2015 | HVADC in the News

Nov 3, 2015

Schumer on Board with Goat Milk Expansion

http://www.registerstar.com/news/article_ec511c94-81cb-11e5-baba-2f073b07b177.html

Oct 8, 2015

Hudson Valley Agribusiness Development Corporation and Collaborators Awarded USDA Grants

$100,000 Local Food Promotion Program Funding to Provide Technical Assistance to Hudson Valley Producers through Good Food Business Accelerator

Oct 5, 2015

HVADC Joins Taste NY Culinary Tour

October 5 Event Features HVADC Client Hepworth Farms, Milton

Aug 20, 2015

Legislation to Support Older Farmers Signed into Law

Assemblymember Didi Barrett (D-Columbia, Dutchess) announced legislation she authored that ensures aging farmers have the support they need to continue their businesses has been signed into law.

Jul 5, 2015

How Business 'Matchmakers' are Creating Local Food Networks

http://m.csmonitor.com/Business/The-Bite/2015/0705/How-business-matchmakers-are-creating-local-food-networks

May 20, 2015

Governor Cuomo Announces Recipients of New Farmers Grant Fund to Support Agribusiness Across New York State

Grants Assist New and Early-Stage Farmers and Encourage Farming as a Career Path

May 8, 2015

USDA Announces $30 Million Available for Food Entrepreneurs and Agricultural Producers to Develop New Products

Funding to support beginning, veteran, and socially-disadvantaged farmers and ranchers to expand businesses

Apr 30, 2015

Governor Cuomo Launches Upstate Revitalization Initiative and Round V of Regional Economic Development Council Competition

Seven Update Regions to Compete for $1.5 Billion to Help Transform Local Economies Round V of REDCs Includes Largest Regional Awards in Initiative's History

Apr 20, 2015

Business Matchmakers Pull Local Food Sector Together

http://www.wallacecenter.org/news/business-matchmakers-pull-local-food-sector-together

Apr 1, 2015

Groups Praise Governor and Legislature for Increasing Farmland Budget Protection Funding in State Budget

HUDSON VALLEY—Scenic Hudson and its farmland protection partners thank Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the Legislature for making an unprecedented investment in preserving working family farms in the Hudson Valley and throughout the state in the budget passed today.

Mar 16, 2015

USDA Announces $97 Million Available to Expand Access to Healthy Food, Support Rural Economies

Grants Will Support Local Food Systems, Specialty Crop Producers and Farm to School Efforts; Expands Risk Protection for Specialty Crop Producers

Mar 13, 2015

Free event, Open to the General Public: Community Economic Development Funding Forum in Hudson, New York

HUDSON, NEW YORK, March 13, 2015- New York state and federal agencies will be hosting an informational forum to discuss funding opportunities to improve the economic development of rural New York.

Mar 10, 2015

USDA Announces Funding Available for Specialty Crop and Organic Agriculture Research and Extension Programs

WASHINGTON, March 10, 2015 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced the availability of more than $66.5 million in funding for research and extension activities to address the needs of America's specialty crop industry and solve critical organic agricultural production issues.

Mar 9, 2015

New Online Resource for Hudson Valley Food Producers Debuts

Hudson Valley Agribusiness Development Corporation Launches Refreshed Portal of Comprehensive Business and Strategic Sources

Feb 20, 2015

Governor Cuomo Announces Targeted Investment in Kingston Food Hub Supports Hudson Valley Farmers

KINGSTON- Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today highlighted the success of a pilot program initiated by a Hudson Valley food hub collaboration thanks to a $775,000 grant from the state Department of Agriculture and Markets and Empire State Development.