Start-up farming operation would erect seven greenhouses over 147 acres.
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Finger Lakes region gets state funding for projects
The state is providing the Finger Lakes region with $63.9 million through the annual Regional Economic Development Council program. State economic development officials announced the funding today. The awards were based on an annual strategic plan that the state’s 10 Regional Economic Development Councils prepared. The Finger Lakes money will be split between 110 different […]
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Spreading the love of local meat
The hanger steak might be the perfect symbol for the struggles of the local meat industry. It’s not as common as porterhouses or strip steaks, but for those in the know, the hanger steak is a flavorful option at a more modest price. But it’s a single, one-pound-or-so muscle from an animal that provides more […]
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Genesee Valley market plans expansion in Chili
The Genesee Valley Regional Market Authority plans to expand its footprint in the Town of Chili. The authority is perhaps best known as the owner and operator of the Genesee Valley Regional Market at Jefferson Avenue and Clay Road in Henrietta. But it also owns an 80-acre site at 1861 Scottsville Road in Chili, and […]
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Finger Lakes council meets on Friday
The Finger Lakes Regional Economic Development Council will hold its first meeting of 2016 at 10 a.m. on Friday. The council hasn’t released an official agenda yet, but it’s a safe bet that a chunk of the meeting will be devoted to the $500 million Upstate Revitalization award that the Finger Lakes region won last […]
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The dirty fight for farmland in Latin America
Even though much of the world’s food supply still comes from small farmers, those same farmers from Honduras to the Philippines increasingly cannot feed their own families, and they’re fighting for survival. A wave of “land-grabbing” has swept across continents over the last 30 years — a phenomenon cited in a 2014 report by the […]
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Economic plan has familiar focus
The Finger Lakes Regional Economic Development Council has released a draft of its application for the Upstate Revitalization Initiative, the state program where seven Upstate regions are competing for one of three $500 million awards. And the key themes ought to sound very familiar. The draft application focuses on three major industry areas: optics, photonics, […]
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Finger Lakes council gets outline of competition plan
Later this year, we’ll learn the winners of the Upstate Revitalization Initiative; three regions in Upstate New York will each receive $500 million in economic development funding from the state. The decision will be based, more or less, on detailed documents outlining each region’s plan for investing the money. The plans are currently being put together; […]
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New-school fuel
On large dairy farms with lots of cattle, manure management is no minor task. Farmers have to be deliberate about how they store it, and mindful of the environmental impact of mountains of manure. And then there’s the odor. Some of the traditional ways that farmers have stored manure — in holding pits called lagoons, […]
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Climate change panel issues blunt warning on carbon emissions
Over the past few months, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has issued a series of reports containing stern warnings about global warming. The panel’s scientists have clearly stated that climate change is here, it’s creating a long list of harms and risks, and governments need to act on greenhouse gas emissions to avert the […]
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Ag dept brief sides with Chili farm family on substation
A brief by attorneys for the State Department of Agriculture and Markets could mean a big change for a $254 million Rochester Gas and Electric project in the western half of Monroe County. Rochester Gas and Electric wants to tap into a New York Power Authority line that carries electricity from the Niagara Falls hydroelectric […]
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Land preservation
The towns of Chili and Wheatland have been working on a joint farmland protection plan for almost a year. Both towns are known for having productive soil and worked together to develop an inventory of their agricultural lands. The towns will hold a public meeting at 7 p.m. on Monday, January 27, to discuss the […]
