March 2010
December 2009
The New York Sustainable Agriculture Working Group (NYSAWG), in partnership with Protection Farm Media Services, is happy to bring you the first holiday edition of The FARMTraveler. We hope you will use this pull out guide over and over again to find the best the WNY agricultural community has to offer. Please support our farmers and the businesses that feature the flavors and finery that come from WNY farms. We aim to grow the Farm Traveler, adding more and farms to our listings and hope that over time you'll be able to use this resource to find not just fresh food and drink but fiber, nurseries, wood products and more. Agriculture is diverse industry and still the number one industry in NY State.
NYSAWG is very concerned that small and mid-sized farms throughout the State of NY survive and prosper. The USDA Risk Management Agency, which funds much of our work, knows that if small and mid-sized farms don't find ways to increase their profitability they will disappear. In NY our small and mid-sized farms are 92% of all our farms. We cannot afford to lose our farms and farm families who provide for us year 'round. Remember - buy local. Urban, suburban, rural - we're all in this local economy together. In this edition of the Farm Traveler we feature WNY herders who raise animals for fiber - alpaca, llama, goats, sheep and rabbits. The fiber that comes from these animals is top quality. For those of you who knit and weave, WNY fibers are some of the finest around. For those of you who want ready-to-wear, WNY has superb handspinners, knitters and weavers who make lovely handmade items for everyone in the family and for the home.
On behalf of the NYSAWG staff I wish you the warmest of holidays and urge you to wrap yourself and your loved ones in clothing made from an animal living on a farm in WNY!
Judy Einach
Executive Director
NYSAWG is very concerned that small and mid-sized farms throughout the State of NY survive and prosper. The USDA Risk Management Agency, which funds much of our work, knows that if small and mid-sized farms don't find ways to increase their profitability they will disappear. In NY our small and mid-sized farms are 92% of all our farms. We cannot afford to lose our farms and farm families who provide for us year 'round. Remember - buy local. Urban, suburban, rural - we're all in this local economy together. In this edition of the Farm Traveler we feature WNY herders who raise animals for fiber - alpaca, llama, goats, sheep and rabbits. The fiber that comes from these animals is top quality. For those of you who knit and weave, WNY fibers are some of the finest around. For those of you who want ready-to-wear, WNY has superb handspinners, knitters and weavers who make lovely handmade items for everyone in the family and for the home.
On behalf of the NYSAWG staff I wish you the warmest of holidays and urge you to wrap yourself and your loved ones in clothing made from an animal living on a farm in WNY!
