It's Important for Consumers to Know Their Farmers

Nice blog entry from Buffalo Eats!

Go to http://www.buffaloeats.org/2014/11/20/recap-nys-dairy-tour-2014/ to read the story.

New York Agri-Women Head to Cayuga County Wednesday

New York Agri-Women will tour the Patterson Farm, a sixth generation dairy and crop farm, beginning at 2 p.m. May 15 at the farm in the town of Aurelius.

Members of the group will tour the farm and talk to owners, Jon, Julie and Connie.

At 3:30 p.m., the group will visit the Apple Station Winery on Cross Road in Cayuga. There will be some social time here, wine tastings and a chance to talk with the owners about their decision to move from an orchard and farm to also include a winery.

Anyone attending should contact Julie Patterson by May 12 at Julie.patterson@wwpfi.com or 315-729-3163

Please feel free to attend just part of the afternoon at either place if you are unable to attend entire event, but please still RSVP to Julie. Also, please dress for the weather and conditions -- plastic booties will be provided for the farm tour.

Cow Manure Powers Indiana Farm -- Nothing New In Central New York

Nothing new here. But a good story all the same from The New York Times.

Hey, why didn't they come to Upstate New York to do story this instead of going all the way to Indiana? A number of farms in Central New York do this same thing -- the Pattersons in Aurelius come to mind.

Anyway, here's the story.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/28/us/dairy-finds-way-to-let-cows-power-trucks.html?smid=fb-share&_r=0