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Guidance for New York Farmers & Producers
- NYS Department of Ag & Markets COVID-19 Guidance
- Cornell CALS Resources for Food & Ag Businesses
- Empire State Development's Essential Workforce Guide
- USDA COVID-19 Guide
- Food Safety and COVID-19
Friday, April 9th
- State Ag Chairs secure record funding for NY agriculture
- Covid 'essential' workers were always important. Don't abandon them post-pandemic.
Thursday, April 8th
- Nourish NY program to receive $50M in state budget funding
- Too many ketchup packets and other casualties of too much food to go
- New York State Liquor Authority extends alcohol-to-go into May
Wednesday, April 7th
- Grocery shoppers fix on value despite waning COVID-19 concerns
- Masks Off, Mahi Mahi On. Restaurant Workers Are in a Race for Vaccines
Tuesday, April 6th
Monday, April 5th
Friday, March 26th
- With lessons from pandemic, New York seeks to improve farm, food system
- Op-ed: An Afro-Indigenous Approach to Agriculture and Food Security
Thursday, March 25th
- Farmers want vaccines as growing season looms
- Biden Administration Ramps Up Debt Relief Program to Help Black Farmers
Wednesday, March 24th
- Reopening may be "a shock to the supply chain across the country and even globally"
- Food pantry offers kosher meals to families in Brooklyn
Tuesday, March 23rd
- Thruway seeks local vendors, farmers for Taste NY Farm Markets
- $52.5 Million Available to Protect New York Farmland
- New York City grocers see 'old normal' return as restaurants reopen
Monday, March 22nd
- Workers at U.S. meat plants, early Covid hot spots, are now getting vaccinated in many states
- 10 Supply Shortages That May Happen Again This Year
Friday, March 19th
- Indoor dining capacity expands to 50% in NYC, NJ; 75% for rest of NY
- House passes legislation to support local farms, dairies
- My Great-Grandfather Knew How to Fix America's Food System
Thursday, March 18th
- Why aren't NY farm workers in the COVID-19 vaccine line?
- From farm to food pantry: Hudson Valley farmers increase efforts to fight hunger
Wednesday, March 17th
Tuesday, March 16th
- How Covid Helped a Neighborhood Rediscover Its Restaurants
- Historic support for agriculture in Assembly & Senate budgets
Monday, March 15th
Friday, March 12th
Thursday, March 11th
- Farmers voice frustrations after being left off vaccine eligibility list
- Stalled ships, stressed crews: Covid buying boom overwhelms LA ports
Wednesday, March 10th
- New York agricultural workers frustrated by lack of vaccine eligibility
- City Harvest Releases One-Year Report on Pandemic Food Insecurity
- New York sees 14.3% drop in residents taking part in federal food program for elderly
- New York Restaurants Get Another Reprieve as Eviction Moratorium Extended Until May 1
Tuesday, March 9th
- Fairs, carnivals start in other states: What could the NY State Fair look like?
- How does the $1.9 trillion stimulus package impact food and farming?
- How Soul Fire Farm Is Supporting Black Farmers On The Land And On The Hill
Monday, March 8th
- Covid-19-Closed Restaurants Are Reopening. Running Them Is Still a Battle.
- Madison County, NY Farm Bureau honors late Assemblyman Bill Magee
Friday, March 5th
Thursday, March 4th
- Black Farmers May Finally Get the Help They Deserve
- Longest Surge in Food Prices Since ‘08 Hits Poorest Nations Most
Wednesday, March 3rd
- NY farmworkers call on Assembly to pass NY HERO Act
- Lobby Day promotes state budget programs key to ag community
Tuesday, March 2nd
- $25 million in additional funding for Nourish NY to deliver New York-produced agricultural products to families in need
- Food pantry workers now on eligibility list for COVID vaccine
- Failing to vaccinate farmworkers exploits, endangers labor force
Monday, March 1st
- New York Farmworkers, Food Processing Plant Employees Await Vaccine
- Thousands of Farmworkers Are Prioritized for the Coronavirus Vaccine
Friday, February 26th
Thursday, February 25th
- Women who lost jobs due to COVID turn to food delivery platforms
- Virtual Open Farm Days features popular local producers
Wednesday, February 24th
- New York Farm Bureau unveils national policy priorities
- Black farming and food security topic of next Rural Humanities webinar
- Building cold chain partnerships amid extensive disruption
- Biden Administration To Deliver 25 Million Masks To Health Centers And Food Banks
Tuesday, February 23rd
- NY farmworkers, food processing plant employees await COVID-19 vaccine
- Excess Food Law Requires New York Supermarkets to Donate to Charity
- Frozen food sales up 21% in 2020 as COVID alters shopping and eating behaviors
Monday, February 22nd
- City Releases First 10-Year Food Plan Under New Law
- Ontario County Farmer Breaks Stereotypes While Helping Community
Friday, February 19th
- The Activists Working to Remake the Food System
- Maintaining the Food Supply Chain While Protecting Worker Safety Measures
Thursday, February 18th
- Investors seed indoor farms as pandemic disrupts food supplies
- Food Prices Continue to Rise. Why Consumers Should Expect Bigger Grocery Bills.
Wednesday, February 17th
- Op-ed: Monopolies In the Food System Make Food More Expensive and Less Accessible
- Indoor farming spreading fast as entrepreneurs tap veggie demand
Tuesday, February 16th
- The World Will Pay More for Meat as Food Inflation Deepens
- Nearly All NYC Restaurants Failed To Pay December's Rent: Study
Monday, February 15th
- Farm Bureau says state should vaccinate farmworkers
- How a Buddhist temple food pantry is staving hunger in New York
- Schumer unveils restaurant fund in first trip to Upstate NY as Majority Leader
Friday, February 12th
- State Agriculture Department encourages New Yorkers to show love for NY Businesses this Valentine's Day with Taste NY
- 2021 farm income projected to be lower than 2020
Thursday, February 11th
Wednesday, February 10th
- New York State To Establish Free Diaper Program At Food Banks
- Livestock Markets Resilient A Year Into Pandemic
Tuesday, February 9th
- Stimulus bill offers minority farmer debt relief, aid to food supply chain
- NY Restaurants Left Vulnerable As State's Commercial Eviction Moratorium Lapses
Monday, February 8th
- The case for vaccinating key food workers
- Farm Bureau on the Ag Economy in New York: "There's Not a Lot of Hope"
Friday, February 5th
Thursday, February 4th
- Federal spending on food aid up 50% but hungry Americans say it's not enough
- Lawmakers: Food Pantry Workers Should be Eligible for Vaccine
- Food prices rise sharply in January
- SUNY to Auto-Enroll Food Insecure Students for SNAP Benefits
Wednesday, February 3rd
- NYC Restaurants Profiting Off Leftover Food Thanks To Recently Launched App
- Booker, Warnock bring social justice goals to Agriculture panel
Tuesday, February 2nd
- Impossible Foods lowers grocery store prices amid pandemic-fueled retail expansion
- ‘We Are Facing Extinction': Black Farmers in Steep Decline
- Food Future WNY initiative to address food security in region
- Key Ingredients for Optimizing the Food Supply Chain
Monday, February 1st
- Pandemic Exposes Low Wages and Unsafe Conditions at Food-Distribution Centers, Workers are Striking
- Incoming Chairwoman announces Agriculture Committee agenda
Friday, January 29th
- NY Kitchen hosts online Farm Law workshop
- Mobile food pantries coming to Oswego Co. communities
- Food distribution event set in Fort Plain
Thursday, January 28th
- Hinchey, Lupardo call for ag workers to be eligible for vaccine
- Nutrition crisis looms as more than 39 billion in-school meals missed since start of pandemic – UNICEF and WFP
Wednesday, January 27th
- Workers deemed essential by feds still seek state's approval for COVID-19 vaccine
- Hunger: a growing problem in the pandemic
- New York Farm Bureau releases 2021 state legislative priorities
- Pandemic a Wake-Up to World Leaders on Food Frailties, WFP Says
- Changing The Landscape Of Street Vending in NYC
Tuesday, January 26th
Monday, January 25th
- NY Farm Bureau issues response to Cuomo proposed budget
- Will the local food movement see a post-pandemic boost?
- Our Future Food Supply Depends on Endangered Wild Crops
- Hunts Point strike ends with largest raise in 30 years
Friday, January 15th
- Farm Credit East presents 2021 Dairy Outlook Webinar
- Annie's Project: CCE offers six-week online course for women in agriculture
Thursday, January 14th
- The Seneca Nation Is Building Food Sovereignty, One Bison at a Time
- New York Joins ESG Battle Against Tyson After Virus Outbreak
- Bill to expand vendor permits pits food carts against restaurants
Wednesday, January 13th
- Borrello, Queens Democrat push for permanent NY farm-to-table program
- Food-Insecure New Yorkers Seek More Meal Deliveries From City
Tuesday, January 12th
- How Not to Tame Global Food Inflation
- Temp and warehouse workers who keep us fed face COVID-19 risks, and more must be done to ensure they get vaccinated, advocates say
- Food Bank of the Southern Tier reaches milestones in the Nourish New York Program
- Community fridge helps bridge the food gap in Buffalo neighborhood
Monday, January 11th
- Farm Bureau Gives More Than $5 Million to Support Local Communities During COVID-19
- Reactions to Cuomo's SOTS
Friday, January 8th
Thursday, January 7th
- New York Dairy Farmers Provide Milk, Food Assistance to Families in Need
- USDA seeks members for new urban/indoor ag committee
Wednesday, January 6th
- Cuomo Signs Law Seeking to Expand Food Donations
- Michelle Hinchey sworn in, appointed Chair of Senate Ag Committee
- What 8 indoor ag companies plan for 2021
Tuesday, January 5th
- Voices From the Front Lines of America's Food Supply
- Farmer sentiment rises as income prospects improve, though concerns about key policy issues remain
- Does Regenerative Agriculture Have a Race Problem?
- Pandemic drinking did not save the wine industry's slowing sales, new data shows
Monday, January 4th
Friday, December 18th
Thursday, December 17th
Wednesday, December 16th
- NYS Agriculture Commissioner encourages Holiday Shoppers to choose Taste NY
- Pandemic Leaves More Military Families Seeking Food Assistance
- Dairy Farmers Discuss Dean Food Frustrations, USMCA Concerns
- Black-Owned Farm Opens in Franklinville
- Volunteers Deliver Holidays Meals To New Yorkers Too Sick To Cook For Themselves: ‘Food Is Medicine'
- Grocery store sales rise almost 2% in November
- Restaurants Are Using Hotel Rooms to Offer Pandemic-Friendly Private Dining
Tuesday, December 15th
- How Local Dairy Products Go From Farm to Table
- Frozen-food industry increased supply lines in pandemic
Monday, December 14th
- For Hungry Americans Across The Country, Food Insecurity Crisis Deepens
- Many indoor farmers markets are open and safe
Friday, December 11th
- Op-ed: Dear Secretary of Agriculture, This Is Your Chance
- Food-at-home will continue to drive grocery sales in 2021
Thursday, December 10th
- Supermarket-style food pantry opens in Upper East Side
- Food scientists mentor international COVID-19 task force
Wednesday, December 9th
- '2021 Is Going To Be Catastrophic.' For the Director of the World Food Programme, Winning the Nobel Peace Prize Is No Cause for Celebration
- Budget hearing focused on food supply chain issues
Tuesday, December 8th
Monday, December 7th
- Governor signs food supply chain bill
- Safety ‘discouraged' at NYC Whole Foods warehouse where six caught COVID-19: Former labor secretary
- Americans are going hungry. Congress needs to act
- "We're in a Tsunami": Legislators Urge State Spending on Food Assistance
Friday, December 4th
Thursday, December 3rd
- NYS Assembly Examines COVID-19 Impact on Farms
- Goodbye, U.S.D.A., Hello, Department of Food and Well-Being
Wednesday, December 2nd
- Farmer Street Pantry Focuses on Local Fruits
- Buffalo-based online food service company hopes to lift local restaurants, not bog them down with fees
Tuesday, December 1st
- Lesson of the Day: '1.5 Million New Yorkers Can't Afford Food. Pantries Are Their Lifeline.'
- It's Christmas tree season in Broome County
Monday, November 30th
- Upstate NY farm-to-table home delivery sees a bumper crop of business from coronavirus
- Blue Ribbon task force to support NY farms
Friday, November 20th
- Thanksgiving dinner sees a modest uptick in New York
- 'Justice' Bill Would Transfer Up to 32 Million Acres to Black Farmers
Thursday, November 19th
- How a Third-Generation Turkey Farmer Got a Leg Up From the Pandemic
- Cornell survey: Has the Covid-19 pandemic changed where and how CNY folks get their food?
- Food Industry Confident Supply Chain Can Withstand Panic Shopping
- Tyson suspends Iowa plant managers amid virus betting claim
- Dog food, supply chains and how COVID drove new challenges
Wednesday, November 18th
Tuesday, November 17th
- Wegmans, Tops stores limiting more items; Walmart restricting capacity
- Food Insecurity In NYC Rises Precipitously With No Federal Help In Sigh
Monday, November 16th
Friday, November 13th
- Organic farm sales up in most Northeast states
- Food Insecurity Is Rising in Detroit. So Is the Number of People Fighting It.
Thursday, November 12th
- Global Food Supplies Weather Coronavirus Pandemic
- Long Island Food Bank Strain
- Coronavirus Impact: Record Turnout Expected As NYC Charities Prepare To Hand Out Food For Thanksgiving
- Feedmore WNY purchases more than 80,000 pounds of surplus food
Wednesday, November 11th
- Farm-to-table Thanksgiving: 20 Upstate NY farms to buy fresh, local turkeys
- Bringing fresh NY food to veterans in need
Tuesday, November 10th
- Holiday Giving Boxes to help feed families in need
- $2M grant supports more sustainable path for organic farmers
- New Efforts To Bring Fresh New York Food To Veterans In Need Through Nourish New York
Monday, November 9th
- Lessons learned from one of the largest COVID-19 outbreaks in New York
- FeedMore WNY has a new farm to grow fresh produce year-round
- Food supply chain has work to do
- Food drive to support CUNY students
Friday, September 4th
Thursday, September 3rd
- Apple Farmers Anticipating Good Harvest Despite Drought and Pandemic
- This Vertical Farm Was Born in the Pandemic. Sales Are Up.
- Farm Aid to host 35th Anniversary Virtual Festival Sept. 26
- New York food establishments push for financial relief
- Chinatown Restaurant Owners Face Slim Outdoor Dining Options on Narrow Streets
Wednesday, September 2nd
- Governor Cuomo Announces New York State to Extend Partnership with HelloFresh to Combat Food Insecurity Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic
- Farmers brace for coronavirus impact on food supply in fall
- The ugly period of agriculture is behind us, analyst says
- Food Supply Is Secure, But Paper Products Could Be Hard to Find, Says UNFI CEO
- Op-Ed | Hunger remains a problem for New Yorkers amid COVID-19 pandemic
Tuesday, September 1st
- Refrigerated Warehouses Don't Have Their Supply Chains Down Cold
- Emergency Food Package program finds success in Northern NY
- China's Looming Corn Shortage Fans Food Security Unease
Monday, August 31st
- Hunger may kill more people than COVID this year
- Pandemic Brings Hard Times for Farmers, Worsening Hunger
- The Beer Industry Looks for Ways to Help Black Brewers
- Pandemic-related cooking and eating habits could help curb food waste - if consumers stick to them
- Federal Government Relaxes Rules on Feeding Low-Income Students
- Governor Cuomo Announces New State Guidance for Agritourism Businesses as Fall Approaches
Friday, August 28th
Thursday, August 27th
- Apple picking won't be the same this year: What to expect from local farms during pandemic
- Drive-thru food pantries stepping up effort to meet high demand during pandemic
- Netherlands to Close Mink Farms After Coronavirus Outbreaks
Tuesday, August 25th
- Where the Produce Includes Pepperoni: The Pizza Farm
- 'Make Farmers Black Again': African Americans Fight Discrimination To Own Farmland
Wednesday, August 26th
- Unless we change course, the US agricultural system could collapse
- China says no need for panic buying of food and oil
- Growers see makings of solid spud market: COVID-19 remains the wildcard
- Struggling CBD famers hopeful after research finds CBD may help with COVID-19 side effects
- Gillibrand makes case for small farms to receive COVID-19 relief
- Once considered 'bad beef,' meat from dairy cows is having a moment
Monday, August 24th
- Farmers Struggle with COVID-19 Testing Deadline
- Dairy farmers to host virtual fair experiences through September 1st
- Egg Prices: States Cry Foul
- Outdoor Dining Is a Hit, but Restaurants Face 'Apocalyptic' Times
- New York state encourages farmers to register for free COVID-19 testing
- Hungry New Yorkers form quarter-mile line for free food in Queens
Friday, August 21st
- Farmworkers call for additional protections against COVID-19
- Land values steady in Northeast but down in New York, Vermont
Thursday, August 20th
- Thousands of chicks arrive dead to farmers amid USPS turmoil
- New York state will have a butter sculpture in 2020
Wednesday, August 19th
- New York Gov. Cuomo warns NYC restaurants may have to close again in the fall
- The Great New York State Fair cow birthing center goes virtual with 'Dairy on the Moo-ve' Pepperoni the latest food item in short supply due to pandemic
Tuesday, August 18th
- Pandemic lessons for improving the food supply
- Hayes, Delgado introduce new SBA-style loan program at USDA
Monday, August 17th
- Restaurants See Bleak Future Without Aid
- New York's Unemployed Restaurant Workers Struggle for Food, Housing
- COVID-19 testing initiative for seasonal workers on farms
- Erie County DOH announces free COVID-19 testing for agricultural workers
- CNY farm's sunflowers have blossomed into a record breaking year
Friday, August 14th
- Mobile COVID Testing Sites Are Going to Farms, Here's Why
- Surplus food from NY farmers finds home in Long Island
- Head of Busiest U.S. Port Says China to Miss Agriculture Target
Thursday, August 13th
- Economic impact of COVID-19 on NY equine businesses
- CCE Broome County free garden kit giveaway
- You Probably Won't Catch the Coronavirus From Frozen Food
- NYC Extends Food Drive in Partnership With FreshDirect to Address Food Insecurity
Wednesday, August 12th
- Migrant farm workers warn of next COVID-19 wave in New York
- Meet The People Trying To Seed A New Generation Of Black Farmers
- The Scramble to Pluck 24 Billion Cherries in Eight Weeks
- Coronavirus reportedly found on frozen food packaging in China
- 'The food supply chain is breaking': How Tyson Foods has tried to survive coronavirus
Tuesday, August 11th
Monday, August 10th
- Gardens nourish body and soul during pandemic, say therapists
- U.S. Farmers Leave Fields Fallow as COVID-19 Wrecks Crop Prospects
- U.S. Farm Exports Lag Behind Imports, Creating a Trade Deficit
- Pandemic aid is too constricted and too slow, ag groups and lawmakers tell USDA
- City Harvest seeks to increase help to strapped residents across New York City
- 'I can't believe this is America.' Confronted with unprecedented need, New York food pantries try to fill in the gaps
- 'Everyone tested positive': Covid devastates agriculture workers in California's heartland
- Composting Has Been Scrapped. These New Yorkers Picked Up the Slack.
Friday, August 7th
Thursday, August 6th
- New York Apple Sales launches Yes! Apples
- Counties recognize actions of NY farmers to maintain food security during pandemic
- Respectable wheat yields expected
Wednesday, August 5th
- How bad are restaurants hurting? Job numbers in New York are telling
- China to Import Most Wheat in Seven Years to Ensure Food Supply
- NYS sanitizer and 'pick-your-own' guide boost farm success
- Dairy industry still suffering
- First confirmed case of invasive Emerald Ash Borer found in the Adirondack Park
- Lebanon's grain supply decimated in Beirut explosion
Tuesday, August 4th
- For the unemployed, rising grocery prices stretch budgets even more
- How A Black-Owned Farm In Windsor Is Building Generational Wealth
- How a New York City public market is keeping a neighborhood's 'third place' alive during COVID-19
- COVID-19 outbreaks in agricultural communities raise harvest fears
Monday, August 3rd
- One-Third of New York's Small Businesses May Be Gone Forever
- Governor okays booze-infused ice cream & frozen desserts
- Amid pandemic, New York farmers feel intrusion on markets, sales, new health concerns
- 83 percent of NYC restaurants, bars unable to pay full rent, survey reveals
- For the Navajo Nation, a Fight for Better Food Gains New Urgency
- Chinatown Is Coming Back, One Noodle at a Time
- Dept. of Agriculture has identified 'mystery seeds' from China
- Lewis County is asking the question: "Are there really more cows than people?"
- Health officials link US salmonella outbreak to red onions
Friday, July 31st
Friday, July 30th
- Roller-coaster milk prices bring uncertainty in dairy country
- Beer sales are picking up again, says world's biggest brewer
- The Nation's Oldest Organic Produce Distributor Is Weathering the Pandemic
- Central New York Regional Market vendors adapt to COVID-19 pandemic
- Black urban farmers in the U.S. sow seeds to end 'food apartheid'
- Volunteers save New York's oldest community farm as Covid-19 hits agriculture
- Soybeans at risk? Why Indiana agriculture officials worry about mystery seeds from China
Wednesday, July 29th
- Food Waste Has Become Worse During the Pandemic
- Walmart, Kroger bottle their own milk and shake up American dairy industry
- Sen. Booker targets corporate consolidation in agriculture for 'fundamentally broken' US food system
- Almost 30 million Americans didn't have enough to eat last week
Tuesday, July 28th
- Americans Receive Mystery Seeds in the Mail, Mostly From China
- GOP Bill Provides $20 Billion for Agriculture, But No Language for Ethanol Aid
- Beef Industry Long Range Plan For 2021-2025 Released
Monday, July 27th
- Meat Packing Plant Owners Defend Operations During Pandemic
- Can Shortage Has Industry Crying in Its Beer
- General Mills Adds More Outsourcing Partners as It Aims to Meet Packaged-Food Demand
- NY farmers already reeling from COVID losses fear more bad news this fall
- Q&A: Aldi U.S. CEO Jason Hart says pandemic hasn't slowed growth plans
- How coronavirus affects food systems
- How This N.Y. Island Went From Tourist Hot Spot to Emergency Garden
- Coronavirus pandemic's unlikely pet: Americans getting chickens amid food supply insecurities
- Boxes of unopened coronavirus food for poor found dumped in Queens
Friday, July 24th
Thursday, July 23rd
- Why sustainable food systems are needed in a post-COVID world
- More than half of the restaurants closed by the pandemic won't reopen: Yelp
- Bill aims to make NY's food supply chain more resilient
- COVID & agriculture: 'Dairy farms have been through a nightmare'
- Drive-up food pantry in Albany feeds 700
Wednesday, July 22nd
- When Will Beef And Chicken Return To The Local Supermarkets?
- Cows in Central New York are looking to beat the extreme heat this summer
Tuesday, July 21st
- New York Farm Bureau Releases COVID-19 Farm Impact Survey Results
- Pandemic-Inspired Food Labeling Raises Alarms for Those With Food Allergies
- Forgotten farmers ask Congress for relief in next COVID-19 loan package
- Layoffs, online sales, produce in storage: Half of NY farmers report business is down
- Outdoor dining reservations at popular NYC spots booked weeks in advance
- As pandemic shrinks markets, NY farmers work to adapt
- Without Profitable Prices, Leaders Fear Future of U.S. Wheat at Risk
- Coke says it will kill more 'zombie' brands, weeks after dropping Odwalla
Monday, July 20th
Friday, July 17th
Thursday, July 16th
Wednesday, July 15th
Tuesday, July 14th
- Only Eight U.S. States Have Virus Rules for Farms as Cases Rise
- Queens Farmers Markets Reopen Following Coronavirus Closures
Monday, July 13th
- COVID-19 is exposing the food deserts around Native American reservations
- Crop report shows corn, soybeans down in Northeast
- Covid-19 challenges farmers in getting key flow of foreign workers
- FDA Unveils tech-focused blueprint got safer U.S. food supply chain
- Work Visa Restrictions Crimp The U.S. 2020 Wine Grape Harvest
- This Is A Horrible Experience": Outdoor Dining From Restaurant Workers' Perspective
Sunday, July 12th
Wednesday, July 8th
- See That Fridge on the Sidewalk? It's Full of Free Food
- New York apple crop faces fungal threats wrought by global warming
- Landmark New York City wholesaler struggling to survive
Tuesday, July 7th
- Study finds food safety practices benefit small farmers
- New Yorkers want to keep booze flowing in post-coronavirus food delivery
- Regulator warns on food fraud risk: 'COVID-19 has created potential opportunities for unscrupulous traders to cut corners'
Monday, July 6th
- Meet the Gleaners, Combing Farm Fields to Feed the Newly Hungry
- Local farms among recipients of $250K Hannaford donation
Sunday, July 5th
Saturday, July 4th
Thursday, July 2nd
- Dairy Farmers Optimistic About USMCA Trade Deal
- 'Don't tell my wine snob friends': Why Americans are buying more boxed wine during COVID-19
- USDA farm aid program still accepting applications
- Ag bank loan delinquencies 2.68%, highest since 2012
Wednesday, July 1st
- COVID-19 and the Global Food Supply: Big Lessons from the World's Small Farms
- COVID-19 shows weak points in global food system
Tuesday, June 30th
- Processing meat difficult for local livestock farms
- Coronavirus adds stress to agricultural finances
- New York growers face labor, COVID-19 issues
- Here's how COVID-19 creates food waste mountains that threaten the environment
- Nearly 100 residents of California farmworker dorm contract coronavirus
Monday, June 29th
- Food banks are anticipating a second wave of demand when the extra $600 in unemployment benefits expires next month
- Tester and Grassley: Threat of meat shortages is growing. Senate needs to act now
- Coronavirus-related food supply disruptions may be behind us, but meat and produce could still face challenges
Sunday, June 28th
- Schumer concerned Canada is circumventing dairy trade agreements
- FDA, USDA: No danger of catching virus from food, food packaging
Saturday, June 27th
- NY State Fair 2020: Deep-fried faith continues for a socially distanced event as cancellations begin
- White People Own 98 Percent of Rural Land. Young Black Farmers Want to Reclaim Their Share
- NY Graduation, Packaging Plant Spark Outbreak Concerns as State Holds Onto Low Virus Rates
Friday, June 26th
- Governor Cuomo Details NYS Department of Health's Investigation into Two COVID-19 Clusters in Upstate New York
- SAVOR THE SEASON: New York maple production down slightly this year
- Hudson Valley food pantries still face high demand despite reopening
- Actions support NY dairy industry during Dairy Month
Thursday, June 25th
- Coronavirus News: Program selling boxes of food supports farmers during pandemic
- Farmworkers at Central California pistachio farm strike after dozens test positive for the coronavirus
Wednesday, June 24th
- EMPIRE FARM DAYS CANCELLED: Organizers 'upset' over decision, points to contradiction at state-level policies
- SNAP recipients to receive additional $100 million in food assistance, and more
- White House directs Agriculture Department to extend farmer bailout money to lobster industry
- COVID-19 hitting California agriculture hard
- Low grain prices threaten outlook for farm income, Purdue agriculture economists say
Tuesday, June 23rd
- New Unemployment Numbers Show NYC Has Lost Two-Thirds of Its Food Jobs
- European Union eyes tariffs on American coal, farm goods over trade dispute
- Cheese Might Start Becoming More Expensive Than Ever Before Because Of The Food Supply Chain
Monday, June 22nd
- Development of coronavirus detection tools in foods 'essential', argue researchers
- New York State Issues Guidelines to Promote Creation of Pollinator Habitats on Commercial Properties
- Guide: Farmers Markets around New York City
- US honeybees are doing better after bad year, survey shows
- Are Food Supplies Still Safe? Coronavirus Outbreaks in Meat Packaging Plants Cause Worldwide Worries
- What's Gotten Into the Price of Cheese?
Sunday, June 21st
- Warehouse Demand Surges as Retailers Reset Supply Chains
- From panic buying to food banks: how Britain fed itself in the first phase of coronavirus
- How Chinese-American restaurants are ensuring their future
- Another 100,000 lbs of NYS-produced food distributed
- Booze-bill rule threatens NYC restaurant reopenings
- Juneteenth celebrated by African American farmers
Saturday, June 20th
Friday, June 19th
- Buy fresh, buy local: Consumers turn to local food system for supplies
- Celebrating Juneteenth: Dept. of Agriculture shares resources for education
- Farmers still plagued by hog backlog
- Trump's Trade Appeals to China Still Left Farmers Reeling
Thursday, June 18th
- 'There Is No Work Here': Migrants, Some Sick, Move North
- Surplus food reaches those in need under Nourish NY
- Western NY Farms Required To Develop COVID-19 Safety Plan
- Lawmakers Push USDA To Let Hemp Farmers Access Coronavirus Relief Funds
- Demand swamping small meat processors
Wednesday, June 17th
- Kathy Hochul visits dairy farm in Pavilion to highlight Nourish NY program
- Lupardo introduces bill to strengthen food supply chain
- Living to work: Massive NY greenhouse coronavirus outbreak exposes migrant workers' vulnerability
- There's Low Risk of Food Spreading the Virus, Experts Say After Salmon Panic
Tuesday, June 16th
- As Travel Starts Back Up, Wineries and Other Food-and-Drink Enclaves Get Creative
- Impact of SARS-CoV-2 on the Meat Industry and Food Safety
- Canada takes steps to shore up food processing sector
- New York Industry Group Calls for State to Implement CBD Regulatory Framework
- As leaders warned of US meat shortages, overseas exports of pork and beef continued
Monday, June 15th
- Safety plans required for NY farms
- The Great Cheese Emergency
- 16,000 gallons of milk, 34 tons of food to be given away in CNY this week
- A major CNY beer distributor closes, sells brand lines to competitors
- China steps up checks on meat, seafood after COVID-19 cases in market
- Ways to Support Black Farmers, Restaurants and Nonprofits
Sunday, June 14th
- Cuomo to bars, restaurants: If your crowds are too big, NY will yank liquor license
- Meatpacking rebounds but high prices and backlogs to persist
- Pandemic has changed buying habits, raised awareness of supply chain
- America's stay-at-home seafood binge now faces virus threat
- Manufacturer Recalls Nearly 43,000 Pounds of Ground Beef Shipped Nationwide
Saturday, June 13th
- Farmers to Families boxes begin making their way to local food banks
- Seneca Lake Wineries Open For Indoor Tastings
Friday, June 12th
- Kansas Farm Bureau receives donation after New Yorker sees story of farmer giving Cuomo N95 mask
- It's a new scene for grocery shopping as pandemic changes behaviors
- As Wheat Goes, Will So Go Corn?
- Residents Fight to Keep Composting From Getting Trashed in New York City's Covid-19 Budget Cuts
- Op-ed: It's Time to Rethink the Food System from the Ground Up
Thursday, June 11th
- Guest essay: Dairy producers keep working through pandemic
- How Food Hubs and Co-Ops Are Overcoming the USDA Farm Box Program's Flaws
- Hundreds of Restaurants Reopen as Long Island Starts Phase II; Cuomo Shifts Metrics Focus
- A bumper crop of woes
- Coronavirus cases among fruit and vegetable packers are on the rise
- Milk Distribution at Griffis Business & Technology Park
- Organic Valley Donates Dairy and Meat to Food Pantries Nationwide
Wednesday, June 10th
- Agriculture could lose billions according to recent analysis
- Gillibrand at virtual town hall: 'Every farm in NY is hurting'
- New York FFA celebrates 95 years in a unique way
- Will your local Starbucks close? Coffee giant says it will close 400 stores but expanding pickup options
Tuesday, June 9th
- Coronavirus collapsed America's food system, but created "a pivotal and magical moment" for locavores
- How the Pandemic Is Changing the Way Buffalo Farmers Operate
- Federal funding awarded for rural agriculture in New York
- Food makers are burning through cash to hoard ingredients for fear of more supply chain disruptions
- Protest Wednesday: Supply chain workers, Teamsters demand more coronavirus safeguards
- What It Will Take to Avoid a Global Food Shortage
Monday, June 8th
- Farm Groups See Racism in Agriculture and Promise to Seek Change
- Dairy farmers are dumping millions of gallons of milk. This could make it stop
- These brothers have created a mushroom farm in Queens
- The future of our food supply relies on immigrant farm workers
- Ag Economic Outlook: The Impact of COVID-19 on 2020 and Beyond
- 'There's only so much we can do': Food banks plead for help
- As COVID-19 Disrupts Beef Supply Chain, Oklahoma Ranchers Look For Local Solutions
Sunday, June 7th
- It's time to rethink the disrupted US food system from the ground up
- Food waste increases during the pandemic - compounding an existing problem
Saturday, June 6th
- Farmers markets start the season in Western New York
- Americans turn to home-farming as they fear for their food supply
- Mosque volunteers feed hundreds despite pandemic food chain disruptions
- Coronavirus could see Britain run out of FOOD: Supply chains on brink of collapse
Friday, June 5th
- Cattle industry divided on negotiated cash cattle bill
- How Farmers Got Florida to 'Swipe Ripe'
- Holiday meat sales were strong despite tight supply
- Long Island wineries and farms gear up for Phase 2 reopening
- Agriculture recession requires endurance plus behavior management
Thursday, June 4th
- Farm-to-table dining takes on new meaning amid pandemic
- New York State Liquor Authority Guidance on Outdoor Expansion of Licensed Premises in Response to COVID-19 Outbreak
- Price Chopper/Market 32 Partners with American Dairy Associate North East to Provide Milk to Local Food Banks this Summer
- Reps. Maloney, Delgado, and Brindisi Meet with New York Farmers on Impact of Coronavirus on Agriculture
Wednesday, June 3rd
- This is what happens to the food supply and prices when factories close
- Food economists say changing consumer habits and potential coronavirus outbreaks in processing plants may affect food supplies. Here are the foods you might see less of in grocery stores.
- New Jersey's Small, Networked Dairy Farms Are a Model for a More Resilient Food System
Tuesday, June 2nd
- CDC releases COVID-19 guidance for agricultural industry
- The Pandemic Isn't Easing Up, but Frontline Food Workers Are Already Losing
- Grocers, Restaurants Benefit From Hedging Prices of Beef, Pork
Monday, June 1st
- One-third of small independent farms could go bankrupt in 2020 due to COVID-19
- Many turning to canning to maintain food supply amid pandemic
- U-pick strawberry fields open on Long Island for 2020 season
- China to halt some US ag buys
- In Hawaii, Coronavirus Pandemic Takes Toll On Food Supply
- The Sow Must Go On
- Vermont Agency of Agriculture finalizes hemp rules
- COVID-19 Could Double Africa's Food Insecurity, World Food Programme Chief Warns
Sunday, May 31st
- Got Extra Veggies? These Organizations Want to Connect You to a Food Pantry
- Supply chain innovation can reduce coronavirus food shortages
- US food prices see historic jump
Saturday, May 30th
- Amateur bread bakers save New York flour business
- Every Single Worker Has COVID at One US Farm on Eve of Harvest
- Gov. Brown directs $30 million to protect farm workers, secure food supply chain
- After Pandemic, California Oyster Farmer Confident in Industry's Return
Friday, May 29th
- Factory farms and the next pandemic
- Berkshire Farm Center continues to help foster families across NY during pandemic
- Arkansas program that places unemployed guards, reservists in agriculture jobs can be a model for nation
- State adds three custom meat processors to Maine's food supply chain amid shortages
- U.S. online grocery sales up again in May
- New York Under High Threat of Losing Farmland
- Gardens Have Pulled America Out of Some of Its Darkest Times. We Need Another Revival
Thursday, May 28th
- NY Farm Bureau Encourages Farms To Implement New COVID-19 Guidance
- Grown on Long Island: Local Farms Mean More Now Than Ever
- N.Y. City Council to Push Plan for Outdoor Dining: Live Updates
- Tyson Foods to Close Iowa Meat Plant as More Workers Catch COVID-19
- Virus controlled in meatpacking plants, ag undersecretary says
Wednesday, May 27th
- FDA rolls back food rules for 5th time during pandemic
- Food service industry cuts demand for meat
- New Jersey Farms Get Creative To Meet Demand For Fresh Fruits, Vegetables
- Chicago releases plan for reopening restaurants, leaving NYC in the dust
- Senate Democrat introduces bill to protect food supply
Tuesday, May 26th
- How is COVID-19 affecting food security?
- Hunger Program's Slow Start Leaves Millions of Children Waiting
- Businesses ask for clarity in state's roadmap for reopening
- Montgomery County farmers keep working, adapt to challenges during COVID-19 pandemic
- Iowa to Give Aid to Farmers Who Euthanize Hogs During Pandemic
Monday, May 25th
- State program helps farmers grow lifeline
- As Long Island reopens, why not ease customer concerns with 'COVID-compliant' certification?
- 'Something isn't right': U.S. probes soaring beef prices
- The meat industry is trying to get back to normal. But workers are still getting sick- and shortages may get worse
- FDA loosens food labeling restrictions amid coronavirus supply chain shortages
- What does the Defense Production Act have to do with food?
- Robot waiters, mannequins and rooftop dining: How we'll start to go to restaurants again
Sunday, May 24th
- Grocery prices rise as coronavirus continues to disrupt food supply chain
- For Some Italians, the Future of Work Looks Like the Past
- As the coronavirus pandemic strains supplies, Native Americans fight food insecurity
Saturday, May 23rd
- Want to help save the oyster industry? Eat bigger ones, some farmers and chefs say.
- USDA, FDA advise businesses in need of protective equipment
- FDA extends application period for importer program because of pandemic
- How Singapore Plans to Survive World's Impending Food Crisis
- Farmers forced to dump dairy team up with local food bank
Friday, May 22nd
Thursday, May 21st
- Tri-state farmers experiment with online markets to make up revenue
- Restaurants Plan To Reopen On Long Island
- New Outbreaks In Fruit And Vegetable Operations Threaten Farm Workers And Food Supply
- Nearly 1 in 4 New Yorkers Needs Food as Pandemic Persists
- Dairy groups seek more assistance beyond $16bn agriculture payments plan
- Invoking DPA for the rest of the food supply
- US lawmakers from agricultural states push for $1B in aid
- All NYC Public School Families Will Get $420 Per Child for Food
Wednesday, May 20th
- Madison County discusses progress on housing for Green Empire Farms workers
- As Pa. fairs are canceled, communities miss out on tradition, social engagement
- All in for agriculture: Gov. Evers announces $50M in relief for Wisconsin farmers, $15M food security initiative
- Arkansas governor, President Trump discuss federal support, food supply chain at White House
Tuesday, May 19th
- Ag chairs co-host virtual hearing for small businesses
- Partitions, face masks, and temperature scanners: NYC restaurants brace for post-pandemic reopening
- Pandemic roils food prices, producer decisions
- USDA Announces Details of Direct Assistance to Farmers through the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program
- New website aims to empower New York City's food scene amid the COVID-19 pandemic
- NYS Farm Bureau creates 'Farm Relief Worker Database' to connect farms needing labor during COVID-19 pandemic
- Coronavirus' 4-Legged Victims Find Friends Upstate
- These 5 foods show how coronavirus has disrupted supply chains
- Army, Defense veterinarians forecast no meat, poultry or produce shortages in DECA food supply
Monday, May 18th
- Meat shortages are not production problem but supply chain breakdown
- Despite Losing Restaurant Business, Small Vegetable Farms On Long Island Are Thriving
- Food sales stay strong in April despite U.S. retail sales plunge
- Will HEROES Act rescue farmers?
- COVID-19 Raises Consumers' Packaged Food Concerns
- U.S. mulls paying companies, tax breaks to pull supply chains from China
- Tyson poultry plant remains closed past USDA head's reopening goal
Sunday, May 17th
- CNY farm sells out drive-in movie event, plans more
- Coronavirus News: Westchester County farmers market reopens with COVID restrictions
- China Urges Food Companies to Boost Supplies on Fears of Further COVID-19 Disruption https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2020/05/17/business/17reuters-health-coronavirus-china-food.html
- Buzz about 'murder hornets' adds to woes of beekeepers
- California Seniors Get Free Restaurant Meals Delivered Under New Program
- GRAINS-Wheat extends losses as bumper global stocks weigh
Saturday, May 16th
Friday, May 15th
- Local Farm Taking On Production Of Milk And Ice Cream
- Brewery co-owner gets creative during coronavirus pandemic
- New issues brief examines potential bottlenecks in fruit and vegetable supply chains
- 4-H UNITY, Citizen U teen leaders create PSA
- Grocers react to sharp spike in grocery food prices, consumer concerns of price-gouging
- Housing Worry for Laborers as New York's Farms Slip Deeper into Trouble
- USDA Secretary Says Despite Plant Closures, He Does Not Anticipate Food Shortages
- Kroger provides $130 million in 'thank you' pay for associates
- Cash Cattle Higher, Wholesale Beef Lower
- Grocers Grapple with Surging Ground Beef Prices, As Wholesale Tops $6
- Community Food Co-ops Are Thriving During the Pandemic
- Feeding America Should Become a Federal Priority
- U.S. food aid program launches with companies scrambling to deliver
- Grow-NY, a food and farm competition, coming to Syracuse (live or virtually)
Thursday, May 14th
- The coronavirus broke the food supply chain. Here's how to fix it.
- Long Island's Last Remaining Duck Farmer Hopes To Bounce Back When Restaurants Reopen
- Agriculture secretary urges compliance with restaurant enforcement order
- For Farmers of Wine Grapes, the Pandemic Sows Doubts
- Upstate farms donating extra food to NYC pantries
Wednesday, May 13th
- How to Crisis-Proof Our Food System
- Shutdown affects horse farms
- Cornell Cooperative Extension hands out masks and sanitizer to farmers
- Cannabis and coronavirus
- House Democrats Heroes Act Includes Agriculture Provisions
- New York Farmers Ensure Protection of Food Chain
- Even before coronavirus, many adults over age 50 lacked a stable food supply, study shows
- Soaring Prices, Rotting Crops: Coronavirus Triggers Global Food Crisis
Tuesday, May 12th
- New York family farm feels impact of coronavirus pandemic
- Infection rates were climbing at Nebraska meatpacking plants. Then health officials stopped reporting the numbers
- Americans Have Baked All the Flour Away
- USDA Reports Show Glimmers of Hope and Challenges
- N.C. has 23 meat processing plants with COVID-19 outbreaks, more than 1,300 cases
- COVID-19 Will Cost Texas Agriculture At Least $6 Billion This Year, Experts Say
Monday, May 11th
- Madison Co. gives more answers on Oneida farm COVID-19 outbreak, says many have recovered
- AFBF Reports Bankruptcies Are Highest In 20 Years
- As U.S. meat workers fall sick and supplies dwindle, exports to China soar
- Arabica Coffee Growers See Harvest Delays, Possible Losses Due to Coronavirus
Sunday, May 10th
- Green Empire Farm coronavirus outbreak: County wants to inspect migrant conditions at hotels
- As Food Supply Chain Breaks Down, Farm-To-Door CSAs Take Off
- Coronavirus meat shortages could potentially last through summer
Saturday, May 9th
- 'Nerve-Racking and Very Unusual': Snow in May Worries Growers
- Trump says US will purchase $3 billion in agricultural products from farmers
Friday, May 8th
- State Agriculture Commissioner Announces Kickoff of Nourish NY Initiative With Food Distribution Events Across the State
- Chobani joins Cuomo's Nourish NY program; buys excess milk from farmers, delivers food to families
- Inside Green Empire Farm: Upstate NY's biggest coronavirus outbreak slams migrant workers
- Maine agriculture commissioner wants to loosen rules on shipping meat
- USDA: $3M in grant money available for urban agriculture, innovative production projects
- Northeast Iowa Food Bank dispels rumors regarding food supply during pandemic
- Coronavirus News: Island Harvest Food Bank feeding thousands of LI families Friday
- Small Farms in N.Y. Are Experiencing a Surprising Boom. Here's Why.
- Spoiled Milk, Rotten Vegetables and a Very Broken Food System
- America's meat shortage is more serious than your missing hamburgers
Thursday, May 7th
- A new state effort to connect farmers and food banks could solve many problems
- Farmers Concerned About Future After Delaware Deems Farmer's Markets "Non-Essential"
- More than half of Oneida farm workers, many living four to a room, now have COVID-19
- Dairy Product Inventories Climbed 250%
- Andrew Cuomo's $25M plan to bring upstate farm food to NYC pantries
Wednesday, May 6th
- Coronavirus: Group working to devise plan for county fairs to be held in some form this summer
- Restaurant Teams Up With Local Farm To Create At-Home Cooking Kits
- USDA Announces Grants for Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production
- Attorneys general urge federal investigation into meatpackers
- Central New York greenhouse emerges as new coronavirus hotspot
- Are You Paying Extra for Eggs? Lawsuits Accuse Producers of Price Gouging
- Costco, ShopRite, Wegmans, Whole Foods, others limit meat purchases to avoid food supply chain problems
- Fishermen, farmers suffering from food supply disruptions concerned for what's to come
- China Buys More U.S. Soybeans Despite Tariff Threat
- Coronavirus Creates U.S. Food Supply Shortages
Tuesday, May 5th
- COVID-19 presents unique challenges for the agriculture industry
- New York State details $25 million in funding for food banks
- How did nearly 140 farm workers get COVID-19? Madison, Oneida County leaders disagree
- Assembly, Uber Eats Partner Up to Donate 8,000 Meals To Non-Profits
- Chicken plants battle to balance food supply, worker safety
- Wisconsin food banks were facing meat shortages. Here's how they moved quickly to fill the gaps
- Even as South Carolina's economy reopens, applications for food assistance remain high
Monday, May 4th
- 'That's just the way it happens:' Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue defends the trade war bailout that mostly benefited wealthy farmers
- Americans Are Lining Up for Food. What Is Team Trump Doing?
- Ag economist says COVID recovery will come in three stages
- A Farmer to Restaurants Now Delivers
- Minnesota Department of Agriculture grants available for livestock processors
- The hands that feed us: Protect New York's farmworkers from coronavirus, too
- Op-Ed: Everything wrong with our food system has been made worse by the pandemic
- Smithfield Foods Partially Reopens Sioux Falls Packing Plan
Sunday, May 3rd
- COMMENTARY: Advice for those buying meat: don't panic, buy local
- Essential farmworkers risk COVID-19 exposure to maintain food supply
- Local farmers donate milk and other products to families in need
- Corn tries to find a bottom but isn't out of the woods yet
- Why are hundreds of people in big cities receiving bailout money meant for farmers?
- Wendy's locations face possible supply shortages as nation's meat supply chain struggles
- Ohio grocers limit meat purchase quantities as coronavirus impacts food supply chain
Saturday, May 2nd
- Farmers market sets up shop online during pandemic
- Worried about food safety, supply? Want to support local business? Customers turn to CSA farmers
- 'We Had to Do Something': Trying to Prevent Massive Food Waste
- Turns out letting 'efficient' monopolies control our food supply was a terrible idea
- Wasted milk, euthanized livestock: Photos show how coronavirus has devastated US agriculture
- 'Murder Hornets' in the U.S.: The Rush to Stop the Asian Giant Hornet
Friday, May 1st
- Cuomo vs. McConnell, Assm. Donna Lupardo, Agriculture Anxiety
- Cornell Cooperative Extension to give away seeds Saturday to inspire residents to plant their own Victory Gardens
- Farmers can't sell milk and produce to NYC restaurants, so they're donating it to local food banks
- How is COVID-19 impacting the food supply chain?
- Beyond Meat, one of the bigger names in food technology, saw its shares jump 49% last month
- Pandemic sends consumers to farms, local butchers, packing plants for beef, pork
- America Together: New York town funds food for area hospital
Thursday, April 30th
- Debt Forgiveness To Keep Family Farms Afloat During Pandemic
- Beak & Skiff/1911 to give out free distillery-made hand sanitizer Sunday
- Governor: Pennsylvania is working to protect food supply
- Inside New York City's Food-Supply Chain During the Coronavirus Pandemic
- Immigrants Deliver Food,' Hope' to Workers Hit by Pandemic
- How NYC's Chinese Food Delivery Services Prepped for a Months-Long Shutodwn
- Iowa Department of Agriculture launches Resource Coordination Center to assist livestock producers
Wednesday, April 29th
- New York Dairy Farmers Feel the Squeeze From Coronavirus as Milk Sales Dry Up
- Farmers Share the Scoop on How They Reduce Milk Production
- USDA to implement executive order on processors
- Trump Declares Meat Supply 'Critical,' Aiming to Reopen Plants
- Online grocery sales jump 37% in April
Tuesday, April 28th
- Program delivers masks, COVID-19 info for NY farmworkers
- Farm to fridge: New food delivery service launches in Broome County
- Best Management Practices for U-Pick Farms During the COVID-19 Pandemic
- VIDEO: Future of Food: Digging for victory
- Trump orders meat processing plants to stay open
- With No Way to Stop Cows From Making Milk, Farmers Ask for Help
- Commissioner Fried Weighs In On USDA's COOL Enforcement
- Heartland Shippers Feel 20-Foot Box Squeeze
- Millions of farm animals culled as US food supply chain chokes up
Monday, April 27th
- How New York will pair food banks in need with struggling farms, which have excess product
- Cuomo launches initiative to stop dumping of milk, supply food banks
- Farm Bureau Cheers New York's Milk Plan
- Store-brand sales surge in Q1 from COVID-19 stock-up purchases
- Palisade peach freeze prompts Colorado governor to declare emergency
- Why Dairy Plants Are Unlikely to House Large COVID-19 Outbreaks
- Pastured Meat Producers are Facing Catastrophic Losses. These Efforts Could Help Them Weather the Pandemic
- A Third Of NYC Food Pantries Have Closed, Swelling Bread Lines During Coronavirus Lockdown
- Beer, milk, and produce: All the food that's getting dumped during the pandemic
- NY farmers watching hard work go down drain
Sunday, April 26th
- Organic farmers pivot from selling to restaurants to homes amid coronavirus
- CCE program serving as resource for families during COVID-19
- USDA plan will help farmers and food banks
- Costa pushes USDA on inspector safety
- USDA let millions of pounds of food rot while food-bank demand soared
- As they rushed to maintain U.S. meat supply, big processors saw plants become covid-19 hot spots, worker illnesses spike
Saturday, April 25th
- Coronavirus News: Friends team up to bring free food to New Yorkers
- As COVID-19 shutters food plants, farmers face terrible choice: lose money or kill animals
Friday, April 24th
- New York Farm Bureau asks governor to further address farmworker needs during COVID-19 pandemic
- Food supply chains may be surprisingly resilient to COVID-19 impact
- The government's new plan: Get farmers' extra food to needy families. It's harder than it sounds
- As COVID-19 spreads, New York farms have been sent scrambling. Learn how they are coping
- U.S. Food Banks Run Short on Staples as Hunger Soars
Thursday, April 23rd
- Southern Tier Food Bank Doubles Delivery Due To COVID-19
- Dairy demand is being reconstructed
- Publix is buying milk and produce that farmers would've been forced to dump and donating it to food banks
- Farmers seek solutions to supply chain problems
- Save your bacon: A real meat shortage looms with virus shutdowns
- New York Restaurant Association survey paints grim picture
- Agriculture Department leaves meat inspectors hunting for safety gear
Wednesday, April 22nd
- In recently-passed emergency legislation, Schumer delivers for Upstate NY'S hardest-hit farmers
- G-20 ag chiefs pledge to prevent food supply disruptions
- State agriculture department releases additional COVID-19 guideline for food retail
- How to Plant a Victory Garden, Even on a Windowsill
Tuesday, April 21st
- Dairy Farmers Remain Essential Throughout the Public Health Crisis
- Farming, Worker Safety and Our Food Supply: It All Matters in a Pandemic
- Gardening is Important, But Seed Saving is Crucial
- New York State Farm Bureau looking forward to its farmers' shares of $19 million in COVID relief
- Trump's surprise immigration ban expected to include major exemption
- Iowa City is launching an online farmers market with drive-through pick up
- As Harvest Season Approaches, WNY Farmers Say Coronavirus Yields Uncertainty
- U.S. soy is ready to deliver
Monday, April 20th
- Almost 8,000 gallons of milk to be given away at Destiny USA on Wednesday
- Undocumented, Essential and Sick: COVID-19 Comes to the Farm
- Milk dumping during COVID-19 — how you can help
- Minnesota pork facility closes after COVID-19 outbreak
- Farmers applaud Ag. Dept. aid package
- Coronavirus pandemic shows the U.S. food supply chain is due for an upgrade, experts say
- Dairy industry pundits describe wave of harsh requests by processors
- Wheat Futures Jump Overnight; Money Managers Increase Bearish Bets on Corn
- How will farms and restaurants emerge from COVID-19? We asked the experts
- New York Farm Bureau Cheers Billion Dollar Aid Package for Farms
Sunday, April 19th
- Gorgeous Photos Show How Farms Are Helping People During The Covid-19 Crisis
- Schools Transform Into 'Relief' Kitchens, but Federal Aid Fails to Keep Up
Saturday, April 18th
- The Food Chain's Weakest Link: Slaughterhouses
- Feeding the beast: How New York's farmers, distributors and food banks are coping with the coronavirus
- New York's agriculture sectors reeling under the weight of coronavirus
Friday, April 17th
- Trump announces $19B program to help agriculture sector
- NY Farm Bureau issues statement on USDA Aid Package
- Amid coronavirus grocery shopping concerns, farm CSAs deliver
- Coronavirus News: NY Farm Offering Contactless Fresh Produce Pickup
- Organic produce sales higher than normal amid coronavirus outbreak
- Farm lenders want a retooled Paycheck Protection Program
- Virus fears emerge in the fields among immigrant farmworkers
Thursday, April 16th
- USDA to Buy As Much Excess Milk and Meat as Possible, Says Perdue
- Tioga County Farm Holds Dairy Drive-thru for Needy Families
- Alcohol remains top seller during pandemic after being deemed essential in New York State
- Meat processing plants are closing due to covid-19 outbreaks. Beef shortfalls may follow.
Wednesday, April 15th
- The Rebirth of Urban Ag is a Coronavirus Silver Lining
- Quaker Group Connects N.M. Organic Farmers With Food Banks During COVID Outbreak
- What Happens if America's 2.5 Million Farmworkers Get Sick?
- DHS gives farmers latitude in hiring foreign workers
- Grocery a bright spot in record March retail sales decline
- Pork industry group says hog farmers are facing a crisis
- NYS Department of Agriculture and Markets takes several actions to assist the agricultural industry during the COVID-19 pandemic
- Agriculture Secretary: Aid is coming to the industry
- Court Strikes Down Trump Rollback of School Nutrition Rules
- Brindisi, Stefanik lead effort to help dairy farmers
- NNYADP: New Way to Apply Biocontrol Nematodes
- Hemp advocacy organizations ask for relief
- Food worker advocates say lack of PPE endangering nation's food supply
- Amid pandemic, CNY farm brewery dials up the connection between agriculture and customers
- Cayuga County farms aim to prevent spread of COVID-19 after workers test positive
- Food Distribution 101: What Happens When the Food Supply is Disrupted by a Pandemic
- Nebraska restaurants will be able to sell groceries, cleaning supplies
Tuesday, April 14th
- Critical Food and Farm Rules Have Been Rolled Back Amid Pandemic
- U.S. agriculture faces $20 billion loss from coronavirus, says new University of Missouri report
- Produce industry facing more than $5 billion in losses
- Former Agriculture Secretary: 'Cascading series of events' disrupting the US food chain
- New York Farm Bureau honored for donating food
- China buys more US farm products amid plunge in trade
- COVID-19: Effort to get masks to Latino farm workers in Half Moon Bay