Innovating Agriculture: reporting Focus 20-25 May

Innovating Agriculture: reporting Focus 20-25 May

Agriculture is one of the most dynamic and innovative economic sectors in New York state. With typical ingenuity, producers are coming up with new business models, using the latest research to battle pests, funding new ventures through social media and creating their own distribution systems.

In a series of six reports the Innovation Trail team will take you through some of the current challenges and opportunities facing upstate farmers. You can follow the series all this week during Morning Edition and here as well as download the podcasts from oursoundcloud page.

Money

New York's 'local' beef, often not as local as you think

Ryan Delaney, WRVO

The steaks stacked in the coolers of butcher shops in New York may be marketed as local, but just what that label means varies widely.The state actually…
Jobs

Immigration reform would address labor shortages on NY farms

As lawmakers in the Senate's Judiciary Committee debate the immigration reform bill released last month, farmers in New York State are hoping to find…
Business

Innovating agriculture: reporting focus this week

Matthew Leonard, Editor

Agriculture is one of the most dynamic and innovative economic sectors in New York state. With typical ingenuity, growers are tampering with conventional…