The Washington Park and Guilderland farmers’ markets are going to start up an online market.

Albany County recently announced a partnership with the Hudson Valley AgriBusiness Development Corporation, which will help local farmers with “everything from strategic planning to grant writing,” according to County Executive Daniel McCoy, who said that these are skills “not everyone has learned and can determine the fate of some of these businesses.”

At its abbreviated Feb. 11 town meeting, the Knox Town Board passed a law that will allow hog farming in the town’s agricultural districts and nearly passed an update to its home occupation laws, but had to table the matter on account of technical difficulties. 

Westerlo is in the process of developing a comprehensive land-use plan and its Comprehensive Plan Committee hopes to make the process as transparent and as open to the public as possible, said chairman David Lendrum.

We understand that Jeanne Picard Fish needs money for her care. But how is such great haste, at the cost of more money, helping her in the long run? 

The property has an historic house and barn, which are to be demolished, and is also in the midst of the Helderberg Conservation Corridor.

Supporters of Emily Vincent, who was illegally demoted as a full member of the Berne planning board to alternate status, have donated more than $5,000 to a GoFundMe page dedicated to her just one day into its existence. She plans to use that money to fund her brain surgery, as well as take legal action against the town.

RENSSELAERVILLE — The Carey Institute’s Sustainable Communities Program has been granted $62,080 from the United States Department of Agriculture to offer technical assistance to breweries and other craft-beverage producers in rural communities across the state.

Shepherdess Emily Vincent is enthused about hosting visitors to Two Rock Ranch for Family Farm Day on Sept. 8.