LIVINGSTON COUNTY – The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) will be in Geneseo for a Local Work Group meeting for Livingston, Ontario, and Yates Counties. According to a press release from the USDA, the public meeting is Dec. 15 from 10 a.m. to noon at the Geneseo USDA Service Center at 11 Megan Drive, Suite 2. "The Local Work Group will focus on identifying agricultural and natural resource issues existing in your community and … [Read more...]
$18K Increase Launches Letchworth Gateway Villages Initiative into Year Two
LIVINGSTON COUNTY – The US Department of Agriculture awarded the Letchworth Gateway Villages Initiative (LGV) $77,900 for another year of operations. According to the program's director, Nicole Manapol, the increase in funding will help with 'regional branding' as part of phase two of the project. "Year one was focused on building connectivity and visibility of these villages to visitor markets," said Manapol. "Now, we'll focus more on the … [Read more...]
Worm Power to Receive Over $99,000 from USDA
LIVINGSTON COUNTY- U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer announced today that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will award an organic composting firm, Worm Power, in Avon with a $99,000 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Grant. Worm Power is a small commercial earthworm composting company that uses a process it calls "vericomposting," whereby it takes animal waste from dairy cows, composts it, and feeds it to millions of earthworms to … [Read more...]