Grow-NY finalists put down roots in NYS food and ag economy
From a hill overlooking Canandaigua Lake, entrepreneurs Hailey Scofield and Nathan Oakes took in the view of nearby rectangular plots bursting with the bounty of late fall – flaming red foliage on blueberry bushes, rows of nodding yellow sunflowers and golden wheat.
“It’s a bee oasis,” says Scofield, a Cornell doctoral candidate who studies honeybee health. The 50-acre organic farm, owned by the Wegmans grocery store chain, offers honeybees a wide variety of pollens to feed on, she says.
