by Dana Kear | May 4, 2016 | News & Press
“The state funding provides the means necessary to conserve valuable farmland, which provides the community with many long-term benefits,” said Maria Trabka, Saratoga PLAN Executive Director. “We’re very pleased to be able to undertake these farmland conservation...
by Dana Kear | Mar 15, 2016 | News & Press
The workshops are scheduled for: Monday, March 21, 6:30 p.m. Northumberland Town Hall 17 Catherine Street, Gansevoort Thursday, March 24, 6:30 p.m. Stillwater Town Hall 881 Hudson Ave., Stillwater Monday, March 28, 6:30 p.m. Milton Town Hall 503 Geyser Road,...
by Dana Kear | Dec 31, 2015 | News & Press
“My family purchased Hawkwood in 1936 at a farm auction,” said John Taylor. “For many years the fields were used for farming, and some of my fondest memories are of picking wild strawberries, which grew abundantly in several meadows that are now the woods that are...
by Dana Kear | Oct 28, 2015 | News & Press
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced the launch of a $20 million Hudson Valley Agricultural Enhancement Program to help farmers in the Hudson Valley region protect valuable, at-risk farmland from future development and maintain the land’s use for agricultural...
by Dana Kear | Oct 23, 2015 | News & Press
New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets Commissioner Richard A. Ball today highlighted the improved Farmland Protection Implementation Grant (FPIG) process, which has been streamlined to help local land partners and farmers across the state drastically...
by Dana Kear | Oct 14, 2015 | News & Press
Just 8 miles north of the Saratoga battlefields an incredible siege took place along Fish Creek. After several days of being surrounded and starving, British General John Burgoyne was forced into surrendering on October 17th, 1777, an act that ultimately convinced the...