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East Hampton plans to fine or jail farmers if they don’t plant cover crops after a harvest. They want to prevent soil erosion and the open fields that can…
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Governor Andrew Cuomo signed a farmworkers’ rights bill into law Wednesday that will for the first time give the workers benefits other employees get,…
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Steve Jarmok walks around a clapboard white farmhouse in Enfield, Connecticut, where he grew up. Just past the green lawn, rows of greenhouses hold…
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About 200 people — many of them farmers — met in Vernon, Connecticut, Wednesday night to learn how to grow hemp.The state launched a pilot program earlier…
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The production of industrial hemp is now legal in Connecticut – after a considerable push from farmers. Governor Ned Lamont signed the measure into law…
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Supporters hope that their efforts to change an 80-year-old law that excludes farm workers from many of the protections afforded to other workers in New…
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Business in one historic town in eastern Connecticut has always revolved around the ocean. Now, a 250-year-old farm in the area wants to diversify the…
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Jennifer Halsey Dupree’s peaches are just now starting to blossom. She owns a 60-acre orchard on eastern Long Island. Right now, the work is tranquil,…
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New York will bolster its agricultural industry with $33 million lawmakers had allocated for local technical assistance and promotional programs in the…
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Suffolk County has created a new website for all the local producers of fruit, wine, fish, and beer. ChooseLI lists in-season produce and fish and also a…