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2023 December Apply for Assistant Director of Plant Industry Apply for the On-Farm Milk Storage & Handling Grant
2023 November Commissioner Ball Celebrates Taste NY at the Western New York Welcome Center Learn More about the New York Food for New York Families Program Thanksgiving Food Safety Tips Find a NYS Grown & Certified Christmas Tree Near You Register for the NYS Ag Society's 192nd Annual Forum! Submit Your Guess to Week One of Taste NY's #TriviaTuesday!! Read about Awardees of the Climate Resilient Farming Program Food Safety Alert: Lead in Certain Apple Puree and Applesauce Products Read the Haudenosaunee Legend of the Three Sisters Learn More About the Companion Animal Capital Fund Apply for the NE-DBIC Dairy Farm Improvement and Modernization Grant! See New York's Harvest Chart Apply for SNAP-Ed Funding
2023 October Learn More About the Digital FreshConnect Pilot Program Apply for the FreshConnect CSA for SNAP Program Submit Information Through the Agriculture Workforce Development Program Apply for the USDA National Organic Cost Share Program (NOCCSP) Apply for the Farm Wineries Exemption Submit Letters of Interest to the Food Access Expansion Grant Program Learn More about the Council on Hunger and Food Policy! Apply for Round 2 of the Urban Farms and Community Gardens Grant Program Register for the 2024 Mid-Winter Maple Classic Learn about the Department's School Nutrition Programs During #SchoolLunchWeek Celebrate New York's Apple Industry During Cider Week Submit Information for the Food Access Expansion Grant Program Register for the Northeast USDA Regional Food Business Center Webinar Celebrate Farm-to-School Month with the Department
2023 September Apply for the Grow-NY Youth Competition Register for our Dairy Workforce Webinar Learn About New York's Invasive Species Learn More About How We Get Nutritious Food Into Schools! Department Announces Second Round of Farmers' Market Resiliency Grant Program Department Seeks Input on Agricultural Workforce Development Program Governor Hochul Awards Over $13 Million to Protect Clean Water Commissioner Ball Awards Dygert Farms 2023 AEM-Leopold Conservation Award Department Celebrates Taste NY's 10th Anniversary at Olana Historical Site Department Issues Request for Information: Agriculture Workforce Development Pr… USDA Opens Applications for the Milk Loss Program Commissioner Ball Attends the Ag-Tech Workforce Summit Sign Up to Receive Our Monthly Newsletter: The Monthly Harvest! Learn About Hunger Action Month
2023 The Department Celebrates the Great New York State Fair! Reflect with Us on the 2023 Great New York State Fair The Fair Highlights New York's Dairy Industry on Dairy Day New York Beef Farmers Celebrated on Beef Day at the Great New York State Fair Maple Monday at the Great New York State Fair The Voice of the Farmer Garden is Unveiled! Learn About Agricultural Career Day at the Great New York State Fair Governor Hochul Cuts the Ribbon on Opening Day! Celebrate Taste NY at the Great New York State Fair
2023 August See the Winners of the 2023 Dairy Competition Apply to the USDA National Organic Cost Share Program Department Announces UDA Disaster Designation for Farms Impacted by May Freeze Governor Hochul Signs Executive Order to Increase Local Food Purchasing Resources for Combatting and Reporting Spotted Lanternflies The Department Shares a Spotted Lanternfly Update in New York City Apply to Round 5 of the Department's Land Trusts Grant Program Learn More Keeping Yourself and Your Animals Safe in Extreme Heat Find a List of Most County Fairs Running this Summer New York Equine Owners: Take the National Animal Health Monitoring System (NAHM… Dairy Farmers: Visit Our Updated Catalog of Resources for the Dairy Industry! Join in the #FindMeAtTheFair Fun at a County Fair Near You Help the Department Celebrate Farmer's Market Week at a Market Near You Celebrate Finger Lakes Wine Month this August! Learn about Empire Farm Days Report the Asian Longhorned Beetle!
2023 July Report the Box Tree Moth if You See It! Tips for Keeping your Animals Safe in Extreme Heat Tickets are Now OPEN for the 2023 Great New York State Fair! Apply for the FreshConnect CSA for SNAP Grant Program Learn About Our Hemp Licensing Program During #HempHistoryWeek New Contest Announced: #FindMeAtTheFair ! Dairy Farmers: Apply for the Organic Dairy Marketing Assistance Program Through… State Announces Inaugural Partnership Allowing New York Wine to be Sold in Puer… Learn About The Department's Farmers' Market Nutrition Programs Department is Eligible to Receive $20 Million from USDA's Resilient Food System… Commissioner Ball Celebrates Taste NY's 10th Anniversary at the Mohawk Valley W… Department Chooses Administrators for Two New Grant Programs
2023 June The Department Celebrates New York's Pollinators During #NationalPollinatorWeek Governor Hochul Awards Over $850,000 through the Farm-to-School Program Learn About Our Efforts Strengthening the Dairy Workforce Explore Our New Dairy Career Page This Dairy Month! Commissioner Ball Celebrates Taste NY's 10th Anniversary in the Southern Tier During #NationalPollinatorWeek, Learn About New York's Small but Mighty Pollina… Commissioner Ball Celebrates Groundbreaking of the New Agri-Mark Dairy Facility! Celebrate World Food Safety Week with Dygert Farms Creamery! Learn About USDA's Dairy Business Innovation Initiatives Department of Labor Encourages Limited Outdoor Work During Poor Air Quality Tips to Keep Your Animals Safe Amid Wildfire Smoke Happy #WorldFoodSafetyDay! See How a Food Safety Inspection Works with Stewarts… Watch How Our Dairy Products Specialists Promote Food Safety and Public Health Learn More About the Invasive Species that Impact New York State Celebrate New York's #InvasiveSpeciesAwarenessWeek2023 Commissioner Ball Kicks Off Dairy Month!
2023 May Freeze-Impacted Farms: Contact Your Local USDA Farm Service Center Congratulations to the 2023 New York State Envirothon Competition! Commissioner Ball Celebrates Taste NY's 10th Anniversary in the Capital Region Urban Farms and Community Gardens Grant Program Awards Funding to 35 Organizati… Help Us Congratulate Our Very Own Kendall Hough: a Rising Star in NYC Food Poli… The PGA Championship is Coming to Rochester! $7.6 Million is Available for New York's Companion Animal Capital Fund Learn More About How to Combat Spotted Lanternfly This Summer fairlife is Coming to New York State Celebrate #CiderWeek Across New York State! Apply to the Meat Processing Expansion Grant Program Commissioner Ball Kicks Off National Beef Month
2023 April Celebrate #NationalGardenMonth by Visiting a Nursery or Greenhouse Near You! Find a Farmers' Market Near You! The Department Celebrates over 100,000 Acres of Farmland Protected Commissioner Ball Celebrates Taste NY at the North Country Welcome Center During #EarthWeek, Governor Hochul Launches Statewide Bond Act Listening Tour Introducing the New FreshConnect Fresh2You Initiative Nominations for the 2023 AEM-Leopold Conservation Award
2023 March Commissioner Ball Celebrates Taste NY at the Long Island Welcome Center Department Announces Two New Funding Opportunities to Protect New York's Natura… Save the Date for the 2023 Invasive Species Expo! Commissioner Ball Kicks Off Agricultural Literacy Week New York State Celebrates #MapleMonth Department Awards $700,000 to New York Farmers' Markets
2023 February Commissioner Ball Visits Intergrow Greenhouses in Ontario, New York $3.8 Million Awarded to Improve Seniors’ Access to Locally Grown Foods Commissioner Ball Kicks Off Taste NY's 10th Anniversary Celebration at the Fing… Departments Signs a Domestic Mutual Reliance Partnership Agreement with USDA Department Releases the Community Gardens Task Force Annual Report Shop at ShopTasteNY.com this Valentine's Day! Governor Hochul Announces $7.6 Million for Animal Shelters Apply for the Organic On-Farm Milk Storage and Handling Grant Program Commissioner Ball Visits Long Island to Celebrate Local Fish in Schools! Respond to the USDA #AgCensus!
2023 January Submit Program Administrator Proposals: Two New Grant Programs Participate in the Ag Census Additional Assistance For Dairy Farmers Nominations for the Dairy Promotion Order are Still Open Applications for the Farm-to-School Grant Program are OPEN! Celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day with New York State Read Governor Hochul's 2023 State of Agriculture Address Governor Hochul's Highlights Ag in Her 2023 State of the State Address Find a Farmers' Market Near You and Support Local Growers this New Year!
