Whit Davis’s family has been farming for centuries, but he is embracing hybrid varieties of sweet corn that stay fresher longer.Connecticut’s growers have welcomed hybrids that keep ears fresh longer, even though classic names like Butter and Sugar and Silver Queen live on.
An international-aid arm of the Abyssinian Baptist Church is joining forces with a co-op of 700 African farmers to improve their product and their lives.
Mark DeAngelo helped his son Luke pick sour cherries at LoveApple Farm in Ghent.The fleeting cherry season is in full swing in the Hudson River Valley, and sour-cherry enthusiasts are taking to the orchards to pick their fill before the crop flames out.
Memberships and discounts are offered in a state where farmers’ markets may have reached a saturation point.
A new community-supported agriculture program brings upstate produce to the South Bronx — and the potential for residents to own shares in a farm.
Food professionals can spend two days in upstate New York experiencing what farmers do to get them the cheese, pork and other products they use.
From the smallest Greenmarkets to the cardboard boxes of Fresh Direct home delivery, boutique meat from animals raised on local fields seems to be everywhere.
The Buildings Department said the Brooklyn Grange hadn’t filed plans showing that the roof could support a million pounds of growing material.
A former doctor’s effort to help small family farms in the Northeast stay in business by marketing and distributing their milk on their own.