New York State Agriculture
Did You Know?
- About 23% of land in NY is used for agriculture by 36,000 farms.
- Overall agriculture and related business generates around $39 BILLION and employs over 160,000 people in New York State.
- Dairy makes up about $2.5 Billion out of the $5.4 billion agriculture industry in NY.
- New York is ranked #1 in the country for:
- Cottage cheese
- Sour cream
- Yogurt;
- New York is ranked #2 in the country for:
- Apples
- Fresh market cabbage
- Grape juice
- Maple syrup
- New York is ranked #3 for:
- Silage corn
- Grapes
- Cauliflower
- Milk cows and milk production
- Italian cheese
- Pumpkins
- Wine
New York Kitchen Supports New York State Farmers
New York Kitchen (NYK) supports New York agriculture by offering local, seasonal options in our classes and in our restaurant. Over 80% of our ingredients are sourced from New York!
In 2019, we built our first raised bed gardens as a tool to teach our youth campers and guests about growing food and how to use what you harvest; Expansion coming in Spring 2020!
NYK also works with local organizations to act as a liaison between restaurants, farms, and purveyors, as well as offer our unique location to further agricultural education.
New York Producers at NYK
Amazing Grains Bread Co. | Artisan Foods | Barilla (Avon) | Arbor Hill Grapery | Bostrom Farms | Cabot Creamery | Case Brothers Potato Farm | CDGA Coffee Co. | Cheeky Monkey Foods | Clover Hill Farms | Cobblestone Hop Yard | Darling’s Tree Farm | DeConinck Farms | Doan’s Honey | Evening Star Coffee Roasters | East Hill Creamery | F. Olivers Olive Oil & Balsamic | First Light Farm and Creamery | Fowler Farms | Guglielmo’s Sauce | Hip Jams | Hungry Bear Farms | Josef Brunner Artisan Meats | Karma Sauce | Krehers Farms | Keuka Candy Emporium | Lively Run Goat Dairy | Leo’s Bakery | Love Beets | Luke’s Mushrooms | Maxon Estates Maple | Mustard Seed ‘n’ More | Nance’s Mustard | Northland Sheep Dairy | Old Chatham Creamery | Partyka Farms Apples | The Perfect Granola | Pittsford Farms Dairy | Red Jacket Orchards | Schlenker Produce | Seneca Salt Co. | Seven Bridges Farm | Shrader Farms Meat Market | Swan Market | Triple G Farms | Watermark Specialty Foods | Yancey’s Fancy Cheeses
Partners in Programming
Cornell Cooperative Extension of Ontario County
Cornell Center of Excellence for Food and Agriculture
New York State Department of Agriculture & Markets
New York State Agricultural Society
New York Grown & Certified Program
Finger Lakes Community College: Culinary Arts, Horticulture, and Viticulture
Other Resources
New York Animal Agriculture Coalition
New York Corn and Soybean Growers Association
New York Apple Growers Association
New York State Vegetable Growers Association
The Horticultural Society of New York
New York State Brewers Association
Daniel Parish Witter Agricultural Museum