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Megan Zerez/WSKGHigh demand for firs since the pandemic led to over harvesting at many upstate New York Christmas tree farms. Now, farmers want to sell more trees, but can't afford to cut into future crops. -
Latino immigrants who work on New York's dairy farms, and the dairy farmers who hire them, live in legal limbo. The work on dairy farms happens year-round. But there’s no year-round agricultural visa program. So hundreds, perhaps thousands, of dairy farm workers exist in the shadows.
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“Our farmers, our farmworkers are all getting collectively screwed right now by one-party Democratic rule." -
The biggest concern is the pest’s potential economic impact on New York’s $300 million dollar wine and grape industry. -
Advocates for the change said farm workers should have the same overtime standard as other workers. -
The grant will protect nearly 12,000 acres of land, and 40 farms across the state were awarded funding. -
The legislation extends pandemic school meal waivers and other flexibilities making it easier for schools to provide free healthy food for students. -
“We’ve already lost a number of small dairy farms over the last five years. It’s actually quite stunning." -
“Somebody working in energy storage and clean tech as it relates to agriculture, they might end up steering toward Binghamton." -
"Senior citizens...were making ends meet before, and right now, just with the increased cost of everything, they're not able to do so." -
"It's just the way that we've seen people cook all of our lives. It's not even written." -
"This is a national emergency. Babies have become sick and have died. We need access to high-quality formula and we need to do it immediately," Gillibrand said.
