The New York Agri-Women, a new state affiliate of American Agri-Women, will be hosting a wine tour on April 17th at the Fox Run Vineyards located at 670 Route 14 in Penn Yan, New York.  New York Agri-Women will be meeting around 11:30 am that day in the cafe and will tour the vineyard at noon.  There will be [...]

The post office finally delivered my copy of Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer.  I ordered it last week on Amazon so I am now ready to start reading.  I have been pushing off reading this book because I knew it would be a “tough read.”  However, I believe that it is very important for [...]

I read a great article in the Agriculture Law Update from the American Agriculture Law Association (“AALA”) by Kevin Alerding, Esq., a Partner at Ice Miller, LLP in Indianapolis, Indiana, about reviewing estate plans.  Alerding recommends that folks review their estate plan once a year.  I think this is good advice so it becomes part of your [...]

I admit that I have been proscrastinating myself- afterall, it will just be another movie that will misrepresent modern agriculture.  However, as I have said time and time again on this blog I think it is important for those involved in the agriculture to watch movies like Food Inc. and read books by Michael Pollan [...]