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Feb. 11, 2015
Schumer-Authored Bill That Would Be Major Boon For NY Apple Producers By Modernizing Definition Of Hard Apple Cider Has Cleared Key Senate Committee - Schumer Urges Full Senate Passage Of Bill That Would Lower Taxes On Product, Improve Ability To Compete In Foreign Markets, Increase Sales For Over 650 Apple Growers in NYS
Sen. Chuck Schumer
Feb. 5, 2015
As An Est. 3 Million New Yorkers Contract Foodborne Illness Each Year, Senator Gillibrand Announces New Push To Improve Food Safety Standards
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand
Feb. 3, 2015
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce More Than $740,000 In USDA Funding To Support Beginning Farmers Program At Stone Barns In Westchester
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
Feb. 2, 2015
Schumer, Gillibrand: Two Ithaca Organizations Will Use $1.4M in Fed Funds to Bring More Farmers, Vets Into NYS Ag Careers
Sen. Chuck Schumer, ...
Jan. 27, 2015
Schumer Encourages Current or Prospective Announces First Major Webinar Feb 11th For Local Growers to Partner & Learn About Fed Assistance, Opportunities -- Schumer Vows to Continue Fighting For Fed Crop Insurance Growers Need to Increase Malt Barley Production Over Next Decade
Sen. Chuck Schumer
Jan. 12, 2015
Schumer: More Must Be Done to Ensure Cannolis, Chinese Food, Pizza Dough & Other Food Products Are Only Items on the Menu
Sen. Chuck Schumer
Dec. 15, 2014
Letter to Chuck Hagel, Secretary of Defense, Tom Vilsack, Secretary of Agriculture, and Sylvia Burwell, Secretary of Health and Human Services - Efforts to Combat Antibiotic Overuse in Food Animals
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
Dec. 8, 2014
Governor Cuomo Announces New York Selected For USDA Pilot to Increase Procurement of Locally-Grown Produce in Schools
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
Nov. 21, 2014
Schumer, Gillibrand, Higgins, Collins Urge USDA to Immediately Conduct Damage Assessment of Impact of Historic Snowstorm on WNY Farms
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
Nov. 21, 2014
Letter to Thomas Vilsack, Secretary of Agriculture - Immediately Conducting Damage Assessment of Impact of Historic Snowstorm on WNY Farms
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
Nov. 18, 2014
New York State Hunger Action Network
Rep. Paul Tonko
Nov. 6, 2014
Schumer: Third Round of Greek Yogurt Pilot Program Now Open
Sen. Chuck Schumer
Oct. 30, 2014
Schumer: Port of Oswego Could Be Exportng Over 1 Million Bushels of Grain Per Year, But Needs Special Fed Designation to Make It Happen
Sen. Chuck Schumer
Oct. 30, 2014
Letter to Michael Froman, US Trade Representative, and Thomas Vilsack, Secretary of Agriculture - Opening Foreign Markets to More Concord Grape Juice
Sen. Chuck Schumer
Oct. 30, 2014
Schumer Launches Campaign to Get US Trade Rep to Open Foreign Markets to More Concord Grape Juice
Sen. Chuck Schumer
Oct. 30, 2014
Letter to Thomas Vilsack, Secretary of Agriculture - Making Grain Exports a Reality at Port of Oswego
Sen. Chuck Schumer
Oct. 24, 2014
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce More Than $1.5 Million in US Dept of Agriculture Funds for Cornell University to Research & Address Integrated Pest Management
Sen. Chuck Schumer, ...
Oct. 21, 2014
Schumer: Fed Support of New Local Company Creates Opportunity for Area's Farmers & Healthy Food Options for Families
Sen. Chuck Schumer
Oct. 21, 2014
Schumer Gillibrand and Owens announce $184K in USDA grants for Jefferson County business development
Sen. Chuck Schumer, ...
Oct. 20, 2014
Letter to Tom Vilsack, Secretary of Agriculture - Release of GAO Food Safety Report
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
Oct. 17, 2014
Letter to Tom Vilsack, Secretary of the United States Department of Agriculture - Questioning Poultry Slaughter Rule
Rep. Yvette Clarke, ...
Oct. 17, 2014
Schumer Joins with Rochester Community Leaders to Cut Ribbon on $100 Million College Town Redevelopment Project Set to Revitalize Mt. Hope & Create 1200+ Jobs
Sen. Chuck Schumer
Oct. 6, 2014
Letter to Barbara Mikulski, Chairwoman, and Richard Shelby, Ranking Member, of the Senate Appropriations Committee, Tom Udall, Chairman, and Mike Johanns, Vice Chairman, of the Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee - Keep COOL
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
Oct. 3, 2014
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce More Than $5.6 Million in Federal US Department of Agriculture Funding for Specialty Crops Across New York State
Sen. Chuck Schumer, ...
Sept. 29, 2014
Schumer, Gillibrand, Maffei Announce Onondaga Community College to Receive Nearly $2.5 Million in Federal Funds to Create Workforce Training Program
Sen. Chuck Schumer, ...
Sept. 25, 2014
Schumer Announces, After His Push, Feds Have Approved Krenzer-Supported Plan to Run New Power Lines Away from Family's Farm
Sen. Chuck Schumer
Sept. 22, 2014
After Schumer Push, FDA Issues Revised "Spent Grain" Rule that Will No Longer Hurt New York's Craft Brewers and Family Farmers
Sen. Chuck Schumer
Sept. 15, 2014
Letter to Jeannie Chaffin, Director at Health and Human Services - Opening New College Town Grocery Store
Sen. Chuck Schumer
Sept. 15, 2014
Schumer Pushes for Fed Funds to Open New College Town Grocery Store
Sen. Chuck Schumer
Sept. 3, 2014
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce US Dept. of Agriculture Has Agreed to Purchase Up to $25 Million in Surplus Concord Grape Juice to Stabilize Prices
Sen. Chuck Schumer, ...
Sept. 3, 2014
Elise Stefanik Announces Coalition on Agriculture; Shows Wide Support from Across the District
Rep. Elise Stefanik
Sept. 2, 2014
Schumer Announces New, Improved USDA Dairy Risk Management Program Critical for Upstate New York Dairy Farms Is Now Live
Sen. Chuck Schumer
Aug. 29, 2014
Schumer Announces New York's Upstate Niagara Has Won Bid to Provide Greek Yogurt to Public Schools Across the Country as Part of Pilot Program
Sen. Chuck Schumer
Aug. 21, 2014
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce More than $80,000 in Value-Added Producer Grants for Two North Country Farms
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
Aug. 21, 2014
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce Nearly $640,000 in Value-Added Producer Grants for Five Farms & Small Businesses in Rochester Finger Lakes Region
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
Aug. 20, 2014
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce Nearly $50,000 Value-Added Producer Grant for Evans Farmhouse Creamery in Chenango County
Sen. Chuck Schumer, ...
Aug. 20, 2014
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce Nearly $50,000 Value-Added Producer Grant for 5 Spoke Creamery in Orange County
Sen. Chuck Schumer, ...
Aug. 20, 2014
Schumer, Gillibrand, Maffei Announce Nearly $500,000 in Value-Added Producer Grants for Three Farms in Central New York & Empire Brewery in Syracuse
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
Aug. 20, 2014
Schumer, Gillibrand, Tonko Announce Over $24,000 in Value-Added Producer Grant Funding for Farmiemarket Online in Albany County
Rep. Paul Tonko, ...
Aug. 19, 2014
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce More than $120,000 for Research and Development to Help Improve Mohawk Valley Craft Brewing Industry
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
Aug. 19, 2014
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce Nearly $450,000 in USDA Value-Added Producer Grants for Niagara County
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
Aug. 18, 2014
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce More than $275,000 in USDA Rural Business Funding to Support Hudson Valley Businesses
Sen. Chuck Schumer, ...
Aug. 7, 2014
Letter to Tom Vilsack, Secretary of Agriculture - Prioritize Emergency Food Assistance
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand
Aug. 7, 2014
Letter to Tom Vilsack, Secretary of Agriculture - Prioritize Emergency Food Assistance
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
July 31, 2014
Schumer: USDA to Begin Second Round of Soliciting Proposals from Greek Yogurt Makers for 12-State USDA Greek Yogurt Pilot Program - NY Greek Yogurt Producers Can Apply Starting August 7th
Sen. Chuck Schumer
July 31, 2014
Letter to Thomas Vilsack, Secretary of Agriculture, and Gina McCarthy, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency - Sound Alarm Over Toxic Weed Killer
Rep. Jerry Nadler, ...
July 30, 2014
Letter to Barack Obama, President of the United States - Agriculture Market Access in TPP
Rep. Gregory Meeks, ...
July 28, 2014
Letter to Margaret Hamburg, Commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration - Use of Antibiotics in Food-Producing Animals
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
July 24, 2014
Progressive Caucus
Rep. Hakeem Jeffries
July 23, 2014
Schumer Pushes New Tax Credit that Would Enable NY's Greek Yogurt Makers & Cottage Cheese Producers to Turn Hundreds of Millions of Pounds of Waste into a New Source of Profit and Energy
Sen. Chuck Schumer
Date
Title
Politician
Feb. 11, 2015
Schumer-Authored Bill That Would Be Major Boon For NY Apple Producers By Modernizing Definition Of Hard Apple Cider Has Cleared Key Senate Committee - Schumer Urges Full Senate Passage Of Bill That Would Lower Taxes On Product, Improve Ability To Compete In Foreign Markets, Increase Sales For Over 650 Apple Growers in NYS
Sen.Chuck Schumer
Feb. 5, 2015
As An Est. 3 Million New Yorkers Contract Foodborne Illness Each Year, Senator Gillibrand Announces New Push To Improve Food Safety Standards
Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand
Feb. 3, 2015
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce More Than $740,000 In USDA Funding To Support Beginning Farmers Program At Stone Barns In Westchester
Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
Feb. 2, 2015
Schumer, Gillibrand: Two Ithaca Organizations Will Use $1.4M in Fed Funds to Bring More Farmers, Vets Into NYS Ag Careers
Sen.Chuck Schumer, ...
Jan. 27, 2015
Schumer Encourages Current or Prospective Announces First Major Webinar Feb 11th For Local Growers to Partner & Learn About Fed Assistance, Opportunities -- Schumer Vows to Continue Fighting For Fed Crop Insurance Growers Need to Increase Malt Barley Production Over Next Decade
Sen.Chuck Schumer
Jan. 12, 2015
Schumer: More Must Be Done to Ensure Cannolis, Chinese Food, Pizza Dough & Other Food Products Are Only Items on the Menu
Sen.Chuck Schumer
Dec. 15, 2014
Letter to Chuck Hagel, Secretary of Defense, Tom Vilsack, Secretary of Agriculture, and Sylvia Burwell, Secretary of Health and Human Services - Efforts to Combat Antibiotic Overuse in Food Animals
Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
Dec. 8, 2014
Governor Cuomo Announces New York Selected For USDA Pilot to Increase Procurement of Locally-Grown Produce in Schools
Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
Nov. 21, 2014
Schumer, Gillibrand, Higgins, Collins Urge USDA to Immediately Conduct Damage Assessment of Impact of Historic Snowstorm on WNY Farms
Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
Nov. 21, 2014
Letter to Thomas Vilsack, Secretary of Agriculture - Immediately Conducting Damage Assessment of Impact of Historic Snowstorm on WNY Farms
Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
Nov. 18, 2014
New York State Hunger Action Network
Rep.Paul Tonko
Nov. 6, 2014
Schumer: Third Round of Greek Yogurt Pilot Program Now Open
Sen.Chuck Schumer
Oct. 30, 2014
Schumer: Port of Oswego Could Be Exportng Over 1 Million Bushels of Grain Per Year, But Needs Special Fed Designation to Make It Happen
Sen.Chuck Schumer
Oct. 30, 2014
Letter to Michael Froman, US Trade Representative, and Thomas Vilsack, Secretary of Agriculture - Opening Foreign Markets to More Concord Grape Juice
Sen.Chuck Schumer
Oct. 30, 2014
Schumer Launches Campaign to Get US Trade Rep to Open Foreign Markets to More Concord Grape Juice
Sen.Chuck Schumer
Oct. 30, 2014
Letter to Thomas Vilsack, Secretary of Agriculture - Making Grain Exports a Reality at Port of Oswego
Sen.Chuck Schumer
Oct. 24, 2014
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce More Than $1.5 Million in US Dept of Agriculture Funds for Cornell University to Research & Address Integrated Pest Management
Sen.Chuck Schumer, ...
Oct. 21, 2014
Schumer: Fed Support of New Local Company Creates Opportunity for Area's Farmers & Healthy Food Options for Families
Sen.Chuck Schumer
Oct. 21, 2014
Schumer Gillibrand and Owens announce $184K in USDA grants for Jefferson County business development
Sen.Chuck Schumer, ...
Oct. 20, 2014
Letter to Tom Vilsack, Secretary of Agriculture - Release of GAO Food Safety Report
Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
Oct. 17, 2014
Letter to Tom Vilsack, Secretary of the United States Department of Agriculture - Questioning Poultry Slaughter Rule
Rep.Yvette Clarke, ...
Oct. 17, 2014
Schumer Joins with Rochester Community Leaders to Cut Ribbon on $100 Million College Town Redevelopment Project Set to Revitalize Mt. Hope & Create 1200+ Jobs
Sen.Chuck Schumer
Oct. 6, 2014
Letter to Barbara Mikulski, Chairwoman, and Richard Shelby, Ranking Member, of the Senate Appropriations Committee, Tom Udall, Chairman, and Mike Johanns, Vice Chairman, of the Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee - Keep COOL
Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
Oct. 3, 2014
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce More Than $5.6 Million in Federal US Department of Agriculture Funding for Specialty Crops Across New York State
Sen.Chuck Schumer, ...
Sept. 29, 2014
Schumer, Gillibrand, Maffei Announce Onondaga Community College to Receive Nearly $2.5 Million in Federal Funds to Create Workforce Training Program
Sen.Chuck Schumer, ...
Sept. 25, 2014
Schumer Announces, After His Push, Feds Have Approved Krenzer-Supported Plan to Run New Power Lines Away from Family's Farm
Sen.Chuck Schumer
Sept. 22, 2014
After Schumer Push, FDA Issues Revised "Spent Grain" Rule that Will No Longer Hurt New York's Craft Brewers and Family Farmers
Sen.Chuck Schumer
Sept. 15, 2014
Letter to Jeannie Chaffin, Director at Health and Human Services - Opening New College Town Grocery Store
Sen.Chuck Schumer
Sept. 15, 2014
Schumer Pushes for Fed Funds to Open New College Town Grocery Store
Sen.Chuck Schumer
Sept. 3, 2014
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce US Dept. of Agriculture Has Agreed to Purchase Up to $25 Million in Surplus Concord Grape Juice to Stabilize Prices
Sen.Chuck Schumer, ...
Sept. 3, 2014
Elise Stefanik Announces Coalition on Agriculture; Shows Wide Support from Across the District
Rep.Elise Stefanik
Sept. 2, 2014
Schumer Announces New, Improved USDA Dairy Risk Management Program Critical for Upstate New York Dairy Farms Is Now Live
Sen.Chuck Schumer
Aug. 29, 2014
Schumer Announces New York's Upstate Niagara Has Won Bid to Provide Greek Yogurt to Public Schools Across the Country as Part of Pilot Program
Sen.Chuck Schumer
Aug. 21, 2014
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce More than $80,000 in Value-Added Producer Grants for Two North Country Farms
Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
Aug. 21, 2014
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce Nearly $640,000 in Value-Added Producer Grants for Five Farms & Small Businesses in Rochester Finger Lakes Region
Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
Aug. 20, 2014
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce Nearly $50,000 Value-Added Producer Grant for Evans Farmhouse Creamery in Chenango County
Sen.Chuck Schumer, ...
Aug. 20, 2014
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce Nearly $50,000 Value-Added Producer Grant for 5 Spoke Creamery in Orange County
Sen.Chuck Schumer, ...
Aug. 20, 2014
Schumer, Gillibrand, Maffei Announce Nearly $500,000 in Value-Added Producer Grants for Three Farms in Central New York & Empire Brewery in Syracuse
Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
Aug. 20, 2014
Schumer, Gillibrand, Tonko Announce Over $24,000 in Value-Added Producer Grant Funding for Farmiemarket Online in Albany County
Rep.Paul Tonko, ...
Aug. 19, 2014
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce More than $120,000 for Research and Development to Help Improve Mohawk Valley Craft Brewing Industry
Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
Aug. 19, 2014
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce Nearly $450,000 in USDA Value-Added Producer Grants for Niagara County
Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
Aug. 18, 2014
Schumer, Gillibrand Announce More than $275,000 in USDA Rural Business Funding to Support Hudson Valley Businesses
Sen.Chuck Schumer, ...
Aug. 7, 2014
Letter to Tom Vilsack, Secretary of Agriculture - Prioritize Emergency Food Assistance
Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand
Aug. 7, 2014
Letter to Tom Vilsack, Secretary of Agriculture - Prioritize Emergency Food Assistance
Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
July 31, 2014
Schumer: USDA to Begin Second Round of Soliciting Proposals from Greek Yogurt Makers for 12-State USDA Greek Yogurt Pilot Program - NY Greek Yogurt Producers Can Apply Starting August 7th
Sen.Chuck Schumer
July 31, 2014
Letter to Thomas Vilsack, Secretary of Agriculture, and Gina McCarthy, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency - Sound Alarm Over Toxic Weed Killer
Rep.Jerry Nadler, ...
July 30, 2014
Letter to Barack Obama, President of the United States - Agriculture Market Access in TPP
Rep.Gregory Meeks, ...
July 28, 2014
Letter to Margaret Hamburg, Commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration - Use of Antibiotics in Food-Producing Animals
Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand, ...
July 24, 2014
Progressive Caucus
Rep.Hakeem Jeffries
July 23, 2014
Schumer Pushes New Tax Credit that Would Enable NY's Greek Yogurt Makers & Cottage Cheese Producers to Turn Hundreds of Millions of Pounds of Waste into a New Source of Profit and Energy
Sen.Chuck Schumer
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