Kendall Grower Named to State Apple Board

Mike Zingler in one of his orchards in Kendall .

KENDALL -- Mike Zingler continues to gain the respect of his peers in the apple-growing business.

The Kendall fruit grower recently was elected to serve on the New York Apple Association board of directors. The 15-member board also includes John Russell, the general manager of Lake Ontario Fruit, a packing and storage facility on Route 104 in Gaines.

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Kendall Grower Named to State Apple Board

Madison County being Considered for Soybean Insurance Program

Washington, D.C. -- Agriculture Secretary Thomas Vilsack has been urged to expand the U.S. Department of Agriculture's soybean insurance coverage to 14 counties in Upstate New York.

U.S. Sen.Charles E. Schumer called Vilsack to ask that the program be expanded to include Madison, Oneida, Chemung, Chenango, Clinton, Columbia, Dutchess, Essex, Franklin, Herkimer, Otsego, St. Lawrence, Tioga and Washington counties.

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Madison County being Considered for Soybean Insurance Program

Greener Pastures for Wayne County Farm Animal Shelter

Federal grant money will help ensure the continued survival of a Wayne County shelter for abused and unwanted farm animals. More than half of a $1 million grant to the Genesee Land Trust from the federal Farm and Ranch Protection program will help secure the development rights to the historic Alasa Farms in Alton, home to the no-kill Cracker Box Palace Farm Animal Haven.

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Greener Pastures for Wayne County Farm Animal Shelter

Brooklyn Produce Exchange A Win-Win, Residents Say

The produce was picked fresh in the morning at an upstate farm and delivered to the Hebron Church in Crown Heights. It's the first truckload to the area, part of a program to help bring healthy food to low and middle income neighborhoods.

"Our borough has more food pantries and soup kitchens than any other borough. And especially in this congressional district they have the largest number of people who are food-challenged," said Deputy Brooklyn Borough President Yvonne Graham.

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Brooklyn Produce Exchange A Win-Win