Local Beef on the Menu at Cornell Dining Halls

The cafeterias and dining halls at Cornell University offer vegan cookies, Asian stir-frys, Kosher dishes, Indian entrées, and no-fat frozen yogurt. But, the origin of the most recent addition to the menu – all-natural, grass-raised beef – is close to home.

This spring, Cornell began serving burgers made from New York-raised beef cattle and purchased directly from farmers.

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Local Beef on the Menu at Cornell

Slaughterhouse Options Shrink for Small Farmers

Greg Atwood & son Chase, of Copper Creek Farm

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — In some respects, John Bermon says, his livelihood as a small-scale livestock farmer is out of his direct control.

The owner of Aberdeen Hill Farm produces pasture-raised pork, lamb and beef in Gorham, N.Y. Before he can sell his meat at nearby farmers markets or deliver it to customers in the Rochester area during winter months, he drives his animals more than 80 miles to the Leona Meat Plant in Troy, Pa., where they are slaughtered and processed in a small, family-owned facility that is inspected by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

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Slaughterhouse Options Shrink

Aubertine Holds Bipartisan Roundtable on Legislation Intended to Limit New York’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions

State Sen. Darrel J. Aubertine, as chair of the Senate Majority’s Upstate Caucus and Vice-Chair/Ranking Majority Member of the Senate Energy & Telecommunications Committee, today opened dialogue on the Global Warming Pollution Control Act (S.4315-A) to include business interests from across the state.

The roundtable, which was held from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday with Sen. George Maziarz of Newfane, the Energy Committee Chair, was convened as part of the Senator’s ongoing commitment to having an open, bipartisan and public debate on legislation that will have a broad impact on New York State.

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Aubertine Holds Bipartisan Roundtable

In E. Coli Fight, Some Strains Are Largely Ignored

Emily Grabowski, 18, had kidney failure from rarer

For nearly two decades, Public Enemy No. 1 for the food industry and its government regulators has been a virulent strain of E. coli bacteria that has killed hundreds of people, sickened thousands and prompted the recall of millions of pounds of hamburger, spinach and other foods.

But as everyone focused on controlling that particular bacterium, known as E. coli O157:H7, the six rarer strains of toxic E. coli were largely ignored.

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In E. Coli Fight, Some Strains Ignored