Jun 19, 2013 — The term sustainability has become a bit watered-down in recent years. Everything from furniture, to travel, to shopping at Wal-mart has taken on the moniker.

Dictionary.com defines sustainability as "supporting long term ecological balance." Wikipedia says it is "the capacity to endure."

Many farmers strive toward sustainability. We spoke with two North Country dairy farmers, each with a very different philosophy, but both claiming to be sustainable.  Go to full article

May 08, 2013 — The state is one step closer to giving patients access to their medical information online. The e-Health Collaborative has announced nine finalists in their competition to design an online patient portal.  Go to full article

May 06, 2013 — NEW YORK (AP) New York Sen. Charles Schumer says the ability for making an untraceable and undetectable gun with a 3D printer is "stomach-churning."

The senator on Sunday displayed a photo of a plastic gun made by a Texas company using the 3D printer technology.  Go to full article

May 02, 2013 — ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) Gov. Andrew Cuomo says he may soon make a major economic announcement for upstate New York as published reports say a computer plant codenamed "Project Azalea" is in negotiations to create 1,000 jobs.

Cuomo refused to say anything about the project he hinted at during a news conference Wednesday. He called it a potential "big economic development piece" for the long struggling region.  Go to full article

May 01, 2013 — New York state and private companies investing tens of millions of dollars in the North Country in an effort to bring broadband internet connections to some of the region's most remote, rural areas.

In March, the state announced that $200,000 will go to the town of Thurman in Warren County to help develop a kind of far-reaching wi-fi connection known as "white space."

Evelyn Wood, town supervisor in Thurman, and David Salway, head of New York's Broadband Program Office, appeared yesterday on the public radio program Capitol Pressroom to talk about the project.

They spoke with host Curtis Schick.  Go to full article

Apr 29, 2013 — Agriculture in the North Country is changing - and the evidence is everywhere. For the Goodmans, a longtime dairy family in Fort Ann, in Washington County, it's time to get out of the business. But Erica and Les Goodman are trying something new on their land: growing hops. And they're using social media to do it.  Go to full article

Mar 26, 2013 — The technology industry is using social media to create a "virtual march" on Washington. The March for Innovation, launched by the Partnership for a New Economy, is lobbying for immigration reform, putting pressure on Congress to provide more visas for high-skilled workers and entrepreneurs.
But the strategy has its skeptics.  Go to full article

Syracuse, NY, Mar 20, 2013 — Late last year, the Cuomo administration laid out its agenda to address New York's future energy requirements. The plan needs to address a range of issues including energy security, pricing and the role of renewables. This week, reporters from the Innovation Trail are putting different parts of that complex energy puzzle under the microscope.

Part of that agenda is a $1 billion "green energy bank" to leverage public dollars to boost the clean technology economy.  Go to full article

Syracuse, NY, Mar 13, 2013 — New York stands to be one of the country's biggest beneficiaries of the growth in the civilian drone industry expected over the next decade. A new study places the state in the top 10 list for the sector's expected economic impact.  Go to full article

Mar 11, 2013 — The North Country is in line to receive a big chunk of the $25 million that state officials are spending to bring broadband internet to more parts of rural New York.

One of the projects in the Adirondacks will use a technology called "white space" to bring broadband to remote homes in the Warren County town of Thurman.  Go to full article