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LOCH SHELDRAKE — Landowners eager to cash in on natural gas leases implored state regulators to swiftly clear the way for hydraulic fracturing while other residents, farmers and environmental groups ...
Thursday, 01 December 2011
... push for more nutritious options in poor urban and rural neighborhoods. This year, his bill to have New York farmers send surplus produce to specific neighborhoods was signed into law. Read Full Article ...
Tuesday, 29 November 2011
... and released Wednesday by the state's energy research agency. The 600-page report called ClimAID, intended as a resource for planners, policymakers, farmers and residents, says New Yorkers should begin ...
Thursday, 17 November 2011
WASHINGTON -- New York lawmakers announced Tuesday that disaster funding for farmers devastated by September storms will be included in a final "minibus" budget bill, finally resolving a contentious debate ...
Wednesday, 16 November 2011
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Capital Region lawmakers announced Tuesday that disaster funding for farmers devastated by September storms will be included in a final "minibus" budget bill, finally resolving a contentious ...
Tuesday, 15 November 2011
... question of when and how much aid upstate farmers can expect remains unanswered. While Democrats and Republicans continue to wrangle over the size of next year's federal budget, both senators as well as ...
Tuesday, 08 November 2011
... Those two programs, Gibson said, could bring needed relief to farmers affected by the storms but don't have the money to do so right now. Disaster relief funding was the central conflict in September when ...
Sunday, 30 October 2011
... on quality. "Maple farmers across New York state produce some of the highest-quality syrup in the world," said Schumer. "We need to crack down on individuals trying to pass off fake syrup as the real thing, ...
Friday, 21 October 2011
... reinvest?" He said additional help, and certainty, would help that process before communities become "ghost towns." Gov. Andrew Cuomo has advanced some programs to help farmers hit by the storm, but has ...
Thursday, 20 October 2011
PENN YAN -- A motorist arrested after a wreck that killed six Amish farmers in rural upstate New York pleaded not guilty Friday to aggravated vehicular homicide and manslaughter charges. Steven Eldridge ...
Sunday, 16 October 2011
... to protect farmland and advocate for farmers. At least one PEF member -- who didn't make Tuesday's meeting at union headquarters -- is dealing with more than one crisis: Patricia Bryant, who works for ...
Wednesday, 12 October 2011
...  Spokesman Beau Duffy said Tonko is "undecided" on how he will vote next week, because, "he still feels it's not enough and that there are no provision there for farmers and the small businesses, so it's ...
Thursday, 29 September 2011
... disaster relief programs at USDA that our farmers and rural communities need so desperately to recover. It kicks the can down the road to another, lingering fight." Gibson spokeswoman Stephanie Valle accused ...
Friday, 23 September 2011
... is advancing separate legislation to open existing agricultural relief programs to uninsured farmers who would otherwise need coverage to be eligible, and provide more funding. While Gibson's spokeswoman ...
Thursday, 22 September 2011
... locality) from an existing fund. Finally, Schumer called on the U.S. Department of Agriculture secretary to reduce or waive interest on loans it gives to farmers who have suffered crop losses. Currently, ...
Friday, 16 September 2011
... One element of her agenda is the Rural Access to Credit Act, which would loosen rules for federal lending programs designed to aid farmers and rural small businesses. Another bill would speed the expansion ...
Wednesday, 14 September 2011
... and people were already getting out of the way. Tens of thousands fled North Carolina beach towns, farmers pulled up their crops, and the Navy ordered ships to sea so they could endure the punishing wind ...
Friday, 26 August 2011
... was largely "symbolic." One man said health care should be treated as a regional asset; another suggested the state need to find more kitchen space for farmers who want to preserve their crops to sell ...
Friday, 19 August 2011
... every Thursday from 9am-2pm until November 17, and certainly worth the trip.  Most farmers are there and set-up by 8am, so feel free to stop by on your way to work and pick-up farm fresh local produce.  ...
Saturday, 23 July 2011
... flip over. On Tuesday, a car sideswiped a van full of Amish farmers about 30 miles away, pushing the van under a tractor and killing five of the farmers. Read Full Article  ...
Saturday, 23 July 2011
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