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Stone Barns Center for Food & Agriculture is a non-profit farm, education and research center located in Pocantico Hills, New York. The center was created on 80 acres (320,000 m 2) formerly belonging to the Rockefeller estate. Stone Barns promotes sustainable agriculture, local food, and community-supported agriculture. Stone Barns is a four ...
The manure produced by the New York dairy industry has been a notable source of pollution to nearby bodies of water. For instance, streams in Upstate New York have seen elevated levels of estrogen linked with the manure lagoons storing cow either overflowing or leaking into groundwater.
[49]: 312 Briarcliff Farms had three stores in New York City and stores in Greenwich, Connecticut, Yonkers, Dobbs Ferry and Tarrytown. [70] The farm's first New York City store was in Manhattan's Windsor Arcade, at Fifth Avenue and 46th Street, and it had an office in the Seymour Building at Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street. [71]
Dairylea Cooperative Inc. was a dairy cooperative which was founded in 1907 as The Dairymen's League when group of dairy farmers in Orange County, New York united to increase their bargaining power. [1] In the 1920s, the Cooperative's membership had increased to more than 100,000 farms. [1]
Coal-carrying canal historic district that runs through other counties in New York and Pennsylvania as well. Key link in supplying New York City with anthracite coal in the 19th century. 50: Denniston–Steidle House: Denniston–Steidle House: May 8, 2012 : 575 Jackson Ave.
Agriculture is a major component of the New York economy. [1] As of the 2012 census of agriculture, there were over 35,000 farms covering an area of 7 million acres (28,000 km 2) which contributed $5.4 billion in gross sales value and $1.2 billion in net farm income to the national economy.
Pasteurized cow’s fat-free milk has all the health perks of whole cow’s milk — “providing 15% of your daily needs in one glass,” according to Ehsani — without the high fat content, and ...
The Grand View Dairy Farm has eight contributing buildings and four contributing structures: a two-and-one-half-story, log farmhouse that was built on a stone foundation circa 1790, a frame farmhouse that was erected on a stone foundation circa 1890, a frame summer kitchen that was built sometime around 1890, a smokehouse, a butcher shop, a stone dairy barn that was built in 1849, a frame ...