I have been active posting interviews with New York Agri-Women and NCBA Young Producer Council members on other blogs over the last few weeks.  In case you missed it, please check out my interview with: Cheryl Hellert, a Farm Credit East assistant from Albion, New York; Karen Barie-Keough, Cargill’s Northeast Region Retail Leader from Jamestown, [...]

As I write this blog, there is a stack of directories from the Yellow Pages by my building’s front door on the Upper West Side.  It has been sitting there for the last two days completely untouched while busy New Yorkers went to work and walked passed it coming home.  Finally, this morning I decided to [...]

Lawsuits are not the only way to solve legal disputes.  I recommend that folks in the agriculture industry first consider alternative forms of dispute resolution including arbitration and mediation.  The New York State Agricultural Mediation Program (“NYSAMP”) gives folks a cheaper alternative to litigation.  NYSAMP offers mediations throughout the state at the Community Dispute Resolution Center (“CDRC”) at either [...]

I hope everyone is enjoying their Labor Day!  I spent my Labor Day having some good ol’ Texas BBQ and enjoying the street fair in Manhattan.   Here are some links for your Labor Day reading: 1.  I spent Sunday afternoon listening to the U.S. Department of Agriculture/Department of Justice public workshops.  It is definitely worth a listen for [...]