applicants Click here for the Sun Community News story 

Babbie Museum wins BEST IN SHOW AWARD

Congratulations to the Babbie Rural and Farm Learning Museum for winning the BEST IN SHOW AWARD in the 2022 Applefest Parade.

If you have kids and you have time this afternoon, here’s a great place to go

Photos taken about noon 11:30 a.m. today.  Kids Fair today at the Babbie Rural and Farm Learning Museum Sunday, Sept. 11th, from 10 am to 4 pm. Pumpkin painting, finger puppet making by Cornell Cooperative Extension, old-time games with prizes for every child, stagecoach rides, animal petting and feeding, hands-on demonstrations for both young and […]

NY’s timeline for legal weed sales has shifted in a major way

Click here for the Syracuse.com story 

Wage board votes to lower farmworker OT threshold to 40 hours per week

Click here for the NCPR story 

The crowds, the food, the weather and the Wobble: 9 takeaways from the 2022 NY State Fair

Click here for the Syracuse.com news 

Assemblyman Billy Jones: Statement on Wage Board Decision

“New Yorkers- not just farmers- will feel the ramifications of the Wage Board’s decision to lower the overtime threshold for farmworkers from 60 to 40 hours. Considering the current supply chain issues, the cost of fuel, and inflation, this decision will negatively impact access and affordability of fresh food and products from New York State […]

Statement: Wage Board decision furthers farmers’ suffering

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Final attendance at 2022 NY State Fair remains well short of pre-pandemic years

Click here for the Syracuse.com story. 

Stewart’s Shops Wins ‘Best Milk’ in New York State

  Stewart’s Shops proudly announces its milk has been named the best in New York State, by Cornell University Department of Food Science. The award was presented on Dairy Day, September 1st, at the New York State Fair in Syracuse, NY. The recognition is part of Cornell’s New York State Milk Quality Improvement Program. Cornell […]

Holy cow, there’s a lot of milk: Here’s what 2 first-timers thought about the NY State Fair

Click here for the Syracuse.com story 

New York officials warn of invasive Spotted Lanternfly

This is a serious threat to local apple and grape growers  Click here for the My Champlain Valley News Story 

https://www.mychamplainvalley.com/news/new-york/officials-warn-of-invasive-species-spotted-lanternfly/

Story published several days ago, but the threat is deadly serious.  Click here for the MyChamplainvalley.com story 

Several cows killed after storm destroys barn on Rutland County farm

Community members helped pick up the pieces Saturday Click here for NBC 5 News story