“This event is aimed at creating a connection between young people and pets, from grade school to college-aged students,” explained SQSPCA Executive Director Stacie Haynes. “Studies by the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry show there are many benefits for children raised with pets, including contributing to a child’s self-esteem and self-confidence, developing trusting relationships with others, and developing non-verbal communication, compassion, and empathy while providing physical activity, comfort contact, love, loyalty, and affection.”…
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The top winners at the Junior Livestock Show bested 200 exhibitors and their 533 animals. Earning The Farmers’ Museum Cup for Best of Show Dairy was Justin Wolfe of Otsego County, who showed his Holstein, Ovaltop Unst Roseanna-Red. The F. Ambrose Clark Livestock Cup for Best of Show in the Beef, Swine, Meat Goat and Sheep categories was awarded to Mikaylee Woodin of Delaware County, showing her Market Hog “Grunkle.” The Farmers’ Museum Dairy Goat Cup for Best of Show…
The Arc Otsego partners with the Community Cupboard of Edmeston and the Northeast Regional Food Bank to host drives for families connected to the agency.…
News from the Pierstown Grange and Chapter #201 Order of the Eastern Star, and recent awards and promotions, among other news.…
Letter from Joseph Gregory Changes, New Laws Bad for Farmers As a life-long farmer, I have seen many changes. When Chobani started up, Senator Schumer told farmers to make more milk. In short time, surplus milk meant less money paid to farmers.…
Chobani Donates Gifts To Help St. James Food Programs ONEONTA—St. James Episcopal Church is now able to store produce for prolonged periods of time, thanks to Chobani. The locally-based yogurt producer continued its tradition of community engagement by donating three coolers to St. James Feeding Ministries.…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for THURSDAY, MARCH 24 Learn About the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League AUTHOR SERIES – 2 p.m. Join author Anika Orrock to discuss her book ‘The Incredible Women of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.’ Free, registration required. Presented by The Baseball Hall of Fame, Cooperstown. 607-547-7200 or visit baseballhall.org/events/virtual-authors-series-anika-orrock?date=0 2023 WINTER CARNIVAL – Register for 4/2 planning committee public interest meeting. Call Lions Club president Peter Deysenrother at 607-547-8231 or email at peterdeysenroth@hotmail.com…
CHOBANI SET TO GO PUBLIC Stock Offering Might Raise Up To $10 Billion WEST EDMESTON – Chobani LLC, which over 16 years grew from five employees in a former milk plant in West Edmeston to a multi-national vendor of Greek yogurt, is preparing for a public listing of its shares, the Wall Street Journal is reporting. Chobani is eyeing an initial public offering later this year that it hopes could value the Norwich, company at as much as $7 billion…
USDA Secretary Perdue: Upstate Farms Important…
Chobani CEO Donates $50K To Pay Kids’ School-Lunch Debt NEW BERLIN – Alarmed over the threat of the Warwick, R.I. threat to stop serving hot lunches to students whose parents owed lunch money to the school, Chobani founder Hamdi Ulukaya donated $50,000 to the school to ensure all students receive a hot meal, according to The Providence Journal. “Every child should have access to natural, nutritious & delicious food, so @Chobani is doing our small part to help pay this…