Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Economic Impact of Broome Agriculture
Economic Impact of Broome Agriculture
Economic Impact of Broome Agriculture
LUPARDO
123
rd
Assembly District Chair, Committee on Children and Families
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Chris Whalen
July 8, 2014 (0!" !23#$04!
Broome Agricuture Pa!" Ma#or Ro in Loca Econom!
Fact Sheet Details County Farms Impact on Region
(%&'()A*+,', '-" . As /art o0 a nearly 12 billion industry in 'e3 -or4 5tate,
%roome County 0arms 6enerate 1120 million annually to the local economy
accordin6 to ne3 data released today by Assembly3oman Donna 7u/ardo, Cornell
Coo/erati8e 9:tension o0 %roome County, and the %roome County Farm %ureau;
<A6riculture is incredibly im/ortant to the state and local economy,= said
Assembly3oman Donna 7u/ardo (D#9nd3ell"; <+here is enormous /otential 0or ne3
>obs in the 6ro3in6 ?eld o0 a6riculture /roduction, mar4etin6 and manu0acturin6;
%uildin6 on 3hat is already in /lace, %roome County could reali@e si6ni?cant 6ro3th
in this area;=
&n addition to 130;! million in sales re8enue, %roome County 0arms also
6enerate more than 1100 million in business in8estments, 12;2 million /ro/erty ta:
re8enue, and 12;! million in labor 3a6esA all o0 3hich hel/ to /romote continued
6ro3th o0 0ruits, 8e6etables, and li8estoc4 each year;
<&tBs not >ust the sales 0rom 0ood 6ro3n by 0armers that bene?ts the
economy,= said Da8id Johnson o0 the %roome County Farm %ureau; <*oney is s/ent
e8ery day to /urchase 0eed 0or animals, 6asoline 0or tractors and eCui/ment, and
electricity to run machinery; +he acti8ity our 0arms see truly has a ri//le eDect
across the board;=
An emer6in6 eDort to de8elo/ local 0ood systems is creatin6 ne3
o//ortunities 0or the a6riculture industry in %roome County; For e:am/le,
restaurants and ca0eterias in the area are addin6 local /roducts to their menus,
/ro8idin6 a ne3 a8enue 0or consumers to recei8e local /roductsA and 5E'- %roome
has /lans 0or a ne3 hos/itality and culinary /ro6ram 3hich 3ill also tie in locally
/roduced 0oods;
<%uyin6 local has had a 6reat im/act on our local economy, but it also has
tremendous health bene?ts,= said Fic4i (iarratano o0 Cornell Coo/erati8e 9:tension;
<5tudies sho3 that eatin6 locally 6ro3n 0ood reduces the ris4 0or chronic disease;=
5tate ,Gce %uildin6, 1!th Floor H 44 )a3ley 5treet H %in6hamton, '- 13$01 H IhoneJ (0!" !23#$04! H
Fa:J (0!" !23#$313
2 7e6islati8e ,Gce %uildin6 H Albany, '- 12248 H IhoneJ (218" 422#2431 H Fa:J (218" 422#2$3
9mailJ lu/ardodKassembly;state;ny;us H WebsiteJ 333;assembly;state;ny;usLlu/ardo
A local tas40orce has also been established to build on the success o0 local
a6riculture, hel/in6 0armers ?nd 3ays to become more eGcient and 6ro3 the sco/e
o0 their businesses; 9arlier this year, 0armers across the county recei8ed a sur8ey
3hich 3ill hel/ the tas40orce identi0y barriers to the 6ro3th o0 local a6riculture; +he
results 0rom that sur8ey 3ill be released in the comin6 3ee4s;
#30#
Ia6e 2 o0 2