Farmworker Labor Bill Introduced Again in State Senate

Albany, NY -- A group of senators from metro new York City have reintroduced the Farmworker Fair Labor Practices Act in the state Senate.

The bill did not make it to the floor of the Senate earlier this season when it was voted down by the Senate Agriculture Committee. But agriculture officials vow to fight the bill again.

The bill would grant collective bargaining rights, workers' compensation and unemployment benefits to farmworkers.

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Farmworker Labor Bill Introduced Again

Farm Workers Bill Up Again

Aubertine Irritated: Senator Says Measure Detrimental to Farmers

A controversial bill to expand farm worker rights has been resurrected from the dead, irritating state Sen. Darrel J. Aubertine.

Mr. Aubertine, D-Cape Vincent, and the Agriculture Committee he chairs voted April 20 against the bill, which aims to provide overtime pay, rest days, collective bargaining and unemployment benefits to farm laborers.

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Farm Workers Bill Up Again

New York Apple Growers, LLC Obtains License To New Apple Varieties

NYAG LLC, better known as New York Apple Growers, has completed negotiations with Cornell University to obtain the exclusive license to two new apple varieties.

These two varieties, currently known as NY 1 and NY 2, have been developed by the Cornell Apple Breeding program led by Dr. Susan Brown. Both apples have excellent appearance, flavor, and crispness.

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NYAG Obtain License To New Apple Varieties

Express Delivery Service from the Farm to Your Door

Cindi Perugini, CT Farm Fresh Express contractor.

Passion for what she does wakes up Deb Marsden at some ungodly hour at dawn and gets her to work by 5 a.m. on Fridays.

Her two-year-old business, CT Farm Fresh Express, has since moved to a quainter location - a barn - but on this April morning, Marsden and co-worker Amy Pear are still packing locally grown and produced foods in an inconspicuous warehouse in an industrial park in East Haddam.

CT Farm Fresh Express is a grocery delivery service, à la Peapod, with a locavore twist: all the products Farm Fresh delivers has been grown or processed by farmers and artisans in Connecticut. Customers place their orders online by noon on Tuesdays, based on what farmers have said they have available that week, and receive the goods that Friday.

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Express Delivery Service