Editorials I Have Written
Is building a 72,000 head concentrated feeding beef operation fueled by ethanol byproducts and fed to Northeast consumers constitute a small carbon footprint in the headwaters of Lake Ontario? This is the premise of an ongoing project proposed by Bion Environmental Technologies, Inc. (www.biontech.com/news/docs/Bion.PR.091214.Schroeppel.pdf) and unanimously passed by the Town of Schroeppel in Oswego County. They must think so, but you wouldn’t know it because it’s been flying under the radar for weeks! They tout a “closed loop” agricultural system yet will import corn from outside New York. Does it mean then, they will load the trains and barges with manure back to the Midwest? The project leaders say they will return 25,000 acres of abandoned farmland (grazing land) to full production while creating 600 jobs. How does this constitute a closed loop by ripping up land to plant a monoculture crop? We shouldn’t forget how many jobs the Northeast Bio-fuel bankruptcy created. I will say I’m intrigued about their proposed processing facility, but I would rather have several regional plants and stay away from a concentrated risk. For me, a 5th generation farm owner, that provides grass-finished beef good enough for white-table cloth restaurants, I have to wonder why there is so much excitement in moving towards a system of monocultures, concentration and faceless food production. I’m excited about running on sunshine, conserving topsoil and knowing my local farmer, butcher and consumer. But I guess my system that has sustained our farm for 132 years will never work. ( Published 12/31/09 in the Utica Observer Dispatch)
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Did you know the Oswego River is on the "waters of great concern list"? Lets call this project what it is--An energy plant using another taxpayer bankrupt facility(Northeast Biofuels) that also promised lots of jobs, truck in corn imports from somewhere else(closed loop,environmentally sound, sustainable-Yea right) feed the unnatural byproducts to E-coli vaccinated steers and collect the manure for energy for the processing plant that will spin the meat into a local, natural branded product. There is so much wrong with this Greeley, Colorado feedlot paradigm you can run a slurry-tanker through it. Because I am a farmer from Central New York I think folks from the North Country should ask real questions about these points good and bad: Will this project create real jobs that local residents will want to do and prosper from it? Will it create a market for NY beef? Will it create processing capacity to use NY Beef to Feed NY consumers because of all the issues this is the one we desperately need. The down sides are this idea of nutrient transfer(closed loop), Are you going to haul corn in and haul waste out to the same fields for fertilizer? If not you will have a watershed problem that mimics the Chesapeake Bay dead zone. What are the unintended consequences of the 70,000 head of cattle in Lake effect snow country on the water resources? Do we need a monoculture, industrialized feeding operation in NY as it is out west? What about the concentration of the project, does this represent security? Does anyone care about the lives of the cows that were born to eat grass and not BS byproducts. We have the best 2 million acres of grasslands in NY that mostly are underutilized. Can we work towards a new paradigm that includes lots of farmers spread out with there livestock eating on a free solar grazing system with many SIZE appropriate processing facilities run by local artisan butchers, feeding consumers that know where their meat came from. The Bion press release I saw had this statement at the end: There are numerous risks and uncertainties that could result in actual results differing materially from expected outcomes. I get that, but not on another taxpayers dime. And oh by the way, to say that grass-finished beef is tough and not as good as corn, Go to EatWild.com and get educated on the health attributes of eating a mouthful of sunshine.
December 30, 2009, 7:34AM
Thank you Ms. Groom for bringing this story out in the open for comment. Awesome thoughts natchnorg especially about all the NY grasslands and independent farmers. Funny that has been the backbone of our state for 200 years. Huh, who knew. Some of the easiest solutions are right under your nose. Here's a paradigm that's working--Check out the Madison Bounty project. It strives to close the loop between the customer and local farmers. Change will happen if folks decide how to spend their food dollar. Now lets take a close look at Oswego County's Grassland resources and all the human capital and see if we can forge a new beginning instead of making a bigger, better, cheaper, faster system. And also look at the NYS Food Policy Council's recommendations for food security and see if a local food system doesn't fit for the next generation in Schroeppel
( Published 12/29/09 rebuttal on Syracuse.com)
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By TROY BISHOPP
Supporting local farmers has many rewards.
I recently attended a pancake breakfast to show my support for a community organization. I was served the familiar pancakes, syrup, sausage and eggs.
My farmer taste buds and demeanor must have been extra-sensitive on this morning as the syrup, sausage and especially the eggs were less than stellar. The syrup was a high-fructose imitation. The sausage was bland with fillers and the eggs were a weird shade of yellow. I must admit this eating experience failed in comparison to my wife’s breakfast fare, using our own farm-fresh products coupled with our friend’s real maple syrup.
So I asked questions. Was anything I ate from the area or even the state? Nope! In fact, the eggs came in a liquefied, pasteurized, homogenized citric-acid-filled carton that you just pour on the griddle. Yuck. These were not from my grandfather’s hens that roamed around the farmstead.
I heard from organizers that they wouldn’t have raised as many funds if they had purchased these products locally. Of course, I cited facts from Cornell University that shows if you invest $1 in local agriculture it benefits the community by $4 because of the multiplier effect of farm spending, job creation, along with cows and veggies not needing schools or roads. What would happen if you served an all-local breakfast and met the farmers who produced it? Maybe coming to enjoy food made with passion would trump the low-bidder system and reinvigorate a community.
Troy Bishopp operates a family farm on Route 12B in Deansboro.
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Norwich Evening Sun Editorial about Pork
Dear editor:
I enjoyed the front page story about pork and Chenango Bounty, “The Farmer’s Market at your Door” Project. In fact, pork from Chenango County’s own, Quarry Brook Farm is some of the best local pork I have eaten. As a 5th generation farmer and Madison County representative on the CNY RC&D Council board that partnered on this delicious project, I would have to say that labeling an initiative as “pork spending” that helps get local farmer’s products in the hands of local consumers while reducing food miles was unfounded. I can appreciate Mr. Law’s questions in a time of fiscal restraint, but would challenge him to spend a day with some passionate folks gathering the products fresh from the farm and delivering them to his constituents to see first hand at what we are trying to achieve. Did he know that over 67 farms and local businesses participate in this expanding bounty project? Does he also know that over 47,000 local dollars were paid back to the farmers in Chenango and Madison Counties from this ongoing project? Did he know that Chenango County agriculture is still the number one business sector? Now call me crazy, but this idea of food security and growing your local food producer base sounds like a great investment for the community and the watershed. If you don’t think this is important, ask your children if they know any local farmers or where their food comes from. This response would be a good gauge for all future elected decision-makers. Troy Bishopp, Bishopp Family Farm & Chairman of the CNY RC&D Council
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Utica Observer Dispatch, Utica, N.Y. Dear Editor: I opened my farm paper today to find NY farm family numbers decreased again by 800 in 2007. This number is especially troubling since we have lost 3300 farms since 1996. My rough math points to every farm left needing to feed over 560 NY folks. This unfolding tragedy is masked by the fact that we import over 75% of our food from other places. As the food miles add up, what is our future without NY Farmers? This daunting question has me, a 5th generation farmer with children, very concerned about the future. How can I perceive a solution when leaders haven’t faced the prospect of going hungry and the presidential candidates barely recognize agriculture in their platforms? The solution in my mind, comes from consumers, that are truly committed in their buying habits to buy New York State products. This process is powerful. The eater has the power to help the farms come back. But will it be in time to save one more farm family? I have to hope that it does. Your already pressing for more local food and processing facilities, your asking school boards to stop the low bidder syndrome and your voices can be heard at the voting booth. I need your support for my grass-based farm to continue. I need you to keep pressing and asking questions of your food system. I need you as a partner and a friend. When you help the stewards of the land it's like helping yourselves. Troy Bishopp, Bishopp Family Farm, Deansboro NY ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Letter to the editor: Waterville Times 9/2/08 I traveled up Route 12-B from Clinton against a fiery red sunset sky, signaling the next day’s beautiful hay making weather. I was feeling exceptionally emotional after watching my brood cows and their innocent, frisky calves frolicking in a new paddock. The irony of this scene seemed to paralyze me as I passed by Roberts Road thinking about and feeling the tremendous sorrow for the Brady family and the farming community for losing one of its own young farmers. I am fortunate to have known “Little Joe” Brady since grade school, where much like those calves, he was full of good natured energy and passion towards having fun. This energy carried Joe throughout his short life while touching so many of us in a positive way. There was a special bond amongst us farm kids back some 30 years ago until the present. We all grew up knowing hard work and hard times on the farm, but it couldn’t dampen our spirits when we got together for card games, snowmobiling parties, beer frames or hanging out in someone’s shop listening to southern rock. There was no doubt, we worked hard and we played hard too. And through it all, Joe always brought his humor and “happy go lucky” personality where ever he went, that could brighten anyone’s day. My memories with Joe, Doug, Jim, Nick, Beep, Pat, Donnie, Tom and the Barnes’s Family are as vivid as the “grove” was on a Saturday night. Those memories and bonds shaped us all forever, and the communities in which we raise our families and take care of the landscape to feed a nation. These emotions followed me into the funeral home, where the crowd of friends overflowed all the doors. Standing in line to pay my respects had me looking for a Kleenex right away. You see my mind went numb with grief remembering back to the same lines when farm kids, Hughie Roberts, Kyle Diehl and an Amish Boy from Lebanon all perished way before their time. It’s hard to accept another. At 45, I have seen enough tragedy for my lifetime. Upon signing the funeral home registry, I couldn’t help but notice all the familiar farm family names and the abundance of new names that thought a great deal of Joe. What a great tribute to a man with a heart of gold and an infectious smile. Troy Bishopp, Bishopp Family Farm, Deansboro, N.Y. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Miss Bessie Speaks on Lack of Respect Hello, My name is Miss Bessie. I am the unofficial spokeswoman for my fellow ladies of the milk. It has come to my attention through my interpreter, PASA member Troy Bishopp that you humans are in some real disagreement over BST and milk labeling. Not understanding everything you humans do with the milk I produce, I would like to weigh in on a couple of things from my perspective. Myself and the gals are extremely perplexed at the farm these days. No more romancing in the moonlight with Mr. Natural. Gone are the days of giving birth and caring for our children and teaching them the ways of the farm. I’m lucky if I get to spend a day with my baby. Will somebody put a stop to this! I can’t tell you the last time I feasted on some lush pasture and got a chance to play out in the sun like those California cows do. I see many of my herd mates with only a stub switching wildly with a phantom tail. Now if that weren’t enough, I am getting shot with a needle on a regular basis for some strange reason. Right now my stomach is upset from too much corn and my feet are sore from the concrete and that grazing farm across the highway is looking worth the escape. I am now considering getting in touch with the escape artist, Billy goat, to have him pick the snap that will allow me my freedom from this ungrateful place. I yearn for a time when we had respect as foundation mothers and we were not kept as just production units. I have done my best to turn your feed into a wholesome product but that never seems to be good enough. I’m producing plenty of my own hormones, thank you very much, so why do I need extra. Can’t you humans just be happy with what I give you from eating forages, (or did you forget I have 4 stomachs for a reason)? Now you want to cover your tracks by labeling all milk the same, citing Mr. Etherton’s scientific advice, as if he had more cow sense then yours truly. What is the world coming to when you try to fool Mother Nature? It’s only fitting that after you have turned me into a faceless machine, that I’m glad your fighting over this labeling thing. Maybe someone with a conscience towards myself, and the mouths my milk feeds, will emerge to inspire me to stay. If not I think I will prematurely dry off. Bessie --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I attended a recent health forum and local food tasting event featuring NYS Ag. Commissioner Patrick Hooker as guest speaker. I was representing a coalition of conservation and grass-based organizations that work hard to maintain private grazing lands in N.Y. This gala of health professionals, businesses, educators, legislators and farmers had many wearing suits including myself. My experience of visiting with folks about agriculture was lackluster, compared to previous years. I was tipped off by friends that this lack of engagement may have been due to me wearing a pinstripe suit. Does society have issues with suits or the people in them? Huh! Shouldn’t I be able to wear a suit? After all, professional farmers juggle being accountants, bankers, lawyers, vets, mechanics, etc. etc. Have I been stereotyped? To get more interaction, should I have donned bib overalls, a seed corn hat and exposure of my “farmer tan”? Maybe a wardrobe of calloused hands, jeans, plaid shirt and cowboy boots says you are more trusting to talk with. I am concerned, because this bias stifles conversations between food system participants and their local stewards of the land. The next time you see a suit, be cognizant that you may be talking to a man or woman of agriculture. Don’t be scared, clothes can’t hide the heart of your local farmer. Troy Bishopp, Bishopp Family Farm Deansboro, N.Y. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To Whom It May Concern: My name is Troy Bishopp. My wife and I, daughters and parents, are collectively a 5th generation family farm in Deansboro, New York in Oneida County. I am writing this important letter in support of The GRAZE-NY Program in my county sponsored by Congressman James Walsh and administered by my local Oneida Co. SWCD, The Natural Resources Conservation Service and the person I work with, Grazing Specialist William Paddock. Our farm has been using a managed grazing system for over 18 years to grow animals for market, protect our topsoil and water resources and enhance the wildlife capabilities of our 100 acre farm and 400 acres of leased grazing land. We have used information and technical assistance gleaned from the GRAZE-NY Program sponsored events and pasture walks extensively to improve the economic, environmental and social viability of our operation. It has come to my attention that all earmark projects will not be funded including this valuable New York Program. I am finding it unpalatable that the farm families that support this community have become a political pawn in the budget process. Farmers work too hard for far too many hours feeding this state to become a casuality in Washington. What kind of message does this send to my daughters, who have seen first hand how successful this program has been for over 10 years? I would hope that I could inspire anyone reading this letter to support Mr. Walsh’s successful environmental initiative. I’m worried that without this program and its technical assistance, that our burgeoning organic dairy sector, grass-fed meats market and environmental stewardship gain, will be severely compromised. In closing, I urge you to become pro-active and ask questions of my conservation partners about the GRAZE-NY Program and other grazing programs that depend on this critical funding for delivering the benefits of grazing to the farmers, consumers and the natural resources of this state. Please support Congressman Walsh in any way you can to keep the GRAZE-NY Program a key component of my daughter’s sustainable future. Farming and farmers should never be a partisan issue. Remember: No Farmers, No Food, No Future -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- My name is Troy Bishopp, owner of a 5th generation family farm that produces over 60,000 lbs of grass-finished beef annually in Oneida County, N.Y. We are members of NY Farm Bureau and the Regional Farm and Food Project. I am also the chairman of the New York State Grazing Lands Conservation Initiative (GLCI) and the Central New York Resource Conservation and Development Council (CNY RC&D). I am here as a strong advocate for grass-based agriculture, great local New York food, and for the future generation of farmers and consumers. I am happy that the Governor and this Council has recognized the need for good sound food policy and that New Yorkers need to be fed by their own farmers as much as possible for the security and sustainability of the state. However, I am deeply troubled at the history of our food policy and its effects on our society. I am now old enough to see what a cheap food policy has done to the future for my children and their topsoil. Our farming population is less than 2% and averaging 56 years old, we have our foods inundated with high fructose corn syrup, our mom & pop stores and butcher shops are in steep decline, imported foods have become a health and security concern and the environmental challenges we have before us are staggering. This commodity mindset drives the economy and feeds many people, but with a lot of empty calories. Can I feed my local school? No, I’m not the lowest bidder and I have basically no local harvest facilities that allow me to accomplish this. We need our local processors back near our farms at a scale that will facilitate a smaller production model. We also need an inspection process that doesn’t create undue burdens on smaller sized operations. I want change that will celebrate the regional differences in soils, farming styles, tastes, and textures that is consistent with a local farming mindset. I think we should respect the past by looking back at what really worked when we had many vibrant small farms and communities all relying on each other. If you want to call it romancing the farms and farmers, then that works for me. I would be remise if I didn’t point out that some good things are happening in the state. Sales of New York Grown Organic foods and dairy products are growing at a 20% clip and Farmer’s Markets are also showing strong annual growth. Grass-based meats are in high demand and anything local is garnering praise from all consumers. I also would like to recognize my Amish and Mennonite neighbors that are moving into the state and revitalizing farming communities with a grass-based mindset. I can also point out that local and state leaders and legislators are becoming more educated and excited about their food system and listening to their constituents at the farmstead level as well as the urban areas, and understanding the need for them all to work together. This is a state challenge; not an upstate-downstate issue. Your tough job is to bring equitable solutions that deliver good quality food from all sectors of New York agriculture from all sizes of farms to all kinds of consumers. It is a daunting task to change a 100 years of so-called progress. Your constituents demand that they be heard or they will be heard with their purchasing power. We must have policies and infrastructure in place so my children can prosper in the future and feed your children. We must not be selfish in this task in order to help those next generations feed the world. Thank you, Commissioner Hooker and the council for allowing me to express my views and continue to inspire you with a grass-based mindset the makes “New York Grass-Fed meats have a little sunshine in every bite.” --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Good evening Ladies and Gentlemen and welcome to the Mohawk Valley. My name is Troy Bishopp, sometimes referred to as “the Grass Whisperer”. I am proud to tell you that I own a 5th generation family grass-based farm in Deansboro, N.Y. here in Oneida County. We produce some of the finest grass-fed beef in the nation for our grazing customers from our cool season diverse pastures that have been served as far away as Japan. In addition, my daughters have a “ 4-H Project gone wild” herd of Alpine Goats and some amazing grazing chickens that produce a little taste of sunshine in every egg. I am privileged to serve 4 townships as an Oneida Co. Farm Bureau Director. I am the Board Chairman for the Central New York Resource Conservation and Development Council (CNY RC&D), which serves 12 counties, from Cayuga to Sullivan County. I also serve as chairman for the New York State Grazing Lands Conservation Initiative (NYS GLCI) steering committee and a member of the Regional Farm & Food Project. A 1988-1992 report from the NYS Council on Food and Nutrition Policy revealed that in order to ensure the goal of adequate nutrition, there should be explicit policies and resources in place to address; food processing capacity for locally produced foods, transportation and warehousing systems, access of all segments of the population to a local food supply, education on food, appropriate dietary intake and health related issues, and improvement and maintenance of local food subsystems through economic and conservation initiatives. The most telling conclusion was summed up by this quote, “any further erosion in New York’s agricultural industry would not be in the state’s best interest if it is to achieve its goal of nutritional adequacy for all of its citizens.” Page 2 Fast forwarding to 2007, we see even more concern about our food system surrounded by food insecurity issues, increasing poverty rates, an obesity and juvenile diabetes epidemic, loss of our mom & pop grocers and butchers, local processing infrastructure shortfalls and school lunch low bidder practices. We need strong leadership, consensus building, financial, environmental as well as social resources and a partnership across all party lines and principles to address this New York challenge and opportunity NOW. I am excited and hopeful that with Governor Spitzer signing an executive order establishing a New York State Council on Food Policy, with Commissioner Patrick Hooker, also a farmer as the lead, that New York Farmers will gain valuable market share for their products raised here and feed our consumers here. For the security of the state and a robust healthy community of farmers and consumers we need to decrease our food importation into the state and reduce our fossil fuel footprint on the environment. Secondly, we would like a major statewide overhaul and financial investment in our local animal harvest facilities that would allow us to sell more of our products locally and within the state. Animal proteins in milk, eggs and meat are an essential part of a balanced diet that can be realized from our farms. The lack of USDA inspected abattoirs has done more to inhibit the growth of our local food production system then can be emphasized in this document. We can send a man to the moon, but we can’t fix the problem of selling meat to our New York consumers. Again, leadership and investment, along with increasing consumer demand for these local products will be the driver for change. With the advent of transportation costs and food recalls added to the Midwest and overseas animal products imported into the state, we find ourselves in an un-sustainable quandary of not supporting our own farmers, land base and local economy. Thirdly, I am especially sensitive to the school lunch program that comprises a low bid system of feeding the next generations. Having school age children, as well as college students not eating at least some local food is appalling to me as a local farmer. Again the importation of foods from outside of New York should be a wake up call to all that live and work in this state. The farm to school pilot programs in place now, are working with very positive results. I cannot over emphasize the importance of continued funding and leadership into these initiatives that will help shape a healthy future for our children. Lastly, it would be remiss of me to not include asking for a continuation of funding for a strong support system initiated by Cornell University, SUNY Agricultural and Technical Colleges and Local Cornell Cooperative Extension Programs and all their research components that address animal and plant issues. I fully support a much needed, Cornell Small Farms Program that is very busy with a NY beginning farmer project, a NY grassland utilization work team, livestock processing work team and a work team on local markets. The New York Farm Viability Institute is also making strides in adding profitable strategies to the farm and linking consumers with their country neighbors. I also appreciate the Environmental Protection Funding and funding for the NY Agricultural Environmental Management Program (AEM) as a way to meet my conservation obligations and concerns. We cannot have a strong agricultural system without these essential financial components and support elements. In closing, I do not envy your monumental task of putting together a state budget in the face of so many important challenges. Mr. Spitzer’s commitment, leadership and support of initiatives for New York agriculture and to the food system are critical for a grass-roots farm family like mine. It is my passion that my farm lasts for many more generations to come. My ancestors kept it in the family by practicing a grass-based mind set, coupled with selling their diverse products locally with local infrastructure, namely a local milk plant, a local butcher and local grocers. How did we get so far from this important community system? And can we resurrect a version that meets the challenges of today? Page 4 My idea of growing many more farmers, feeding our own consumers using our own natural resources in a regenerative way seems to make sense if the leadership will enhance the policies and give us the financial power to make it happen. In the final analysis, farmers have always been the backbone of this state no matter what happens. The 1% of us left are pushing back, because we have to, to ensure that our sons and daughters continue to nurture the Lord’s land and feed the people. I think if you keep us in the partnership of leaders, we bring a prospective and work ethic that cannot be matched on any level. Your going to need a good farmer on your side, that is used to the hard work while wearing a smile. Remember “No Farms, No Food, No Fuel, No Future” Any Questions? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- My name is Troy Bishopp and I am a 4th generation farmer, Madison Co. SWCD grazing specialist and NYS Grazing Lands Conservation Initiative Chairman . My principles and farming style mimic Mother Nature as much as possible. We try to let a cow be a cow, a chicken be a chicken, a pig be a pig etc. It is all based on a good sod cover with a diverse forage mix. It is not yet a sustainable system but we’re working hard to get there. I realize I am not as popular as a highly modern farm with lots of inputs and iron. When an animal harvests their own food they provide little for agribusiness. I am more concerned about taking care of my family and community, while keeping my land covered with grass to absorb a 3”rain then I am about providing profits for all the salesman. Our society is supposed to value it’s agriculture and food system, which is suspect considering there are more prisoners than farmers. We have a huge task before us to steer the big ship towards a more sustainable system. Quote by Kim Miller-PASA president “I think that in the coming years this work will become more essential and more urgent. As I look at the landscape that we have created in this country I can”t help but be appalled and saddened. It is a landscape created by cheap oil. It is cheap oil that allows us to live in one place, work in another, shop in a third place, eat in a fourth and be entertained in a fifth. Cheap oil paved the roads to connect all of these places. Cheap oil”s cousin, cheap natural gas, brought us cheap electricity and cheap inorganic fertilizer that, when combined with cheap oil based pesticides allowed us to raise verdant mono crops on irrigated fields. Coupled with giant industrial equipment a single operator can farm thousands of acres instead of the more modest hundred or two hundred acres farmed previously. Combined with the cultural prejudice against farming as being backward and anti-intellectual this new capital and land intensive agriculture has emptied our rural communities of its inhabitants in a little over fifty years.” How as a group of Policymakers, Researchers, Leaders and Practitioners will you view the comments I have just made. Whether or not you agree with me is your opinion. I see 3 main concerns for our Rural communities; How will we embrace, support and mentor are most valuable crop, the youth that want to become practicing farmers? # 2 How can we make a successful paradigm shift from a High input society to a more sustainable one? #3 How will we balance the gobbling up of our farmland while providing food for our citizens. Have Heart there is movement towards mentoring, there is movement towards sustainable thinking and there is movement towards addressing our farmland protection initiative. Please keep thinking for the future and be proactive. I am selfish, I think the smartest thing in New York is to embrace as much as possible a sustainable diverse pasture-based system of farming that contributes to our environmental, financial and social well-being,while nurturing our communities and embracing the farmers that provide the stability in our food. NYS PUBLIC HEARINGS REGARDING THE 2008-09 BUDGET-- Utica, NY
Testimony Given by Troy Bishopp, Owner of Bishopp Family Farm
November 27, 2007