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| UpState Growers & Packers | |||||||||||||||
| Produce Processing & Distribution Facility | |||||||||||||||
A growing 20-member farmers' marketing cooperative dedicated to marketing locally grown produce throughout the New York region. The Cooperative has several members who produce value-added products that appear on the shelves of regional and national food organizations, such as honey, strawberry sauces, vinegarettes, and butter . Long range planing includes expansion into major wholesale and retail markets and the creation of a regional meat and produce processing facility. |
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Look for the Growers & Packers logo at the following locations: Ron Acee ~ Tassleberry Farms/Oneida County Mike Candella ~ Candella’s Produce/Oneida County Ralph Douty ~ Douty Farms/Albany County Tony Emmi ~ Emmi & Sons/Onondaga County Phillip Finster ~ Finster’s Honey Farms/Herkimer County Jeff Hopkinson ~ Hopkinson Farms/Oswego County Brymer Humphreys ~ Humphrey’s Farms/Oneida County George Joseph ~ North Star Orchards/Oneida County Joe Juliano ~ Juliano Farms/Herkimer County Jeff Kubecka ~ Kubecka Farms/Madison County Kevin Marley ~ Old McMarley’s Apple Farm/Oneida County Rick Pedersen ~ Pedersen Farms/Ontario County Brian Reeves ~ Reeves Farms/Onondaga County Walt Savicki ~ Savicki Farm Market/Oneida County Paul Swistak ~ Swistak Farms/Oneida County Sam Tassone ~ Tassone Farms/Onondaga County Larry Wilcox ~ Wilcox Farms/Madison County |
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| Link to UpState Growers & Packers "Quality Produce from New York Farmers" Brochure by clicking here... | |||||||||||||||
| Value Added Meat Processing Initiative Oneida County, in cooperative effort with Jefferson, Lewis and St. lawrence Counties, is in the planning stage of locating regional value-added meat processing facilities in the region. |
Shipping Milk by Rail The AED Program is assisting Southern Oneida County Economic Development Committee (SOCED) in conducting a Cornell University feasibility study of shipping milk by rail. |
Agri-Tourism With Agriculture the #1 industry in Oneida COunty and tourism #2, the AED Program promotes the tourism aspect of agriculture by working with farmers' markets and roadside stands, developing rural bed and breakfast operations, and developing rural entertainment initiatives. |
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| Agriculture Education Because the survival of agriculture in the region the availability of agricultural programs for our youth, the AED program activily works with Future Farmers of America, 4-H , and gives programs assistance to clubs dealing with agriculture and agricultural career awareness. |
Mohawk Valley Maple Trail Together, the AED Program and the Mohawk Valley Maple Producers developed the Mohawk Valley Maple Trail, developed a brochure promoting the Trail, and distributed the brochures to local stores , tourism agencies, and other area outlets. |
Sustainable Agricultural Projects The AED Program also works with a variety of associations and cooperatives involved in lamb, goats, pastured poultry and meat products as well as organic operations to develop new opportunities for agricultural producers. |
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