New York Dropping Off in Wine Sales

New York’s continued ban on the sale of wine in grocery stores is having a dramatic impact on the sale of locally produced wine, knocking the state’s ranking of off-premise wine sales below Missouri, Indiana and North Carolina.

“These restrictive, prohibition era rules have succeeded in knocking our state’s wine and grape farmers to a laughable ranking in state-of-origin wine sales,” said Dean Norton, president of New York Farm Bureau.

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New York Dropping Off in Wine Sales

Report: State Slow to Get Environmental-protection Money Out the Door

Almost 40 percent of the state Environmental Protection Fund,  a total of $854 million, has been used to plug General Fund deficits since the fund was established in 1993, according to a report issued today by state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli. Of that amount, $347 million has been replaced with revenues from bonds issued by public authorities in the state, known as back-door borrowing.

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Report: State Slow to Get Environmental-protection Money Out

Volunteers Work Hard to Build City Farm

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) - Hundreds of volunteers are bringing a year-round community farm to the middle of Buffalo's east side. Western New York Americorps and an army of workers began putting up a greenhouse Thursday morning on Glenwood Avenue.

Home Depot donated the greenhouse, and workers will be adding rain barrels, raised flowerbeds, and a tilapia farm.

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Volunteers Work Hard to Build City Farm

A General Store for the 21st Century in Penn Yan

The Pennsylvania Yankee Mercantile's Mission is to Sell Local and Sustainably Grown Foods

L-R: Carolyn Garrett & Elizabeth Hoover, Pennsylva

For the truly devoted pesticide-free locavore, filling the refrigerator and cupboards with a week's worth of groceries could mean some serious retail shuffling. Sure, vegetables, eggs and cheeses could be found at the farmers market.

For meat and dried beans perhaps a drive to a nearby farm or natural foods store. Good luck finding locally grown flour and breads, which are only starting to reach select markets.

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A General Store for the 21st Century in Penn Yan