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Farmers frustrated that agriculture has been left off vaccine eligibility as growing season approaches | WSYR

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Farmers frustrated that agriculture has been left off vaccine eligibility as growing season approaches | WSYR

MADISON COUNTY, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — Hundreds of essential workers want to be next in line for a vaccine, but there’s one group still waiting whose work impacts our daily lives and the food we eat.

Farmers and other agricultural workers don’t get a day off, and one farmer in Madison County says their immunity can end up impacting the amount of food we see on store shelves, which is what we saw at the beginning of the pandemic.

This time last year, store shelves were empty, food was limited, and milk was being poured out.

Today is National Agriculture Day

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Today is National Agriculture Day. 🐮 🚜 🐷

Here is a list of the 20 towns that have most land used for agriculture in the state (based on the 2016 NLCD).

County Town Acres Hay/Pasture Acres Cultivated Total Farmland
St. Lawrence Lisbon town 17,160 11,300 28,460
Seneca Fayette town 2,157 25,908 28,065
Schuyler Hector town 20,397 7,392 27,788
Niagara Royalton town 11,225 15,678 26,903
Ontario Phelps town 3,879 22,075 25,954
Jefferson Clayton town 23,908 1,989 25,898
Jefferson Ellisburg town 7,276 18,052 25,328
Orleans Seneca town 1,337 22,786 24,123
Livingston York town 2,833 20,881 23,714
Jefferson Cape Vincent town 17,207 5,512 22,719
Jefferson Lyme town 19,945 2,251 22,197
Ontario Gorham town 3,210 18,652 21,862
Jefferson Brownville town 20,654 989 21,642
Tompkins Lansing town 9,908 11,549 21,457
St. Lawrence Canton town 17,080 4,322 21,402
Jefferson Orleans town 20,435 870 21,305
Montgomery Minden town 14,737 6,303 21,040
Orleans Barre town 2,097 18,744 20,841
Ontario Canandaigua town 8,514 12,297 20,810
Niagara Wilson town 3,947 16,724 20,671

Besides following a lot of off-griders on Youtube and Facebook, I also follow a lot of homesteaders, although it’s kind of a blend between the two

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Besides following a lot of off-griders on Youtube and Facebook, I also follow a lot of homesteaders, although it’s kind of a blend between the two. I am just endlessly fascinated about rural life and land, and how mankind interacts with nature for good or for bad. I like their independence, their spirit, their deep reverence for the land and all it provides to us all.