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Guidance for New York Farmers & Producers

• NYS Department of Ag & Markets COVID-19 Guidance
• Cornell CALS Resources for Food & Ag Businesses
• Empire State Development's Essential Workforce Guide
• USDA COVID-19 Guide
• Food Safety and COVID-19

Friday, April 9th

• State Ag Chairs secure record funding for NY agriculture
• Covid 'essential' workers were always important. Don't abandon them post-pandemic.

Thursday, April 8th

• Nourish NY program to receive $50M in state budget funding
• Too many ketchup packets and other casualties of too much food to go
• New York State Liquor Authority extends alcohol-to-go into May

Wednesday, April 7th

• Grocery shoppers fix on value despite waning COVID-19 concerns
• Masks Off, Mahi Mahi On. Restaurant Workers Are in a Race for Vaccines

Tuesday, April 6th

• Alliance for NY's Farmland applauds state budget
• COVID-19 Relief Includes $5B for Black Farmers

Monday, April 5th

• No Vaccine, No Vino: City Winery Mulls Mandatory Vaccines for Guests

Friday, March 26th

• With lessons from pandemic, New York seeks to improve farm, food system
• Op-ed: An Afro-Indigenous Approach to Agriculture and Food Security

Thursday, March 25th

• Farmers want vaccines as growing season looms
• Biden Administration Ramps Up Debt Relief Program to Help Black Farmers

Wednesday, March 24th

• Reopening may be "a shock to the supply chain across the country and even globally"
• Food pantry offers kosher meals to families in Brooklyn

Tuesday, March 23rd

• Thruway seeks local vendors, farmers for Taste NY Farm Markets
• $52.5 Million Available to Protect New York Farmland
• New York City grocers see 'old normal' return as restaurants reopen

Monday, March 22nd

• Workers at U.S. meat plants, early Covid hot spots, are now getting vaccinated in many states
• 10 Supply Shortages That May Happen Again This Year

Friday, March 19th

• Indoor dining capacity expands to 50% in NYC, NJ; 75% for rest of NY
• House passes legislation to support local farms, dairies
• My Great-Grandfather Knew How to Fix America's Food System

Thursday, March 18th

• Why aren't NY farm workers in the COVID-19 vaccine line?
• From farm to food pantry: Hudson Valley farmers increase efforts to fight hunger

Wednesday, March 17th

• NY maple producers find sweet success amidst pandemic

Tuesday, March 16th

• How Covid Helped a Neighborhood Rediscover Its Restaurants
• Historic support for agriculture in Assembly & Senate budgets

Monday, March 15th

• Survey shows how American food and grocery shopping patterns have changed in the past year

Friday, March 12th

• Left Off the List: New York Food Distributors Feel Forgotten in State Vaccine Process

Thursday, March 11th

• Farmers voice frustrations after being left off vaccine eligibility list
• Stalled ships, stressed crews: Covid buying boom overwhelms LA ports

Wednesday, March 10th

• New York agricultural workers frustrated by lack of vaccine eligibility
• City Harvest Releases One-Year Report on Pandemic Food Insecurity
• New York sees 14.3% drop in residents taking part in federal food program for elderly
• New York Restaurants Get Another Reprieve as Eviction Moratorium Extended Until May 1

Tuesday, March 9th

• Fairs, carnivals start in other states: What could the NY State Fair look like?
• How does the $1.9 trillion stimulus package impact food and farming?
• How Soul Fire Farm Is Supporting Black Farmers On The Land And On The Hill

Monday, March 8th

• Covid-19-Closed Restaurants Are Reopening. Running Them Is Still a Battle.
• Madison County, NY Farm Bureau honors late Assemblyman Bill Magee

Friday, March 5th

• Dairy delivers big sales as increased home cooking and baking continue

Thursday, March 4th

• Black Farmers May Finally Get the Help They Deserve
• Longest Surge in Food Prices Since ‘08 Hits Poorest Nations Most

Wednesday, March 3rd

• NY farmworkers call on Assembly to pass NY HERO Act
• Lobby Day promotes state budget programs key to ag community

Tuesday, March 2nd

• $25 million in additional funding for Nourish NY to deliver New York-produced agricultural products to families in need
• Food pantry workers now on eligibility list for COVID vaccine
• Failing to vaccinate farmworkers exploits, endangers labor force

Monday, March 1st

• New York Farmworkers, Food Processing Plant Employees Await Vaccine
• Thousands of Farmworkers Are Prioritized for the Coronavirus Vaccine

Friday, February 26th

• New York Farms Seek Immigration Changes, Protections from COVID

Thursday, February 25th

• Women who lost jobs due to COVID turn to food delivery platforms
• Virtual Open Farm Days features popular local producers

Wednesday, February 24th

• New York Farm Bureau unveils national policy priorities
• Black farming and food security topic of next Rural Humanities webinar
• Building cold chain partnerships amid extensive disruption
• Biden Administration To Deliver 25 Million Masks To Health Centers And Food Banks

Tuesday, February 23rd

• NY farmworkers, food processing plant employees await COVID-19 vaccine
• Excess Food Law Requires New York Supermarkets to Donate to Charity
• Frozen food sales up 21% in 2020 as COVID alters shopping and eating behaviors

Monday, February 22nd

• City Releases First 10-Year Food Plan Under New Law
• Ontario County Farmer Breaks Stereotypes While Helping Community

Friday, February 19th

• The Activists Working to Remake the Food System
• Maintaining the Food Supply Chain While Protecting Worker Safety Measures

Thursday, February 18th

• Investors seed indoor farms as pandemic disrupts food supplies
• Food Prices Continue to Rise. Why Consumers Should Expect Bigger Grocery Bills.

Wednesday, February 17th

• Op-ed: Monopolies In the Food System Make Food More Expensive and Less Accessible
• Indoor farming spreading fast as entrepreneurs tap veggie demand

Tuesday, February 16th

• The World Will Pay More for Meat as Food Inflation Deepens
• Nearly All NYC Restaurants Failed To Pay December's Rent: Study

Monday, February 15th

• Farm Bureau says state should vaccinate farmworkers
• How a Buddhist temple food pantry is staving hunger in New York
• Schumer unveils restaurant fund in first trip to Upstate NY as Majority Leader

Friday, February 12th

• State Agriculture Department encourages New Yorkers to show love for NY Businesses this Valentine's Day with Taste NY
• 2021 farm income projected to be lower than 2020

Thursday, February 11th

• Multibillion-Dollar Debt Relief for Minority Farmers is Backed by House Committee

Wednesday, February 10th

• New York State To Establish Free Diaper Program At Food Banks
• Livestock Markets Resilient A Year Into Pandemic

Tuesday, February 9th

• Stimulus bill offers minority farmer debt relief, aid to food supply chain
• NY Restaurants Left Vulnerable As State's Commercial Eviction Moratorium Lapses

Monday, February 8th

• The case for vaccinating key food workers
• Farm Bureau on the Ag Economy in New York: "There's Not a Lot of Hope"

Friday, February 5th

• Gillibrand presses USDA on inclusion of kosher, halal food in Farmers to Families Food Box Program

Thursday, February 4th

• Federal spending on food aid up 50% but hungry Americans say it's not enough
• Lawmakers: Food Pantry Workers Should be Eligible for Vaccine
• Food prices rise sharply in January
• SUNY to Auto-Enroll Food Insecure Students for SNAP Benefits

Wednesday, February 3rd

• NYC Restaurants Profiting Off Leftover Food Thanks To Recently Launched App
• Booker, Warnock bring social justice goals to Agriculture panel

Tuesday, February 2nd

• Impossible Foods lowers grocery store prices amid pandemic-fueled retail expansion
• ‘We Are Facing Extinction': Black Farmers in Steep Decline
• Food Future WNY initiative to address food security in region
• Key Ingredients for Optimizing the Food Supply Chain

Monday, February 1st

• Pandemic Exposes Low Wages and Unsafe Conditions at Food-Distribution Centers, Workers are Striking
• Incoming Chairwoman announces Agriculture Committee agenda

Friday, January 29th

• NY Kitchen hosts online Farm Law workshop
• Mobile food pantries coming to Oswego Co. communities
• Food distribution event set in Fort Plain

Thursday, January 28th

• Hinchey, Lupardo call for ag workers to be eligible for vaccine
• Nutrition crisis looms as more than 39 billion in-school meals missed since start of pandemic – UNICEF and WFP

Wednesday, January 27th

• Workers deemed essential by feds still seek state's approval for COVID-19 vaccine
• Hunger: a growing problem in the pandemic
• New York Farm Bureau releases 2021 state legislative priorities
• Pandemic a Wake-Up to World Leaders on Food Frailties, WFP Says
• Changing The Landscape Of Street Vending in NYC

Tuesday, January 26th

• 2021: Food safety gets more complex

Monday, January 25th

• NY Farm Bureau issues response to Cuomo proposed budget
• Will the local food movement see a post-pandemic boost?
• Our Future Food Supply Depends on Endangered Wild Crops
• Hunts Point strike ends with largest raise in 30 years

Friday, January 15th

• Farm Credit East presents 2021 Dairy Outlook Webinar
• Annie's Project: CCE offers six-week online course for women in agriculture

Thursday, January 14th

• The Seneca Nation Is Building Food Sovereignty, One Bison at a Time
• New York Joins ESG Battle Against Tyson After Virus Outbreak
• Bill to expand vendor permits pits food carts against restaurants

Wednesday, January 13th

• Borrello, Queens Democrat push for permanent NY farm-to-table program
• Food-Insecure New Yorkers Seek More Meal Deliveries From City

Tuesday, January 12th

• How Not to Tame Global Food Inflation
• Temp and warehouse workers who keep us fed face COVID-19 risks, and more must be done to ensure they get vaccinated, advocates say
• Food Bank of the Southern Tier reaches milestones in the Nourish New York Program
• Community fridge helps bridge the food gap in Buffalo neighborhood

Monday, January 11th

• Farm Bureau Gives More Than $5 Million to Support Local Communities During COVID-19
• Reactions to Cuomo's SOTS

Friday, January 8th

• Commissioner Ball delivers State of Agriculture Address
• Food distribution planned in Rensselaer

Thursday, January 7th

• New York Dairy Farmers Provide Milk, Food Assistance to Families in Need
• USDA seeks members for new urban/indoor ag committee

Wednesday, January 6th

• Cuomo Signs Law Seeking to Expand Food Donations
• Michelle Hinchey sworn in, appointed Chair of Senate Ag Committee
• What 8 indoor ag companies plan for 2021

Tuesday, January 5th

• Voices From the Front Lines of America's Food Supply
• Farmer sentiment rises as income prospects improve, though concerns about key policy issues remain
• Does Regenerative Agriculture Have a Race Problem?
• Pandemic drinking did not save the wine industry's slowing sales, new data shows

Monday, January 4th

• Bump in Dairy Margin Coverage enrollment ahead of uncertain 2021

Friday, December 18th

• Supply chain lessons learned from COVID-19

Thursday, December 17th

• N.Y. lawmakers call on President-elect Biden to address food insecurity in midst of COVID crisis

Wednesday, December 16th

• NYS Agriculture Commissioner encourages Holiday Shoppers to choose Taste NY
• Pandemic Leaves More Military Families Seeking Food Assistance
• Dairy Farmers Discuss Dean Food Frustrations, USMCA Concerns
• Black-Owned Farm Opens in Franklinville
• Volunteers Deliver Holidays Meals To New Yorkers Too Sick To Cook For Themselves: ‘Food Is Medicine'
• Grocery store sales rise almost 2% in November
• Restaurants Are Using Hotel Rooms to Offer Pandemic-Friendly Private Dining

Tuesday, December 15th

• How Local Dairy Products Go From Farm to Table
• Frozen-food industry increased supply lines in pandemic

Monday, December 14th

• For Hungry Americans Across The Country, Food Insecurity Crisis Deepens
• Many indoor farmers markets are open and safe

Friday, December 11th

• Op-ed: Dear Secretary of Agriculture, This Is Your Chance
• Food-at-home will continue to drive grocery sales in 2021

Thursday, December 10th

• Supermarket-style food pantry opens in Upper East Side
• Food scientists mentor international COVID-19 task force

Wednesday, December 9th

• '2021 Is Going To Be Catastrophic.' For the Director of the World Food Programme, Winning the Nobel Peace Prize Is No Cause for Celebration
• Budget hearing focused on food supply chain issues

Tuesday, December 8th

• A Solution to Urban Food Insecurity Is Growing Underground in Brooklyn
• We Need a Secretary of Food

Monday, December 7th

• Governor signs food supply chain bill
• Safety ‘discouraged' at NYC Whole Foods warehouse where six caught COVID-19: Former labor secretary
• Americans are going hungry. Congress needs to act
• "We're in a Tsunami": Legislators Urge State Spending on Food Assistance

Friday, December 4th

• Brooklyn Farmer Plans to Continue Despite Move

Thursday, December 3rd

• NYS Assembly Examines COVID-19 Impact on Farms
• Goodbye, U.S.D.A., Hello, Department of Food and Well-Being

Wednesday, December 2nd

• Farmer Street Pantry Focuses on Local Fruits
• Buffalo-based online food service company hopes to lift local restaurants, not bog them down with fees

Tuesday, December 1st

• Lesson of the Day: '1.5 Million New Yorkers Can't Afford Food. Pantries Are Their Lifeline.'
• It's Christmas tree season in Broome County

Monday, November 30th

• Upstate NY farm-to-table home delivery sees a bumper crop of business from coronavirus
• Blue Ribbon task force to support NY farms

Friday, November 20th

• Thanksgiving dinner sees a modest uptick in New York
• 'Justice' Bill Would Transfer Up to 32 Million Acres to Black Farmers

Thursday, November 19th

• How a Third-Generation Turkey Farmer Got a Leg Up From the Pandemic
• Cornell survey: Has the Covid-19 pandemic changed where and how CNY folks get their food?
• Food Industry Confident Supply Chain Can Withstand Panic Shopping
• Tyson suspends Iowa plant managers amid virus betting claim
• Dog food, supply chains and how COVID drove new challenges

Wednesday, November 18th

• How New York hunters can help fight food insecurity

Tuesday, November 17th

• Wegmans, Tops stores limiting more items; Walmart restricting capacity
• Food Insecurity In NYC Rises Precipitously With No Federal Help In Sigh

Monday, November 16th

• Food and beverage groups ask for priority on COVID-19 vaccine, citing supply chain security

Friday, November 13th

• Organic farm sales up in most Northeast states
• Food Insecurity Is Rising in Detroit. So Is the Number of People Fighting It.

Thursday, November 12th

• Global Food Supplies Weather Coronavirus Pandemic
• Long Island Food Bank Strain
• Coronavirus Impact: Record Turnout Expected As NYC Charities Prepare To Hand Out Food For Thanksgiving
• Feedmore WNY purchases more than 80,000 pounds of surplus food

Wednesday, November 11th

• Farm-to-table Thanksgiving: 20 Upstate NY farms to buy fresh, local turkeys
• Bringing fresh NY food to veterans in need

Tuesday, November 10th

• Holiday Giving Boxes to help feed families in need
• $2M grant supports more sustainable path for organic farmers
• New Efforts To Bring Fresh New York Food To Veterans In Need Through Nourish New York

Monday, November 9th

• Lessons learned from one of the largest COVID-19 outbreaks in New York
• FeedMore WNY has a new farm to grow fresh produce year-round
• Food supply chain has work to do
• Food drive to support CUNY students

Friday, September 4th

• Securing the World's Food Safety-Net as Hunger Surges

Thursday, September 3rd

• Apple Farmers Anticipating Good Harvest Despite Drought and Pandemic
• This Vertical Farm Was Born in the Pandemic. Sales Are Up.
• Farm Aid to host 35th Anniversary Virtual Festival Sept. 26
• New York food establishments push for financial relief
• Chinatown Restaurant Owners Face Slim Outdoor Dining Options on Narrow Streets

Wednesday, September 2nd

• Governor Cuomo Announces New York State to Extend Partnership with HelloFresh to Combat Food Insecurity Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic
• Farmers brace for coronavirus impact on food supply in fall
• The ugly period of agriculture is behind us, analyst says
• Food Supply Is Secure, But Paper Products Could Be Hard to Find, Says UNFI CEO
• Op-Ed | Hunger remains a problem for New Yorkers amid COVID-19 pandemic

Tuesday, September 1st

• Refrigerated Warehouses Don't Have Their Supply Chains Down Cold
• Emergency Food Package program finds success in Northern NY
• China's Looming Corn Shortage Fans Food Security Unease

Monday, August 31st

• Hunger may kill more people than COVID this year
• Pandemic Brings Hard Times for Farmers, Worsening Hunger
• The Beer Industry Looks for Ways to Help Black Brewers
• Pandemic-related cooking and eating habits could help curb food waste - if consumers stick to them
• Federal Government Relaxes Rules on Feeding Low-Income Students
• Governor Cuomo Announces New State Guidance for Agritourism Businesses as Fall Approaches

Friday, August 28th

• Local farmers band together to beat COVID-19

Thursday, August 27th

• Apple picking won't be the same this year: What to expect from local farms during pandemic
• Drive-thru food pantries stepping up effort to meet high demand during pandemic
• Netherlands to Close Mink Farms After Coronavirus Outbreaks

Tuesday, August 25th

• Where the Produce Includes Pepperoni: The Pizza Farm
• 'Make Farmers Black Again': African Americans Fight Discrimination To Own Farmland

Wednesday, August 26th

• Unless we change course, the US agricultural system could collapse
• China says no need for panic buying of food and oil
• Growers see makings of solid spud market: COVID-19 remains the wildcard
• Struggling CBD famers hopeful after research finds CBD may help with COVID-19 side effects
• Gillibrand makes case for small farms to receive COVID-19 relief
• Once considered 'bad beef,' meat from dairy cows is having a moment

Monday, August 24th

• Farmers Struggle with COVID-19 Testing Deadline
• Dairy farmers to host virtual fair experiences through September 1st
• Egg Prices: States Cry Foul
• Outdoor Dining Is a Hit, but Restaurants Face 'Apocalyptic' Times
• New York state encourages farmers to register for free COVID-19 testing
• Hungry New Yorkers form quarter-mile line for free food in Queens

Friday, August 21st

• Farmworkers call for additional protections against COVID-19
• Land values steady in Northeast but down in New York, Vermont

Thursday, August 20th

• Thousands of chicks arrive dead to farmers amid USPS turmoil
• New York state will have a butter sculpture in 2020

Wednesday, August 19th

• New York Gov. Cuomo warns NYC restaurants may have to close again in the fall
• The Great New York State Fair cow birthing center goes virtual with 'Dairy on the Moo-ve' Pepperoni the latest food item in short supply due to pandemic

Tuesday, August 18th

• Pandemic lessons for improving the food supply
• Hayes, Delgado introduce new SBA-style loan program at USDA

Monday, August 17th

• Restaurants See Bleak Future Without Aid
• New York's Unemployed Restaurant Workers Struggle for Food, Housing
• COVID-19 testing initiative for seasonal workers on farms
• Erie County DOH announces free COVID-19 testing for agricultural workers
• CNY farm's sunflowers have blossomed into a record breaking year

Friday, August 14th

• Mobile COVID Testing Sites Are Going to Farms, Here's Why
• Surplus food from NY farmers finds home in Long Island
• Head of Busiest U.S. Port Says China to Miss Agriculture Target

Thursday, August 13th

• Economic impact of COVID-19 on NY equine businesses
• CCE Broome County free garden kit giveaway
• You Probably Won't Catch the Coronavirus From Frozen Food
• NYC Extends Food Drive in Partnership With FreshDirect to Address Food Insecurity

Wednesday, August 12th

• Migrant farm workers warn of next COVID-19 wave in New York
• Meet The People Trying To Seed A New Generation Of Black Farmers
• The Scramble to Pluck 24 Billion Cherries in Eight Weeks
• Coronavirus reportedly found on frozen food packaging in China
• 'The food supply chain is breaking': How Tyson Foods has tried to survive coronavirus

Tuesday, August 11th

• USDA world food security report measures the damage caused by COVID-19 pandemic

Monday, August 10th

• Gardens nourish body and soul during pandemic, say therapists
• U.S. Farmers Leave Fields Fallow as COVID-19 Wrecks Crop Prospects
• U.S. Farm Exports Lag Behind Imports, Creating a Trade Deficit
• Pandemic aid is too constricted and too slow, ag groups and lawmakers tell USDA
• City Harvest seeks to increase help to strapped residents across New York City
• 'I can't believe this is America.' Confronted with unprecedented need, New York food pantries try to fill in the gaps
• 'Everyone tested positive': Covid devastates agriculture workers in California's heartland
• Composting Has Been Scrapped. These New Yorkers Picked Up the Slack.

Friday, August 7th

• Global Food Output Runs Into Migrant Worker Woes
• Ethanol industry in 'crisis'

Thursday, August 6th

• New York Apple Sales launches Yes! Apples
• Counties recognize actions of NY farmers to maintain food security during pandemic
• Respectable wheat yields expected

Wednesday, August 5th

• How bad are restaurants hurting? Job numbers in New York are telling
• China to Import Most Wheat in Seven Years to Ensure Food Supply
• NYS sanitizer and 'pick-your-own' guide boost farm success
• Dairy industry still suffering
• First confirmed case of invasive Emerald Ash Borer found in the Adirondack Park
• Lebanon's grain supply decimated in Beirut explosion

Tuesday, August 4th

• For the unemployed, rising grocery prices stretch budgets even more
• How A Black-Owned Farm In Windsor Is Building Generational Wealth
• How a New York City public market is keeping a neighborhood's 'third place' alive during COVID-19
• COVID-19 outbreaks in agricultural communities raise harvest fears

Monday, August 3rd

• One-Third of New York's Small Businesses May Be Gone Forever
• Governor okays booze-infused ice cream & frozen desserts
• Amid pandemic, New York farmers feel intrusion on markets, sales, new health concerns
• 83 percent of NYC restaurants, bars unable to pay full rent, survey reveals
• For the Navajo Nation, a Fight for Better Food Gains New Urgency
• Chinatown Is Coming Back, One Noodle at a Time
• Dept. of Agriculture has identified 'mystery seeds' from China
• Lewis County is asking the question: "Are there really more cows than people?"
• Health officials link US salmonella outbreak to red onions

Friday, July 31st

• COVID-19 risks to global food security
• How an Urban Flower Farmer Spends Her Sundays

Friday, July 30th

• Roller-coaster milk prices bring uncertainty in dairy country
• Beer sales are picking up again, says world's biggest brewer
• The Nation's Oldest Organic Produce Distributor Is Weathering the Pandemic
• Central New York Regional Market vendors adapt to COVID-19 pandemic
• Black urban farmers in the U.S. sow seeds to end 'food apartheid'
• Volunteers save New York's oldest community farm as Covid-19 hits agriculture
• Soybeans at risk? Why Indiana agriculture officials worry about mystery seeds from China

Wednesday, July 29th

• Food Waste Has Become Worse During the Pandemic
• Walmart, Kroger bottle their own milk and shake up American dairy industry
• Sen. Booker targets corporate consolidation in agriculture for 'fundamentally broken' US food system
• Almost 30 million Americans didn't have enough to eat last week

Tuesday, July 28th

• Americans Receive Mystery Seeds in the Mail, Mostly From China
• GOP Bill Provides $20 Billion for Agriculture, But No Language for Ethanol Aid
• Beef Industry Long Range Plan For 2021-2025 Released

Monday, July 27th

• Meat Packing Plant Owners Defend Operations During Pandemic
• Can Shortage Has Industry Crying in Its Beer
• General Mills Adds More Outsourcing Partners as It Aims to Meet Packaged-Food Demand
• NY farmers already reeling from COVID losses fear more bad news this fall
• Q&A: Aldi U.S. CEO Jason Hart says pandemic hasn't slowed growth plans
• How coronavirus affects food systems
• How This N.Y. Island Went From Tourist Hot Spot to Emergency Garden
• Coronavirus pandemic's unlikely pet: Americans getting chickens amid food supply insecurities
• Boxes of unopened coronavirus food for poor found dumped in Queens

Friday, July 24th

• Pantry Buying Is So Hot There Aren't Enough Cans: Supply Lines

Thursday, July 23rd

• Why sustainable food systems are needed in a post-COVID world
• More than half of the restaurants closed by the pandemic won't reopen: Yelp
• Bill aims to make NY's food supply chain more resilient
• COVID & agriculture: 'Dairy farms have been through a nightmare'
• Drive-up food pantry in Albany feeds 700

Wednesday, July 22nd

• When Will Beef And Chicken Return To The Local Supermarkets?
• Cows in Central New York are looking to beat the extreme heat this summer

Tuesday, July 21st

• New York Farm Bureau Releases COVID-19 Farm Impact Survey Results
• Pandemic-Inspired Food Labeling Raises Alarms for Those With Food Allergies
• Forgotten farmers ask Congress for relief in next COVID-19 loan package
• Layoffs, online sales, produce in storage: Half of NY farmers report business is down
• Outdoor dining reservations at popular NYC spots booked weeks in advance
• As pandemic shrinks markets, NY farmers work to adapt
• Without Profitable Prices, Leaders Fear Future of U.S. Wheat at Risk
• Coke says it will kill more 'zombie' brands, weeks after dropping Odwalla

Monday, July 20th

• How the Pandemic Taught a Lesson to Food Supply Chains
• The Future of Our Food Supply

Friday, July 17th

• More Than Ever, Americans Love Their Craft Beer

Thursday, July 16th

• State fair cancellation has impact on NY dairy farms

Wednesday, July 15th

• Floods and the coronavirus create more uncertainty for China as food prices climb

Tuesday, July 14th

• Only Eight U.S. States Have Virus Rules for Farms as Cases Rise
• Queens Farmers Markets Reopen Following Coronavirus Closures

Monday, July 13th

• COVID-19 is exposing the food deserts around Native American reservations
• Crop report shows corn, soybeans down in Northeast
• Covid-19 challenges farmers in getting key flow of foreign workers
• FDA Unveils tech-focused blueprint got safer U.S. food supply chain
• Work Visa Restrictions Crimp The U.S. 2020 Wine Grape Harvest
• This Is A Horrible Experience": Outdoor Dining From Restaurant Workers' Perspective

Sunday, July 12th

• From Flour to Canned Soup, Coronavirus Surge Pressures Food Supplies

Wednesday, July 8th

• See That Fridge on the Sidewalk? It's Full of Free Food
• New York apple crop faces fungal threats wrought by global warming
• Landmark New York City wholesaler struggling to survive

Tuesday, July 7th

• Study finds food safety practices benefit small farmers
• New Yorkers want to keep booze flowing in post-coronavirus food delivery
• Regulator warns on food fraud risk: 'COVID-19 has created potential opportunities for unscrupulous traders to cut corners'

Monday, July 6th

• Meet the Gleaners, Combing Farm Fields to Feed the Newly Hungry
• Local farms among recipients of $250K Hannaford donation

Sunday, July 5th

• How You Get Your Berries: Migrant Workers Who Fear Virus, but Toil On

Saturday, July 4th

• COVID-19 pandemic pushes consumers to buy from local farms directly

Thursday, July 2nd

• Dairy Farmers Optimistic About USMCA Trade Deal
• 'Don't tell my wine snob friends': Why Americans are buying more boxed wine during COVID-19
• USDA farm aid program still accepting applications
• Ag bank loan delinquencies 2.68%, highest since 2012

Wednesday, July 1st

• COVID-19 and the Global Food Supply: Big Lessons from the World's Small Farms
• COVID-19 shows weak points in global food system

Tuesday, June 30th

• Processing meat difficult for local livestock farms
• Coronavirus adds stress to agricultural finances
• New York growers face labor, COVID-19 issues
• Here's how COVID-19 creates food waste mountains that threaten the environment
• Nearly 100 residents of California farmworker dorm contract coronavirus

Monday, June 29th

• Food banks are anticipating a second wave of demand when the extra $600 in unemployment benefits expires next month
• Tester and Grassley: Threat of meat shortages is growing. Senate needs to act now
• Coronavirus-related food supply disruptions may be behind us, but meat and produce could still face challenges

Sunday, June 28th

• Schumer concerned Canada is circumventing dairy trade agreements
• FDA, USDA: No danger of catching virus from food, food packaging

Saturday, June 27th

• NY State Fair 2020: Deep-fried faith continues for a socially distanced event as cancellations begin
• White People Own 98 Percent of Rural Land. Young Black Farmers Want to Reclaim Their Share
• NY Graduation, Packaging Plant Spark Outbreak Concerns as State Holds Onto Low Virus Rates

Friday, June 26th

• Governor Cuomo Details NYS Department of Health's Investigation into Two COVID-19 Clusters in Upstate New York
• SAVOR THE SEASON: New York maple production down slightly this year
• Hudson Valley food pantries still face high demand despite reopening
• Actions support NY dairy industry during Dairy Month

Thursday, June 25th

• Coronavirus News: Program selling boxes of food supports farmers during pandemic
• Farmworkers at Central California pistachio farm strike after dozens test positive for the coronavirus

Wednesday, June 24th

• EMPIRE FARM DAYS CANCELLED: Organizers 'upset' over decision, points to contradiction at state-level policies
• SNAP recipients to receive additional $100 million in food assistance, and more
• White House directs Agriculture Department to extend farmer bailout money to lobster industry
• COVID-19 hitting California agriculture hard
• Low grain prices threaten outlook for farm income, Purdue agriculture economists say

Tuesday, June 23rd

• New Unemployment Numbers Show NYC Has Lost Two-Thirds of Its Food Jobs
• European Union eyes tariffs on American coal, farm goods over trade dispute
• Cheese Might Start Becoming More Expensive Than Ever Before Because Of The Food Supply Chain

Monday, June 22nd

• Development of coronavirus detection tools in foods 'essential', argue researchers
• New York State Issues Guidelines to Promote Creation of Pollinator Habitats on Commercial Properties
• Guide: Farmers Markets around New York City
• US honeybees are doing better after bad year, survey shows
• Are Food Supplies Still Safe? Coronavirus Outbreaks in Meat Packaging Plants Cause Worldwide Worries
• What's Gotten Into the Price of Cheese?

Sunday, June 21st

• Warehouse Demand Surges as Retailers Reset Supply Chains
• From panic buying to food banks: how Britain fed itself in the first phase of coronavirus
• How Chinese-American restaurants are ensuring their future
• Another 100,000 lbs of NYS-produced food distributed
• Booze-bill rule threatens NYC restaurant reopenings
• Juneteenth celebrated by African American farmers

Saturday, June 20th

• Putting robots down on the farm

Friday, June 19th

• Buy fresh, buy local: Consumers turn to local food system for supplies
• Celebrating Juneteenth: Dept. of Agriculture shares resources for education
• Farmers still plagued by hog backlog
• Trump's Trade Appeals to China Still Left Farmers Reeling

Thursday, June 18th

• 'There Is No Work Here': Migrants, Some Sick, Move North
• Surplus food reaches those in need under Nourish NY
• Western NY Farms Required To Develop COVID-19 Safety Plan
• Lawmakers Push USDA To Let Hemp Farmers Access Coronavirus Relief Funds
• Demand swamping small meat processors

Wednesday, June 17th

• Kathy Hochul visits dairy farm in Pavilion to highlight Nourish NY program
• Lupardo introduces bill to strengthen food supply chain
• Living to work: Massive NY greenhouse coronavirus outbreak exposes migrant workers' vulnerability
• There's Low Risk of Food Spreading the Virus, Experts Say After Salmon Panic

Tuesday, June 16th

• As Travel Starts Back Up, Wineries and Other Food-and-Drink Enclaves Get Creative
• Impact of SARS-CoV-2 on the Meat Industry and Food Safety
• Canada takes steps to shore up food processing sector
• New York Industry Group Calls for State to Implement CBD Regulatory Framework
• As leaders warned of US meat shortages, overseas exports of pork and beef continued

Monday, June 15th

• Safety plans required for NY farms
• The Great Cheese Emergency
• 16,000 gallons of milk, 34 tons of food to be given away in CNY this week
• A major CNY beer distributor closes, sells brand lines to competitors
• China steps up checks on meat, seafood after COVID-19 cases in market
• Ways to Support Black Farmers, Restaurants and Nonprofits

Sunday, June 14th

• Cuomo to bars, restaurants: If your crowds are too big, NY will yank liquor license
• Meatpacking rebounds but high prices and backlogs to persist
• Pandemic has changed buying habits, raised awareness of supply chain
• America's stay-at-home seafood binge now faces virus threat
• Manufacturer Recalls Nearly 43,000 Pounds of Ground Beef Shipped Nationwide

Saturday, June 13th

• Farmers to Families boxes begin making their way to local food banks
• Seneca Lake Wineries Open For Indoor Tastings

Friday, June 12th

• Kansas Farm Bureau receives donation after New Yorker sees story of farmer giving Cuomo N95 mask
• It's a new scene for grocery shopping as pandemic changes behaviors
• As Wheat Goes, Will So Go Corn?
• Residents Fight to Keep Composting From Getting Trashed in New York City's Covid-19 Budget Cuts
• Op-ed: It's Time to Rethink the Food System from the Ground Up

Thursday, June 11th

• Guest essay: Dairy producers keep working through pandemic
• How Food Hubs and Co-Ops Are Overcoming the USDA Farm Box Program's Flaws
• Hundreds of Restaurants Reopen as Long Island Starts Phase II; Cuomo Shifts Metrics Focus
• A bumper crop of woes
• Coronavirus cases among fruit and vegetable packers are on the rise
• Milk Distribution at Griffis Business & Technology Park
• Organic Valley Donates Dairy and Meat to Food Pantries Nationwide

Wednesday, June 10th

• Agriculture could lose billions according to recent analysis
• Gillibrand at virtual town hall: 'Every farm in NY is hurting'
• New York FFA celebrates 95 years in a unique way
• Will your local Starbucks close? Coffee giant says it will close 400 stores but expanding pickup options

Tuesday, June 9th

• Coronavirus collapsed America's food system, but created "a pivotal and magical moment" for locavores
• How the Pandemic Is Changing the Way Buffalo Farmers Operate
• Federal funding awarded for rural agriculture in New York
• Food makers are burning through cash to hoard ingredients for fear of more supply chain disruptions
• Protest Wednesday: Supply chain workers, Teamsters demand more coronavirus safeguards
• What It Will Take to Avoid a Global Food Shortage

Monday, June 8th

• Farm Groups See Racism in Agriculture and Promise to Seek Change
• Dairy farmers are dumping millions of gallons of milk. This could make it stop
• These brothers have created a mushroom farm in Queens
• The future of our food supply relies on immigrant farm workers
• Ag Economic Outlook: The Impact of COVID-19 on 2020 and Beyond
• 'There's only so much we can do': Food banks plead for help
• As COVID-19 Disrupts Beef Supply Chain, Oklahoma Ranchers Look For Local Solutions

Sunday, June 7th

• It's time to rethink the disrupted US food system from the ground up
• Food waste increases during the pandemic - compounding an existing problem

Saturday, June 6th

• Farmers markets start the season in Western New York
• Americans turn to home-farming as they fear for their food supply
• Mosque volunteers feed hundreds despite pandemic food chain disruptions
• Coronavirus could see Britain run out of FOOD: Supply chains on brink of collapse

Friday, June 5th

• Cattle industry divided on negotiated cash cattle bill
• How Farmers Got Florida to 'Swipe Ripe'
• Holiday meat sales were strong despite tight supply
• Long Island wineries and farms gear up for Phase 2 reopening
• Agriculture recession requires endurance plus behavior management

Thursday, June 4th

• Farm-to-table dining takes on new meaning amid pandemic
• New York State Liquor Authority Guidance on Outdoor Expansion of Licensed Premises in Response to COVID-19 Outbreak
• Price Chopper/Market 32 Partners with American Dairy Associate North East to Provide Milk to Local Food Banks this Summer
• Reps. Maloney, Delgado, and Brindisi Meet with New York Farmers on Impact of Coronavirus on Agriculture

Wednesday, June 3rd

• This is what happens to the food supply and prices when factories close
• Food economists say changing consumer habits and potential coronavirus outbreaks in processing plants may affect food supplies. Here are the foods you might see less of in grocery stores.
• New Jersey's Small, Networked Dairy Farms Are a Model for a More Resilient Food System

Tuesday, June 2nd

• CDC releases COVID-19 guidance for agricultural industry
• The Pandemic Isn't Easing Up, but Frontline Food Workers Are Already Losing
• Grocers, Restaurants Benefit From Hedging Prices of Beef, Pork

Monday, June 1st

• One-third of small independent farms could go bankrupt in 2020 due to COVID-19
• Many turning to canning to maintain food supply amid pandemic
• U-pick strawberry fields open on Long Island for 2020 season
• China to halt some US ag buys
• In Hawaii, Coronavirus Pandemic Takes Toll On Food Supply
• The Sow Must Go On
• Vermont Agency of Agriculture finalizes hemp rules
• COVID-19 Could Double Africa's Food Insecurity, World Food Programme Chief Warns

Sunday, May 31st

• Got Extra Veggies? These Organizations Want to Connect You to a Food Pantry
• Supply chain innovation can reduce coronavirus food shortages
• US food prices see historic jump

Saturday, May 30th

• Amateur bread bakers save New York flour business
• Every Single Worker Has COVID at One US Farm on Eve of Harvest
• Gov. Brown directs $30 million to protect farm workers, secure food supply chain
• After Pandemic, California Oyster Farmer Confident in Industry's Return

Friday, May 29th

• Factory farms and the next pandemic
• Berkshire Farm Center continues to help foster families across NY during pandemic
• Arkansas program that places unemployed guards, reservists in agriculture jobs can be a model for nation
• State adds three custom meat processors to Maine's food supply chain amid shortages
• U.S. online grocery sales up again in May
• New York Under High Threat of Losing Farmland
• Gardens Have Pulled America Out of Some of Its Darkest Times. We Need Another Revival

Thursday, May 28th

• NY Farm Bureau Encourages Farms To Implement New COVID-19 Guidance
• Grown on Long Island: Local Farms Mean More Now Than Ever
• N.Y. City Council to Push Plan for Outdoor Dining: Live Updates
• Tyson Foods to Close Iowa Meat Plant as More Workers Catch COVID-19
• Virus controlled in meatpacking plants, ag undersecretary says

Wednesday, May 27th

• FDA rolls back food rules for 5th time during pandemic
• Food service industry cuts demand for meat
• New Jersey Farms Get Creative To Meet Demand For Fresh Fruits, Vegetables
• Chicago releases plan for reopening restaurants, leaving NYC in the dust
• Senate Democrat introduces bill to protect food supply

Tuesday, May 26th

• How is COVID-19 affecting food security?
• Hunger Program's Slow Start Leaves Millions of Children Waiting
• Businesses ask for clarity in state's roadmap for reopening
• Montgomery County farmers keep working, adapt to challenges during COVID-19 pandemic
• Iowa to Give Aid to Farmers Who Euthanize Hogs During Pandemic

Monday, May 25th

• State program helps farmers grow lifeline
• As Long Island reopens, why not ease customer concerns with 'COVID-compliant' certification?
• 'Something isn't right': U.S. probes soaring beef prices
• The meat industry is trying to get back to normal. But workers are still getting sick- and shortages may get worse
• FDA loosens food labeling restrictions amid coronavirus supply chain shortages
• What does the Defense Production Act have to do with food?
• Robot waiters, mannequins and rooftop dining: How we'll start to go to restaurants again

Sunday, May 24th

• Grocery prices rise as coronavirus continues to disrupt food supply chain
• For Some Italians, the Future of Work Looks Like the Past
• As the coronavirus pandemic strains supplies, Native Americans fight food insecurity

Saturday, May 23rd

• Want to help save the oyster industry? Eat bigger ones, some farmers and chefs say.
• USDA, FDA advise businesses in need of protective equipment
• FDA extends application period for importer program because of pandemic
• How Singapore Plans to Survive World's Impending Food Crisis
• Farmers forced to dump dairy team up with local food bank

Friday, May 22nd

• NY throws lifeline to horses and farms, allowing riding lessons to resume next week

Thursday, May 21st

• Tri-state farmers experiment with online markets to make up revenue
• Restaurants Plan To Reopen On Long Island
• New Outbreaks In Fruit And Vegetable Operations Threaten Farm Workers And Food Supply
• Nearly 1 in 4 New Yorkers Needs Food as Pandemic Persists
• Dairy groups seek more assistance beyond $16bn agriculture payments plan
• Invoking DPA for the rest of the food supply
• US lawmakers from agricultural states push for $1B in aid
• All NYC Public School Families Will Get $420 Per Child for Food

Wednesday, May 20th

• Madison County discusses progress on housing for Green Empire Farms workers
• As Pa. fairs are canceled, communities miss out on tradition, social engagement
• All in for agriculture: Gov. Evers announces $50M in relief for Wisconsin farmers, $15M food security initiative
• Arkansas governor, President Trump discuss federal support, food supply chain at White House

Tuesday, May 19th

• Ag chairs co-host virtual hearing for small businesses
• Partitions, face masks, and temperature scanners: NYC restaurants brace for post-pandemic reopening
• Pandemic roils food prices, producer decisions
• USDA Announces Details of Direct Assistance to Farmers through the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program
• New website aims to empower New York City's food scene amid the COVID-19 pandemic
• NYS Farm Bureau creates 'Farm Relief Worker Database' to connect farms needing labor during COVID-19 pandemic
• Coronavirus' 4-Legged Victims Find Friends Upstate
• These 5 foods show how coronavirus has disrupted supply chains
• Army, Defense veterinarians forecast no meat, poultry or produce shortages in DECA food supply

Monday, May 18th

• Meat shortages are not production problem but supply chain breakdown
• Despite Losing Restaurant Business, Small Vegetable Farms On Long Island Are Thriving
• Food sales stay strong in April despite U.S. retail sales plunge
• Will HEROES Act rescue farmers?
• COVID-19 Raises Consumers' Packaged Food Concerns
• U.S. mulls paying companies, tax breaks to pull supply chains from China
• Tyson poultry plant remains closed past USDA head's reopening goal

Sunday, May 17th

• CNY farm sells out drive-in movie event, plans more
• Coronavirus News: Westchester County farmers market reopens with COVID restrictions
• China Urges Food Companies to Boost Supplies on Fears of Further COVID-19 Disruption https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2020/05/17/business/17reuters-health-coronavirus-china-food.html
• Buzz about 'murder hornets' adds to woes of beekeepers
• California Seniors Get Free Restaurant Meals Delivered Under New Program
• GRAINS-Wheat extends losses as bumper global stocks weigh

Saturday, May 16th

• Farmers Market brings essentials, camaraderie to Hamilton

Friday, May 15th

• Local Farm Taking On Production Of Milk And Ice Cream
• Brewery co-owner gets creative during coronavirus pandemic
• New issues brief examines potential bottlenecks in fruit and vegetable supply chains
• 4-H UNITY, Citizen U teen leaders create PSA
• Grocers react to sharp spike in grocery food prices, consumer concerns of price-gouging
• Housing Worry for Laborers as New York's Farms Slip Deeper into Trouble
• USDA Secretary Says Despite Plant Closures, He Does Not Anticipate Food Shortages
• Kroger provides $130 million in 'thank you' pay for associates
• Cash Cattle Higher, Wholesale Beef Lower
• Grocers Grapple with Surging Ground Beef Prices, As Wholesale Tops $6
• Community Food Co-ops Are Thriving During the Pandemic
• Feeding America Should Become a Federal Priority
• U.S. food aid program launches with companies scrambling to deliver
• Grow-NY, a food and farm competition, coming to Syracuse (live or virtually)

Thursday, May 14th

• The coronavirus broke the food supply chain. Here's how to fix it.
• Long Island's Last Remaining Duck Farmer Hopes To Bounce Back When Restaurants Reopen
• Agriculture secretary urges compliance with restaurant enforcement order
• For Farmers of Wine Grapes, the Pandemic Sows Doubts
• Upstate farms donating extra food to NYC pantries

Wednesday, May 13th

• How to Crisis-Proof Our Food System
• Shutdown affects horse farms
• Cornell Cooperative Extension hands out masks and sanitizer to farmers
• Cannabis and coronavirus
• House Democrats Heroes Act Includes Agriculture Provisions
• New York Farmers Ensure Protection of Food Chain
• Even before coronavirus, many adults over age 50 lacked a stable food supply, study shows
• Soaring Prices, Rotting Crops: Coronavirus Triggers Global Food Crisis

Tuesday, May 12th

• New York family farm feels impact of coronavirus pandemic
• Infection rates were climbing at Nebraska meatpacking plants. Then health officials stopped reporting the numbers
• Americans Have Baked All the Flour Away
• USDA Reports Show Glimmers of Hope and Challenges
• N.C. has 23 meat processing plants with COVID-19 outbreaks, more than 1,300 cases
• COVID-19 Will Cost Texas Agriculture At Least $6 Billion This Year, Experts Say

Monday, May 11th

• Madison Co. gives more answers on Oneida farm COVID-19 outbreak, says many have recovered
• AFBF Reports Bankruptcies Are Highest In 20 Years
• As U.S. meat workers fall sick and supplies dwindle, exports to China soar
• Arabica Coffee Growers See Harvest Delays, Possible Losses Due to Coronavirus

Sunday, May 10th

• Green Empire Farm coronavirus outbreak: County wants to inspect migrant conditions at hotels
• As Food Supply Chain Breaks Down, Farm-To-Door CSAs Take Off
• Coronavirus meat shortages could potentially last through summer

Saturday, May 9th

• 'Nerve-Racking and Very Unusual': Snow in May Worries Growers
• Trump says US will purchase $3 billion in agricultural products from farmers

Friday, May 8th

• State Agriculture Commissioner Announces Kickoff of Nourish NY Initiative With Food Distribution Events Across the State
• Chobani joins Cuomo's Nourish NY program; buys excess milk from farmers, delivers food to families
• Inside Green Empire Farm: Upstate NY's biggest coronavirus outbreak slams migrant workers
• Maine agriculture commissioner wants to loosen rules on shipping meat
• USDA: $3M in grant money available for urban agriculture, innovative production projects
• Northeast Iowa Food Bank dispels rumors regarding food supply during pandemic
• Coronavirus News: Island Harvest Food Bank feeding thousands of LI families Friday
• Small Farms in N.Y. Are Experiencing a Surprising Boom. Here's Why.
• Spoiled Milk, Rotten Vegetables and a Very Broken Food System
• America's meat shortage is more serious than your missing hamburgers

Thursday, May 7th

• A new state effort to connect farmers and food banks could solve many problems
• Farmers Concerned About Future After Delaware Deems Farmer's Markets "Non-Essential"
• More than half of Oneida farm workers, many living four to a room, now have COVID-19
• Dairy Product Inventories Climbed 250%
• Andrew Cuomo's $25M plan to bring upstate farm food to NYC pantries

Wednesday, May 6th

• Coronavirus: Group working to devise plan for county fairs to be held in some form this summer
• Restaurant Teams Up With Local Farm To Create At-Home Cooking Kits
• USDA Announces Grants for Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production
• Attorneys general urge federal investigation into meatpackers
• Central New York greenhouse emerges as new coronavirus hotspot
• Are You Paying Extra for Eggs? Lawsuits Accuse Producers of Price Gouging
• Costco, ShopRite, Wegmans, Whole Foods, others limit meat purchases to avoid food supply chain problems
• Fishermen, farmers suffering from food supply disruptions concerned for what's to come
• China Buys More U.S. Soybeans Despite Tariff Threat
• Coronavirus Creates U.S. Food Supply Shortages

Tuesday, May 5th

• COVID-19 presents unique challenges for the agriculture industry
• New York State details $25 million in funding for food banks
• How did nearly 140 farm workers get COVID-19? Madison, Oneida County leaders disagree
• Assembly, Uber Eats Partner Up to Donate 8,000 Meals To Non-Profits
• Chicken plants battle to balance food supply, worker safety
• Wisconsin food banks were facing meat shortages. Here's how they moved quickly to fill the gaps
• Even as South Carolina's economy reopens, applications for food assistance remain high

Monday, May 4th

• 'That's just the way it happens:' Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue defends the trade war bailout that mostly benefited wealthy farmers
• Americans Are Lining Up for Food. What Is Team Trump Doing?
• Ag economist says COVID recovery will come in three stages
• A Farmer to Restaurants Now Delivers
• Minnesota Department of Agriculture grants available for livestock processors
• The hands that feed us: Protect New York's farmworkers from coronavirus, too
• Op-Ed: Everything wrong with our food system has been made worse by the pandemic
• Smithfield Foods Partially Reopens Sioux Falls Packing Plan

Sunday, May 3rd

• COMMENTARY: Advice for those buying meat: don't panic, buy local
• Essential farmworkers risk COVID-19 exposure to maintain food supply
• Local farmers donate milk and other products to families in need
• Corn tries to find a bottom but isn't out of the woods yet
• Why are hundreds of people in big cities receiving bailout money meant for farmers?
• Wendy's locations face possible supply shortages as nation's meat supply chain struggles
• Ohio grocers limit meat purchase quantities as coronavirus impacts food supply chain

Saturday, May 2nd

• Farmers market sets up shop online during pandemic
• Worried about food safety, supply? Want to support local business? Customers turn to CSA farmers
• 'We Had to Do Something': Trying to Prevent Massive Food Waste
• Turns out letting 'efficient' monopolies control our food supply was a terrible idea
• Wasted milk, euthanized livestock: Photos show how coronavirus has devastated US agriculture
• 'Murder Hornets' in the U.S.: The Rush to Stop the Asian Giant Hornet

Friday, May 1st

• Cuomo vs. McConnell, Assm. Donna Lupardo, Agriculture Anxiety
• Cornell Cooperative Extension to give away seeds Saturday to inspire residents to plant their own Victory Gardens
• Farmers can't sell milk and produce to NYC restaurants, so they're donating it to local food banks
• How is COVID-19 impacting the food supply chain?
• Beyond Meat, one of the bigger names in food technology, saw its shares jump 49% last month
• Pandemic sends consumers to farms, local butchers, packing plants for beef, pork
• America Together: New York town funds food for area hospital

Thursday, April 30th

• Debt Forgiveness To Keep Family Farms Afloat During Pandemic
• Beak & Skiff/1911 to give out free distillery-made hand sanitizer Sunday
• Governor: Pennsylvania is working to protect food supply
• Inside New York City's Food-Supply Chain During the Coronavirus Pandemic
• Immigrants Deliver Food,' Hope' to Workers Hit by Pandemic
• How NYC's Chinese Food Delivery Services Prepped for a Months-Long Shutodwn
• Iowa Department of Agriculture launches Resource Coordination Center to assist livestock producers

Wednesday, April 29th

• New York Dairy Farmers Feel the Squeeze From Coronavirus as Milk Sales Dry Up
• Farmers Share the Scoop on How They Reduce Milk Production
• USDA to implement executive order on processors
• Trump Declares Meat Supply 'Critical,' Aiming to Reopen Plants
• Online grocery sales jump 37% in April

Tuesday, April 28th

• Program delivers masks, COVID-19 info for NY farmworkers
• Farm to fridge: New food delivery service launches in Broome County
• Best Management Practices for U-Pick Farms During the COVID-19 Pandemic
• VIDEO: Future of Food: Digging for victory
• Trump orders meat processing plants to stay open
• With No Way to Stop Cows From Making Milk, Farmers Ask for Help
• Commissioner Fried Weighs In On USDA's COOL Enforcement
• Heartland Shippers Feel 20-Foot Box Squeeze
• Millions of farm animals culled as US food supply chain chokes up

Monday, April 27th

• How New York will pair food banks in need with struggling farms, which have excess product
• Cuomo launches initiative to stop dumping of milk, supply food banks
• Farm Bureau Cheers New York's Milk Plan
• Store-brand sales surge in Q1 from COVID-19 stock-up purchases
• Palisade peach freeze prompts Colorado governor to declare emergency
• Why Dairy Plants Are Unlikely to House Large COVID-19 Outbreaks
• Pastured Meat Producers are Facing Catastrophic Losses. These Efforts Could Help Them Weather the Pandemic
• A Third Of NYC Food Pantries Have Closed, Swelling Bread Lines During Coronavirus Lockdown
• Beer, milk, and produce: All the food that's getting dumped during the pandemic
• NY farmers watching hard work go down drain

Sunday, April 26th

• Organic farmers pivot from selling to restaurants to homes amid coronavirus
• CCE program serving as resource for families during COVID-19
• USDA plan will help farmers and food banks
• Costa pushes USDA on inspector safety
• USDA let millions of pounds of food rot while food-bank demand soared
• As they rushed to maintain U.S. meat supply, big processors saw plants become covid-19 hot spots, worker illnesses spike

Saturday, April 25th

• Coronavirus News: Friends team up to bring free food to New Yorkers
• As COVID-19 shutters food plants, farmers face terrible choice: lose money or kill animals

Friday, April 24th

• New York Farm Bureau asks governor to further address farmworker needs during COVID-19 pandemic
• Food supply chains may be surprisingly resilient to COVID-19 impact
• The government's new plan: Get farmers' extra food to needy families. It's harder than it sounds
• As COVID-19 spreads, New York farms have been sent scrambling. Learn how they are coping
• U.S. Food Banks Run Short on Staples as Hunger Soars

Thursday, April 23rd

• Southern Tier Food Bank Doubles Delivery Due To COVID-19
• Dairy demand is being reconstructed
• Publix is buying milk and produce that farmers would've been forced to dump and donating it to food banks
• Farmers seek solutions to supply chain problems
• Save your bacon: A real meat shortage looms with virus shutdowns
• New York Restaurant Association survey paints grim picture
• Agriculture Department leaves meat inspectors hunting for safety gear

Wednesday, April 22nd

• In recently-passed emergency legislation, Schumer delivers for Upstate NY'S hardest-hit farmers
• G-20 ag chiefs pledge to prevent food supply disruptions
• State agriculture department releases additional COVID-19 guideline for food retail
• How to Plant a Victory Garden, Even on a Windowsill

Tuesday, April 21st

• Dairy Farmers Remain Essential Throughout the Public Health Crisis
• Farming, Worker Safety and Our Food Supply: It All Matters in a Pandemic
• Gardening is Important, But Seed Saving is Crucial
• New York State Farm Bureau looking forward to its farmers' shares of $19 million in COVID relief
• Trump's surprise immigration ban expected to include major exemption
• Iowa City is launching an online farmers market with drive-through pick up
• As Harvest Season Approaches, WNY Farmers Say Coronavirus Yields Uncertainty
• U.S. soy is ready to deliver

Monday, April 20th

• Almost 8,000 gallons of milk to be given away at Destiny USA on Wednesday
• Undocumented, Essential and Sick: COVID-19 Comes to the Farm
• Milk dumping during COVID-19 — how you can help
• Minnesota pork facility closes after COVID-19 outbreak
• Farmers applaud Ag. Dept. aid package
• Coronavirus pandemic shows the U.S. food supply chain is due for an upgrade, experts say
• Dairy industry pundits describe wave of harsh requests by processors
• Wheat Futures Jump Overnight; Money Managers Increase Bearish Bets on Corn
• How will farms and restaurants emerge from COVID-19? We asked the experts
• New York Farm Bureau Cheers Billion Dollar Aid Package for Farms

Sunday, April 19th

• Gorgeous Photos Show How Farms Are Helping People During The Covid-19 Crisis
• Schools Transform Into 'Relief' Kitchens, but Federal Aid Fails to Keep Up

Saturday, April 18th

• The Food Chain's Weakest Link: Slaughterhouses
• Feeding the beast: How New York's farmers, distributors and food banks are coping with the coronavirus
• New York's agriculture sectors reeling under the weight of coronavirus

Friday, April 17th

• Trump announces $19B program to help agriculture sector
• NY Farm Bureau issues statement on USDA Aid Package
• Amid coronavirus grocery shopping concerns, farm CSAs deliver
• Coronavirus News: NY Farm Offering Contactless Fresh Produce Pickup
• Organic produce sales higher than normal amid coronavirus outbreak
• Farm lenders want a retooled Paycheck Protection Program
• Virus fears emerge in the fields among immigrant farmworkers

Thursday, April 16th

• USDA to Buy As Much Excess Milk and Meat as Possible, Says Perdue
• Tioga County Farm Holds Dairy Drive-thru for Needy Families
• Alcohol remains top seller during pandemic after being deemed essential in New York State
• Meat processing plants are closing due to covid-19 outbreaks. Beef shortfalls may follow.

Wednesday, April 15th

• The Rebirth of Urban Ag is a Coronavirus Silver Lining
• Quaker Group Connects N.M. Organic Farmers With Food Banks During COVID Outbreak
• What Happens if America's 2.5 Million Farmworkers Get Sick?
• DHS gives farmers latitude in hiring foreign workers
• Grocery a bright spot in record March retail sales decline
• Pork industry group says hog farmers are facing a crisis
• NYS Department of Agriculture and Markets takes several actions to assist the agricultural industry during the COVID-19 pandemic
• Agriculture Secretary: Aid is coming to the industry
• Court Strikes Down Trump Rollback of School Nutrition Rules
• Brindisi, Stefanik lead effort to help dairy farmers
• NNYADP: New Way to Apply Biocontrol Nematodes
• Hemp advocacy organizations ask for relief
• Food worker advocates say lack of PPE endangering nation's food supply
• Amid pandemic, CNY farm brewery dials up the connection between agriculture and customers
• Cayuga County farms aim to prevent spread of COVID-19 after workers test positive
• Food Distribution 101: What Happens When the Food Supply is Disrupted by a Pandemic
• Nebraska restaurants will be able to sell groceries, cleaning supplies

Tuesday, April 14th

• Critical Food and Farm Rules Have Been Rolled Back Amid Pandemic
• U.S. agriculture faces $20 billion loss from coronavirus, says new University of Missouri report
• Produce industry facing more than $5 billion in losses
• Former Agriculture Secretary: 'Cascading series of events' disrupting the US food chain
• New York Farm Bureau honored for donating food
• China buys more US farm products amid plunge in trade
• COVID-19: Effort to get masks to Latino farm workers in Half Moon Bay

Monday, April 13th

• USDA Unveils Tool to Help Rural Communities Address the COVID-19 Pandemic
• What More States Allowing SNAP Recipients to Buy Food Online Means for Food Security
• What's with all of the milk dumping?
• COVID-19 Updates and Resources for Farmworkers