agriculture

Central New York is a prime spot for finding abundant, locally grown fruits and vegetables. You see evidence of this at the many roadside garden stand...

EDDYVILLE — A town of Mansfield man who has been growing giant pumpkins for almost 20 years won the state title for biggest pumpkin over the weekend —...

The chance to fly through the autumn air on zip lines is offered at Bristol Mountain Aerial Adventure Park and Bristol Mountain fall sky rides. The Ae...

OLEAN — Residents of West Court housing complex waited patiently in line Wednesday as volunteers with the Veggie Mobile arranged fresh, crisp vegetabl...

OLEAN — Who should take care of trees in city right-of-ways, the city or the landowner? Officials on the city’s finance committee spent an hour discus...

In May, George Vater attended a Lunch and Learn at which Wickham Farms presented their Community Supported Agriculture/Harvest Share Program. The pres...

ALLEGANY — Volunteer Bob Hopkins had just finished his chores at Canticle Farm when he turned to thank farm manager Mark Printz and its president, Sis...

Black bears are certainly familiar to many residents of the Southern Tier. Cornell University researchers are combining digital technology with on-the...

LITTLE VALLEY — Baby Boomers are continuing a tradition of attending the Cattaraugus County Fair. Thursday may have been Senior Citizens Day, but almo...

It is fairly widely known that bee populations are in trouble, but do people really understand the impact their predicament will have on all of our li...

LITTLE VALLEY — A joint meeting of two Cattaraugus County Legislature committees to review plans for renovating a dozen baseball fields in six communi...

ALLEGANY — As the 175th Annual Cattaraugus County Fair prepares to open, 4-H members from all over the county are grooming and practicing with their a...

LITTLE VALLEY — The 175th Cattaraugus County Fair kicked off this morning after 4-H and other exhibitors brought in horses and livestock. Other exhibi...

OLEAN — When Mikayla King first brought a foster dog named Duck to her Allegany home in late May, he was somewhat unruly as well as agitated by the fa...

OLEAN — In the summer of 2016, Maureen Curry and other volunteers at the Olean Food Pantry were so discouraged with wild animals damaging the communit...

The Cattaraugus County Fair celebrates its 175th birthday this summer. The County Fair runs from July 31 to Aug. 6, at the fairgrounds in Little Valle...

The Allegany County Fair this week has been full of food, carnival rides, award winning livestock, exciting events at the grandstand, and much more. H...

Since this is county fair week in Allegany County, we share some history and trivia on the Allegany County Fair. The information is from the fair’s hi...