The sign on the front of the main barn, facing highway 28 in Milford, NY, says it all. “Hemlock Valley Farm, the Jahnke’s – working together” the sign proclaims. Jahnkes received the sign as a gift in the early ‘90s. “The working together motto is one that we always fall back on when things get ‘tes...

The Park family has grown. Tricia and Matt Park, along with son Cameron, 17, recently moved from their 26 acre farm to a nearby 150 acre one, in DeRuyter, NY, and have been working tirelessly to improve the soils as they grow pasture for 20 head of beef cattle, 50 turkeys, 800 meat chicken and 30 pi...

Fly Creek, NY–For over two decades the New York Center for Agricultural Medicine and Health (NYCAMH) has been teaching rural farming communities the importance of sun safety. It is estimated that one in five Americans will develop skin cancer in the course of a lifetime. Outdoor occupations such as ...