The New York Immigration Coalition organized what it called a “blitz” of legal clinics around the state to connect migrants with attorneys to walk them through the Temporary Protection Status
The Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Northern Chautauqua, located at 222 Temple St., in Fredonia, holds a Sunday Worship Service at 11 a.m., both at their
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Anu Rangarajan testifies during a New York State Senate hearing hosted jointly by the Committees on Agriculture, Labor and Social Services. Cornell experts advocate for ag diversity, food security
April 20, 2021
Only about 1% of New York state’s nearly 58,000 farm owners identify as Hispanic or Latinx, according to the Census of Agriculture, despite more than 80,000 such employees providing an essential backbone to the state’s farm sector.
“They’re highly experienced, have managed large farms, have all sorts of skills, and most plan to spend a lifetime in agriculture,” Anu Rangarajan, director of the Cornell Small Farms Program in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, testified during a recent New York State Senate hearing. “And yet few have transitioned to farm ownership.”