agriculture

OLEAN — The Tri-County Arts Council, 110 W. State St., is putting together several arts classes. Here is the upcoming class schedule for the rest for ...

Rural areas of the state need help dealing with population and labor force losses, as well as increasing services to help an aging population, the sta...

ALBANY (TNS) — Jeanette Miller’s comments to the Cannabis Control Board last week were raw, unfiltered and brutally honest. “I feel like I’m going to ...

ALBANY — The state’s handling of the Nourish New York program is receiving bipartisan criticism, including from the local sponsor of the 2021 law. The...

ELLICOTTVILLE — Cornell Cooperative Extension of Cattaraugus County’s Master Gardener Program plans several new free upcoming classes. In the Master G...

NEW YORK (TNS) — They couldn’t have screwed this up any worse if they tried. It should have been simple for New York to set up its legal weed market: ...

From a bust for beans to watching out for forest fires, from a “supermarket of knowledge” to the fall of the Palace Theater, here’s a look back on the...

GENEVA — Sam Peachey, who started raising free-range chickens and eggs in 2015, found himself financially strained by 2019. “I invested a lot in a hen...

CUBA — While garlic is the mainstay of this upcoming weekend’s Cuba Garlic Festival, there is still plenty to do for those who don’t have an all-consu...

GREAT VALLEY — Dan and Diane Pawlowski are busy readying Pumpkinville for opening for its 28th year at its current location on Sept. 16. The Sugartown...

GREAT VALLEY — A joint project between the town of Great Valley and the Green Cemetery Association is expanding the cemetery located along Route 219 a...

OLEAN — Olean is about to get greener. Ellicottville Greens, a company that has developed a vertical growing system to fit in storage containers, has ...

OSWAYO, Pa. — A nonprofit helping disabled veterans received a boost thanks to the Limestone, N.Y., American Legion Post 1560 this week. The Legion pr...

PORTLAND — What’s contained in the 2023 Farm Bill was on the minds of more than 120 people who attended a House Agriculture Committee listening sessio...

RUSHFORD — With nearly a third of its 74 units being fire apparatus, the Rushford Labor Day Parade was hot stuff on a breezy, mid-80s, end of summer m...

TURTLEPOINT, Pa. — The Turtlepoint Farmers Market will be held at the Turtlepoint Community Park on Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon. A large line up of v...

On the 10th of November not long ago only one deer moved past my stand, a 6-point wandered by at 40 yards, never stopping, obviously with a destinatio...

ELLICOTTVILLE — Cornell Cooperative Extension of Cattaraugus County’s Master Gardeners will present their free upcoming hybrid Lunch & Learn mini-seri...