Tag: Backyard Act
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State Facilities Should be Buying from the Backyard, Group Says
March 27, 2014 As the state’s closure of four upstate prisons pushes forward, a group dedicated to closing prisons and boosting agriculture upstate is pushing for a bill that encourages state facilities to purchase locally grown products. The group Milk Not Jails staged a “picnic” on the Million Dollar Staircase in the Capitol on Monday…