Finger Lakes Food Joins Wine as Attraction for Visitors

L-R: Meghan Green & Martha Saxby at NY Wine & Culi

What's cooking for Finger Lakes tourists this season might literally be what's cooking — and growing — right in our back yards.

While wineries have been a huge regional draw for a long time, the trend toward culinary tourism is gaining traction. What's different now is that people are seeking experiences from farm tours and cooking classes, to food trails and farm-to-table events as they would a theme park or historical landmark.

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Finger Lakes Food Joins Wine as Attraction for Visitors

Dairy Farmers Push EPA on Spilled Milk

Not Like Oil: Bulk tank exemption pressed for in new rules

WASHINGTON — Dairy farmers are gearing up for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's latest round of regulations to protect waterways from spills. But it's not oil the dairy lobby is fretting about — it's milk.

Under pressure from the main lobbying group for dairy producers, the EPA is working out an exemption for dairy farms so their bulk milk tanks do not fall under the Spill Prevention, Control and Countermeasure rules the agency has been drafting.

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Dairy Farmers Push EPA on Spilled Milk

To Help the Little Guy, the Government Proposes New Rules for Big Meatpackers

The Obama administration proposed new rules on Friday seeking to increase competition and rein in potentially unfair practices by large meatpackers and poultry processors. The move is aimed at helping small livestock and poultry farmers survive in an industry dominated by corporate giants.

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Government Proposes New Rules for Big Meatpackers

Dispute Over Pesticide for California Strawberries Has Implications Beyond State

SACRAMENTO — Even as the sweet strawberry harvest reaches its peak here, a bitter disagreement has erupted between the State Department of Pesticide Regulation and a scientific review committee over the approval of a new chemical, the outcome of which could affect farmers across the country.

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Dispute Over Pesticide