Did you know that New York is one of the nation’s leading agricultural states? Or that New York state agriculture generates well over $5 billion in revenue annually? Or that, according to the latest data available, when you figure in all sectors of agriculture, including processing and ...

April 26 is National Help a Horse Day, an initiative launched in 2013 by the American Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals to create and raise awareness of ways to take better care of these often-beloved animals and to promote protection of neglected and abused horses across the ...

The eastern bluebird is our official state bird. It became so on May 18, 1970, making New York the last state to acquire an official state bird. Bluebirds are among the first birds to return in the spring. And for some bird-enthusiasts, attracting a pair of these harbingers of spring to a ...

In a few words, sustainability is the practice of using resources responsibly. It focuses on meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs. The concept of sustainability can be traced back to the forest management ...

I have good news for readers who’ve never visited a working sugarhouse or seen maple syrup being made, but are curious about the process and would like to know more. Maple Weekend is coming. During the weekends of March 19 and 20, and March 26 and 27, from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m., member ...

Two recent studies, one published in December in Nature (tinyurl.com/deerandcovid1) and the other posted to the bioRxiv preprint server earlier this month (tinyurl.com/deerandcovid2), present evidence that white-tailed deer are highly susceptible to infection by SARS-CoV-2, with multiple ...