Fruit Growers Fear Early Bloom

Warm Spell has Trees Ahead of Schedule, Vulnerable to Early Frost

Rod Farrow, co-owner of Lamont Fruit Farm in Water

WATERPORT -- The buds are bursting on apple and fruit trees in orchards throughout New York. The process is about two to three weeks early and growers fear more unseasonably warm temperatures will lead to blossoms in April, making this year's fruit crop vulnerable to an early frost.

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Early Bloom

Leaked Memo Shows ICE Sets Quota Inspite of Claims to the Contrary

A migrant farmworker picks apples in Wayne County

As farm workers begin to return to Cayuga, Oswego and Wayne counties for the 2010 growing season, there is a new sense of fear in the air.

Word has spread through the orchards, dairies and vegetable farms about U.S. Immigration  and Customs Enforcement’s controversial new deportation quotas.

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Leaked Memo

Wine at the Grocery? Maybe

During failed attempts to pass the state budget on time, the Legislature balked at Gov. David Paterson's proposal to allow grocery stores to sell wine as a way to generate millions of dollars and help address New York's more than $9 billion budget gap.

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Wine at the Grocery?

Aubertine Bill Promotes Food Donations

ALBANY, NY - The New York State Senate today passed legislation (58-0) known as the New York Restaurant Lending a Helping Hand Act, introduced by Sen. Darrel J. Aubertine, which would allow restaurants to make good faith donations of leftover food to charitable organizations without the threat of liability.

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Bill Promotes Food Donations