Did you know our Cornell Cooperative Extension in Broome County was the very first Cooperative Extension in the country? It s true. 110 years ago the Farm Bureau worked with the Chamber of Commerce to form the first organization of its type to promote agriculture and prepare the future generation of farmers.
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Laura Biasillo, Agricultural Economic Development Specialist is the guest on the weekly, local public affairs program,
Southern Tier Close Up and revealed that fun fact along with talking about many programs that are being offered now for people who are already farmers or considering the agricultural business or just dabbling in gardening.
The agency s director, Carole Coppens talks to the weekly, local public affairs program,
Southern Tier Close Up about how Mackenzie Scott looked at her divorce settlement and decided to use $4.2 billion on 384 ways to help grassroots organizations with their efforts to meet the needs in their communities during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Coppens says the philanthropist billionaire and author and her team looked at a number of factors including rates of poverty, food insecurity, social conditions and other factors in areas all around the country then considered organizations that are trying to meet those challenges before paring down the list of thousands to 384 groups selected to receive the large grants.