The Grow NY Farms Coalition, as well as individual coalition member organizations, today released statements in response to the FY 2022-2023 State Budget agreement. Statement from Grow NY Farms, a coalition of more than 150 organizations and family farms representing…
Albany, NY – The Grow NY Farms Coalition today announced that the New York State Association of Counties (NYSAC) is in support of maintaining the current overtime threshold at 60 hours for family farms across the Empire State. During their…
Phone Calls Were Made to the Governor’s Office on Thursday, March 3, 2022 More Than 150 Agriculture and Business Organizations, and Family Farms Join the Grow NY Farms Coalition and Ask the Governor to #StayAt60 Albany, NY – Farmers and…
Call Governor Kathy Hochul and Ask Her to #StayAt60 We must tell Governor Hochul that any threshold below 60 hours will be detrimental to the viability of New York family farms, and their employees. If the threshold is lowered, there…
ALBANY, NY – Today, farmers from the Grow NY Farms coalition travelled from across New York to the state’s Capitol to hand-deliver hundreds of letters to Governor Kathy Hochul. The letters, written by both farmers and farmworkers whose livelihoods are threatened…
A recent article in the Messenger Post by Julie Sherwood highlights the latest census data for New York agriculture, which was released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture in April as part of its 2017 census. The USDA conducts this…