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2023 Farm of the Year: Burdick Blueberries

Burdick Blueberries is a 70-acre blueberry and flower farm in the Enchanted Mountains of Cattaraugus County, 9 miles from Ellicottville, New York. The farm has 40-acres of pick-your-own blueberries. Milton Burdick established the farm in 1952 and started selling blueberries at a road-side market in 1958. When it became difficult to hire berry pickers in 1961, he decided to open the farm as a pick-your-own. Burdick’s is still family-owned and operated by granddaughter, Amy Edwards.

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Farm of the Year Award

2023 Friend of Agriculture: Pat Walker

Pat Walker moved to New York in 1978 and was Dairy/ Livestock Extension agent for 6 years. She did consulting work for FMHA for 10 years and worked on her husband’s family dairy farm until it was sold. She was an Agriculture teacher/FFA advisor at Pine Valley for 4 years and an Agriculture teacher/FFA advisor at Randolph for 23 1/2 years. Pat had 10 FFA teams win state contests and compete at National FFA convention in Livestock, Milk Quality, Agronomy, Meats Evaluation, and Poultry and Creed Speaking contest.

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Friend of Agriculture Award

2023 Pioneer Award: Ellicottville Distillery

Ellicottville Distillery Liquor - Pioneer Award

Ellicottville Distillery opened in 2016 offering a homegrown approach to the age-old practice of distilling. Charlie Bares, owner of Mallard’s Dairy in Lyndon, and Bryan Scharf, of Ellicottville, started this enterprise in 2014.

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Pioneer Award

Gowanda Area Farmers & Artisan Market Returning in 2023

The Gowanda Area Farmers & Artisan Market will be returning in 2023 with more dates and additional vendors for a bigger and better weekly event for all to enjoy! Stay tuned for more details but mark your calendar for Thursdays 2pm-6pm July through September!

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Farmers' Market

11th Annual Farmer-Neighbor Dinner Announced

The Cattaraugus County Agricultural and Farmland Protection Board, along with the Cattaraugus County Department of Economic Development, Planning and Tourism, the Cattaraugus County Farm Bureau and the Cattaraugus County Soil and Water Conservation District will host the 11th Annual Cattaraugus County Farmer-Neighbor Dinner on Wednesday, April 12, 2023 at the West Valley Fire Hall, 9091 Route 240, West Valley, NY.

AFPB Releases Solar Statement

AFPB passes solar statement

CCE Launches Pollinator Habitat Program

Are you concerned about the decline in pollinators and want to help? Have you created or would like your garden space to offer refuge to our important pollinators? Then you may want to have your garden “certified”! The Master Gardeners of Cattaraugus County are excited to launch a pollinator habitat certification program. The goal of this program is to raise awareness about the importance of pollinators and to encourage all our neighbors and community members to get involved.

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Flowers

CCE Service Directory Survey

Cornell Cooperative Extension's SWNY's Dairy, Livestock, and Field Crops Program are working on bulding a service provider directory in order to help foster connections and collaborations for support to farmers across the region. They are asking for feedback on the following categories: Veterinarian's, Lime/Fertilizer Supplier, Tax Preparer and/or Accountant and Feed Mill/Grain Supplier. To complete the survey click here.

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Agribusiness

Cattaraugus County EDPT Hosts Annual Agriculture Tour

More than 30 attendees took part in the annual Agriculture Tour on September 29th. This years tour highlighted the diverse beverage industry in the county and included stops at Pumpkinville, Ellicottville Distillery, Steelbound Brewery & Distillery and ended at Ellicottville Brewing Company's bottling facility.

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Census of Agriculture- Coming in November

Census of Agriculture, Coming in November

The Census of Agriculture is a complete count of America’s farms and ranches and the people who operate them. Taken every five years, the census provides valuable information used at the local, state, and national levels to plan for the future. The census is the only source of uniform, comprehensive agricultural data for every state, county, and county equivalent in the nation. By participating in the census, you show the value and importance of U.S. agriculture.

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Agriculture