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  • As U.S. Craft Beer Industry Goes Flat, NYS Bubbles with Optimism

    With 539 craft breweries and counting, New York is ranked second in the nation for craft beer. After decades of growth, craft beer nationwide is in its worst-ever slump, with negative production for the second straight year and more craft brewery closures in 2023 than ever before.  But the graph for New York state hasn’t…

  • Días de Campo Unen la Comunidad Agrícola Latina

    El proyecto de Futuro en Ag del Cornell Small Farms Program fue anfitrión de una serie de días de campo para productores latinos.  Día de campo pone de relieve aprendizaje sobre liderazgo, producción de manzanas  Los propietarios Sergio Rosario y Silvia Ríos de Rosario Brothers LLC les dieron la bienvenida a casi 30 participantes en…

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  • Field Days Bring Together Latino/a/x Farming Community

    The Cornell Small Farms Program’s Futuro en Ag project hosted a series of field days for Latino/a/x farmers. WNY Farm Field Day Highlights Apple Production, Soil Health, Leadership Sergio Rosario and Silvia Rios, co-owners of Rosario Brothers LLC, welcomed nearly 30 participants to an educational field day at their apple orchard in Albion, in western…

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  • First New York State Drought Summit Promotes Collaborations Across the State

    The two-day event was held in mid-April and focused on: current conditions and trends, monitoring and assessment in New York State, tools and approaches, and communication around drought.    In New York State, drought is seldom a topic of discussion especially in spring when it seems to rain every other day.  The first New York…

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  • Hot Hemp? It’s Likely the Genetics

    The popular held belief is that growing conditions can lead to hemp with too much THC, but a recent study by Cornell University researchers found that  genetics are the ultimate factor in THC content. THC is the psychoactive chemical that can make hemp “too hot.” Hemp must stay under 0.3% THC while its relative, cannabis,…

  • In Search of a Peasant Culture in Upstate New York

    “Pheasants? I love pheasants!” This was just one of many disbelieving reactions I got when I told people I was trying to find traces of a peasant culture around Ithaca, NY. As a student at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (Austria), I was able to visit many small mountain farms in…

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