“The Grow NY Farms Coalition is disappointed that minimum wage will continue to increase, driving our family farms to consider their future here in New York State. Family farms, industry leaders, and the business community at large have continuously shared…
18 Agriculture and Business Groups Sign on to Letter to Stay at $15 Letter Sent to Governor Hochul, Majority Leader Stewart-Cousins, and Speaker Heastie Albany, NY – The Grow NY Farms Coalition today sent a letter to Governor Hochul, Majority…
Twelve years ago, New York state was third in the nation in milk production. Now, the state is fifth. “This is a significant number of farms,” Richard Kimball, a dairy farmer and member of the New York Farm Bureau. “It’s a significant…
Video from the press conference: Albany, NY - With progressive legislators in the Capitol pushing bills that will drastically hike the state’s minimum wage and lead to significant job losses, reduced worker hours, income reductions, and closures across New York,…
Read the full story in the Auburn Citizen, Glens Falls Post-Star, Batavia Daily News, and Livingston County News. Originally appeared in The Citizen by Robert Harding: With competing proposals to raise the state's minimum wage under consideration, New York farmers…
Letter Sent to Governor Hochul, Majority Leader Stewart-Cousins, and Speaker Heastie Albany, NY – The Grow NY Farms Coalition today delivered a letter to Governor Hochul, Majority Leader Stewart-Cousins, and Speaker Heastie urging them to reject proposals to increase the…
Albany, NY – Numerous New York State counties have passed resolutions recently in favor of maintaining the overtime threshold at 60 hours for family farms and eliminating the Farm Laborers Wage Board. Those counties are listed below, in addition to…
1 in 4 Farmers Say New York’s 60-Hour Overtime Threshold Has Made Farming More Difficult Albany, NY – Cornell University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) released a new report on October 19, 2022, How New York Farmers Adapted to…
“New York’s agriculture community is deeply disappointed in Commissioner Reardon’s ill-informed decision to lower the overtime threshold for our family farms. This decision threatens the security of our food supply, the retention of our skilled farmworkers, and the future of…
The following letter to the editor was originally published on September 12, 2022. The article on the Wage Board overtime recommendation quoted an activist as saying all the profits in agriculture are made on “…the backs of Black and brown…