Late Blight Found in Norwich, NY

Late Blight was confirmed on both tomatoes and potatoes on July 27, 2010. Grown in a home garden in the city, the sample was collected on July 25 after the entire crop of tomatoes died almost overnight. Nearby potatoes are also infected.

 In an effort to avoid the catastrophe that happened last year, please monitor your tomatoes and potatoes in earnest. Look for dark watery lesions on the leaves, stems and fruit.

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Late Blight Found in Norwich, NY

Syracuse's Farm Fresh Mobile Market will be Part of a PBS Documentary

Jonathan Bell videos Farm Fresh Mobile Market

A PBS documentary crew came to Syracuse this week to show people doing a very ordinary thing: Buying fresh fruit and vegetables at a market.

The food market, though, is not a typical grocery store. It’s on wheels, going from neighborhood to neighborhood so that people who can’t make it to supermarkets can eat healthy foods.

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Syracuse's Farm Fresh Mobile Market will be Part of a PBS Documentary

Christmas Tree Growers Meet for Farm Tour

Country Pine Farms on Humphries Road in Holland hosted this year’s summer meeting/farm tour of the Western NY Christmas Tree Growers Association on Saturday, July 10. Members and their families toured the Ray Zywiczynski family-owned farms in Bliss, Java and Holland.

Dr. George Hudler, plant pathologist from Cornell University, led the farm tours as he discussed insects and diseases that affect trees in the area. Tim Bigham, New York Farm Bureau representative, presented information and updates about farm bureau membership.

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Christmas Tree Growers Meet for Farm Tour

Mushrooms Used to Make Eco-friendly Packaging

In addition to tomatoes and peppers, your next garden could grow packaging materials.

A new product made out of agricultural waste and mushroom roots is now showing up in shipped products across the country. The composite material, called Mycobond™, requires just one-eighth the energy to produce and generates one-tenth the carbon dioxide of traditional foam packing material.

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Mushrooms Used to Make Eco-friendly Packaging