Senator Nozzolio to Governor: Hands off New York State Apple Association
by Senator Nozzolio
3/24/10
State Senator Mike Nozzolio is calling on Governor Paterson to immediately withdraw his proposal to increase fees on Apple growers in New York State. The proposed 2010-11 Executive Budget calls for an 82% increase in Apple Marketing Order (AMO) and 136% increase in Apple Research and Development Program (ARDP) fees.
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Hands Off NYAAHow Sweet it is
by Jim Gordon
Westfair Online
3/25/10
Maple syrup is a key sweetener to the state economy, even with just 1 percent of maples tapped. Hence a package of new legislation is aimed at helping syrup producers access new areas of potential revenue...
“When you put money into promoting agriculture the return on that investment is multiplied typically by a factor of 10 or so,” said Peter Gregg, a spokesman for the state Farm Bureau.To view the rest of the story click on the following link:
How SweetFrom Mrs. Obama’s Garden
Editorial
The New York Times
3/24/10
A year ago, Michelle Obama and pupils from a Washington elementary school dug up a patch of the South Lawn to plant a White House vegetable garden. Mrs. Obama’s stated goal — apart from providing food for her family’s meals and for formal dinners — was to promote healthful, locally grown fruit and vegetables and healthier eating by kids at a time of rising rates of childhood obesity and diabetes.
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Mrs. Obama's GardenThe Breadbasket of America: New England?
by Leah Koenig
The Atlantic
3/22/10
The Lesters opened their business in 2005 and quickly established themselves as a neighborhood fixture. But in early 2008, everything changed. Commodity crop prices went haywire, sending the cost of flour soaring. "It was catastrophic," Ben said. The Lesters decided that basing their products on an ingredient produced thousands of miles away in the Midwest no longer made good business sense, and they began to ask what it would take to source grain from local growers.
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Breadbasket of America
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