New York State's Agriculture Department is moving forward with an initiative that aims to increase consumer confidence in foods grown within the Empire State. The program officially recruited its first local supermarket partner on Wednesday.
New York State Agriculture Commissioner Richard Ball joined representatives of local farms and executives of Tops Markets to announce that the supermarket chain has joined the "New York State Grown and Certified" initiative by selling produce grown by qualified farms within the Empire State.
Ball says the program will foster consumer confidence in foods grown within New York State in three ways. First, it will encourage shoppers to support local farms and keep their dollars in the local economy.
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