The Peru Gazette

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Peru – Peru’s Applefest is going to happen in 2021. The Covid pandemic resulted in its cancellation last year, but this year the 43rd Annual St. Augustine’s Applefest will occur on Saturday, September 18th. Traditionally a two-day event, the Applefest will be packed into one day of fun. The parish center filled with dozens of […]

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Source: Local farm helping environment one solar panel at a time | Sun Community News MOOERS | Larry and Marlene Ashline have owned their farm since 1974. Previously Larry Ashline’s father owned the farm which he bought back in 1956.

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Source: Berries are the Harvest of the Month for July – – The Adirondack Almanack

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Source: Report: Working conditions on dairy farms may be hazardous to migrants | Sun Community News MIDDLEBURY | There are various occupational and health hazards that migrant dairy farmworkers face at work in Vermont today.

The Babbie Rural and Farm Learning Museum at 250 River Rd. in Peru opened for the season today. It will be open tomorrow too from 10 a.m to 4 p.m. Any day is a great day to visit the Babbie Museum. The kids especially LOVE it! Stop by and enjoy! The very friendly volunteers will […]

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Source: June Harvest of the Month | National Dairy Month – The Adirondack Almanack

Posted June 8, 2021, by the Clinton Soil and Water Conservation District 

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If you’re interested in apple history you HAVE to read this wonderful story. Thanks to Marque Moffett for forwarding it.   Source: Meet the Appalachian Apple Hunter Who Rescued 1,000 ‘Lost’ Varieties – Gastro Obscura

If you care about lake water quality in Northern NY, please read this story Source: Water Line – Lessons in the water

#1 – Adirondack Farms was cutting an extremely good hay crop in small fields adjacent to the Barney Downs. Rd. A quarter mile away on the River Rd. another Adirondack Farms machine was tedding cut hay prior to its being chopped. AMAZING TECHNOLOGY!!!!!! Story #2 – Forrence orchard workers installed apple tree netting today in […]

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Assemblyman Billy Jones (D-Chateaugay Lake) announced that a bill he sponsored to amend the state agriculture and market law to ease restrictions on imports and permit requirements for dairy farmers has passed the Assembly (A.7481). “This bill will not only help New York consumers by providing them with a greater variety of dairy products, it […]

Source: Federal bill looks to support local fairs | Sun Community News SARATOGA | A new federal bill now looks to provide grant funding to agricultural fairs to help ease financial losses from 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Source: As dairy farmers recover from pandemic, questions arise over support, milk pricing system | NCPR News

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